MINELAB MANTICORE: DATA & PERFORMANCE

[NASA-Tom]

I know that I have discussed/posted "similar topic" before; yet, the following is worth reiteration:

Manticore (EQX & XP Deus/II)

1901 church. 90' X 75' front lawn.

Education/Quest = Recovery Speed ...............Real-World performance: Proof.

With Recovery Speed on '4'......... hunt this 90' X 75' front lawn....... until totally satisfied that no more coins left...to be found. =
17 coins found.

Now hunt the exact same property......with exactly the same settings......... except Recovery Speed on '2'.=
11 more coins found.

Thoughts/Summary =
Yes..............most of the additional 11 coins found....were deeper. (and older).
Knowing this would happen........ I was still (somewhat) startled when I would find/detect another coin.
Sooooooo........ with each/every one of these 11 additional coins........ I HAD to switch back to Recovery Speed '4'......... just to see WHY they were missed. Nutshell: 9 (of the 11) coins were missed.... in Speed 4.... because the coins were (just barely) too deep. The remainder 2 coins COULD be detected in Recovery Speed 4; yet, the coil approach angle-of-attack was rather critical........and...... these two coins....were quite weak in signal-strength......with the exact/correct coil angle-of-attack. ANY interference....... and they were undetectable.

Moral of the story:
1. DEPTH is critical!!!
2. Enhanced adjacent target separation is critical!!!

Also.................................... I hunted Recovery Speed 4 FIRST....this time................................. because the last several time I performed this exact test...... I always used Speed '2' first.
It does not matter WHICH speed you hunt in....first. Just as long as you hunt the site (eventually) .... using BOTH speeds.

Note = Some dirt is SO magnetic (mineralized)...... that the EQX/Deus/Manticore will not let you hunt the bad dirt.... in slower recovery speeds.

[NASA-Tom]

A quick addendum:

I just finished hunting this exact property again............... but with Recovery Speed 6. Results =
One more coin was found.
Real-World resultant!

[JCR]

A good reminder for us all. Thanks

[steveg]

This is great information, NASA-Tom. Thank you for sharing. Very fascinating, how recovery-speed changes have such an effect on what your machine is able to "see."

Steve

[NASA-Tom]

Steve........are you still making carbon-fiber rods? Do you make them for sand scoops?

[EL NINO]

I know that I have discussed/posted "similar topic" before; yet, the following is worth reiteration:

Manticore (EQX & XP Deus/II)

1901 church. 90' X 75' front lawn.

Education/Quest = Recovery Speed ...............Real-World performance: Proof.

With Recovery Speed on '4'......... hunt this 90' X 75' front lawn....... until totally satisfied that no more coins left...to be found. =
17 coins found.

Now hunt the exact same property......with exactly the same settings......... except Recovery Speed on '2'.=
11 more coins found.

Thoughts/Summary =
Yes..............most of the additional 11 coins found....were deeper. (and older).
Knowing this would happen........ I was still (somewhat) startled when I would find/detect another coin.
Sooooooo........ with each/every one of these 11 additional coins........ I HAD to switch back to Recovery Speed '4'......... just to see WHY they were missed. Nutshell: 9 (of the 11) coins were missed.... in Speed 4.... because the coins were (just barely) too deep. The remainder 2 coins COULD be detected in Recovery Speed 4; yet, the coil approach angle-of-attack was rather critical........and...... these two coins....were quite weak in signal-strength......with the exact/correct coil angle-of-attack. ANY interference....... and they were undetectable.

Moral of the story:
1. DEPTH is critical!!!
2. Enhanced adjacent target separation is critical!!!

Also.................................... I hunted Recovery Speed 4 FIRST....this time................................. because the last several time I performed this exact test...... I always used Speed '2' first.
It does not matter WHICH speed you hunt in....first. Just as long as you hunt the site (eventually) .... using BOTH speeds.

Note = Some dirt is SO magnetic (mineralized)...... that the EQX/Deus/Manticore will not let you hunt the bad dirt.... in slower recovery speeds.

Mr. Dankowski ... excellent information from real detection ... which is supported ... by really accurate results and data regarding the detector settings vs. found and detected targets ... in this case, changing the reactivity setting ...

This confirms that the use of even a relatively low reactivity of 2 ... can bring new targets ... especially deeper targets ... provided that the given terrain and iron content ... in it ... allows the use of such a low reactivity ...

I myself support the opinion that each terrain needs to use 3 different reactivity settings ... and . field results indicate this fact ...

Thank you also for sharing this important information ..