Thomas Dankowski's Metal Detecting Forum

I've just got to a new beach an there's 100s of target's in fist size rocks in 80cm of water,I have the standard curved edge scoop..1 in 10 target's I just can't extract the rocks,
Anyone have a good solution, I'm in the Mediterranean, where the tide does not go out more than 20cm..thanks mike

Happy to see you back Tom,an helping with the intricacies of gold hunting, I have continued practicing ZEN an the art of micro gold hunting. Haha. My year end was 72 pieces of less than 1.5g..here's some 2026 pushing the limit of micro gold detection.. 2026-3-24 19-21-21.jpg 2026-3-24 19-21-54.jpg 2...

stateguy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:02 am Can anyone tell me will anything good come in the upper left hand side of the screen. Say numbers 1-10 especially gold

Check my photo on page 12...50% of those targets are
VDI 1/10..

A couple of things I been thinking about.. 1..does the manticore know it's an object with a curved side, If so is it related to the waves sent into the sand,an do you know how many per second.. 2. In high magnetite sand, why does the round object go to the upper most limit of the ferrous line,rather...

I love the extreem focus that's needed,to hunt micro-gold in moderate black sand,an extreem Mediterranean salt water. I have progressed to sensitivity 24,the first 20 mins of hunting,I have to settle my swing,otherwise I have 3 types of falsing, bobing coil,extreem SALT,BLACK sand an in some areas, ...

I was lucky to dig over 60 pieces of micro gold in the first 6 months.an noticed a shorter/softer sound on the micro gold..sorry I cannot explain further,it's something that just clicked over time...

To add to what Tom said,after 500 hours with prospecting audio,I could hear subtle differences in the sound,that tells me it's gold or silver..I like Tom am not very good musicaly, all I'm wanting is a sharp tone on micro gokd..something the nox never had,the nox was good down to 1.5/2g gold....

I will have to consult VICTOR SCHAUBERGER the
Master observer of water an vortex.

Water (just like air) can have/create vortices (like a tornado)........ which will create craters in the sand! Very interesting, in that case have you thought of a design To build a machine that would create an artificial vortex To remove sand from desired locations... I already had the idea to use...

Thanks Tom an to everyone on this forum that has shared info on the MANTICORE, without it we would spend many 1000s of hours in the dark,if it was not for info about the M8 coil,I would have sold the manticore, I spent 6 months very frustrated, because the 11 just does not work on my beaches..the hi...