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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Not so much a quirk as a contest of how BAD a silver signal can get. Over the years as we got more experienced with Explorers hunting frequently turned into a contest of the most horrible signal dug that turned out to be a silver coin, leaving us baffled. As most Explorer users know a rusty nail...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    I think the era of an Explorer book has come and gone. Manticore? As a managing director of software development who's dug 10's of thousands of targets with Explorers I have a different perspective on fielding testing these machines. Soon (I retire in T minus 4 weeks) I'll be focusing my full...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Explorer Quirk #2 - I guess while I'm on the topic of quirks and big silver, wait for it...the all metal null. How does that even happen? I'm hunting along and suddenly the machine go silent. Nothing, no threshold tone, no target tone, no overload, dead silent. I'm like what the hell? Machine...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    The rest of this story now that I have some time to explain...detectors have quirks and the Explorer is no exception. These quirks are frequently quite helpful. Remember when people would say you have to put time in on a new machine, years, thousands of targets? I never bought into that with one...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    I have this Patco PTS300 entry level thermal stripper. Gets the job done nicely, various sized heating elements available for different gauge wires though each will strip a range of wire gauges. I have only needed 2 sizes. There's a depth stop which is nice, you can set it to a depth of length...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Pick a day to hunt silver quarters and half dollars...when you arrive concentrate on crown caps...Explorers have a special mode for this.
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    On this topic, a couple of things. I have thermal wire strippers that never nick or cut the tiny wires in these cords, that's a game changer. Also, discover Ancor brand heat shrink it's for marine applications and there's waterproof glue inside the heat shrink tubing. I highly AVOID 1/8 and 1/4...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    There's a couple of options here...the simple version is to run a cable from the Manticore's 1/8" jack back along the shaft to the rear of the arm cup to a 1/4 inch jack. Better, use a superior waterproof connector vs the 1/4 inch jack. The problem with those is twisting wears the plating off...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Explorer tones were the best, there's so much information in the tones. Silver ringing (like a bicycle bell), Merc bell like tone (due to the deep relief strike of the coin), round sounds, deep sounds, the smoothness of gold vs nickel/tab. Platinum is altogether a unique tone on Explorers. The...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    We should proposed that to Minelab. It's purely a software update so should be doable.
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Nox 900 carbon fiber shaft. 3D printed handle, same oval profile as the Manticore. That oval hand rest on top of the handle is printed in Polyurethane rubber, a key component of avoiding hand/arm fatigue the weight can rest on this vs 100% of the weight supported by grip. Front/rear housing...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Explorer SE sheds serious weight...by comparison the Manticore weighs 2lbs 12.2oz drum roll...the new hip/chest mounted Explorer SE Pro weighs just 2lbs 1.2 oz a whopping 11oz less than the Manticore. :yikes::yikes::yikes:
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    So 'marketing' vs actual. The 28 frequencies Minelab advertised for the Explorer was ahem, a bit of marketing. It actually only transmitted 2 frequencies not 28. It detected 28 frequencies on the receive side of things. Unlike other detectors of the time, the Explorer transmitted a square wave...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    I have built a number of coils for the Explorer. Since there are no electronic chips in the coil, it's just 2 magnet wire windings they are simple. Construction is challenging, a topic for another time. With the abundance of coils that came out for it there's no reason to build a coil today. I...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    The Explorers major issue has always been it's ridiculous 5+ pound weight and that's with the stock coil. A smaller coil helps a little but not much, the copper coil windings still use the same amount of wire regardless of size. The Minelab 8 inch coil for example is quite thick for that reason...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    In related news, the 3D printer has been working overtime. My modified Explorer Se Pro will weigh less than the Manticore. :eek:
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    I was hunting a park over near Boston once. Far off in the distance was a radio tower. I had to set my coil flat to the ground when digging otherwise it went nuts from whatever was coming off that tower.
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Explorers don't overload on black sand, but the black sand kills the depth. They may seem to run reasonably stable (I run my hot and chatty) but they are not getting depth. Explorer merge the black sand with the coin just as they will merge gold/silver, silver/bronze, silver/iron when they are...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    This should be easy for you then. For scoping Explorers fabricate a test fixture. A short splice 2-3 inches between the coil's cord connector and the detectors coil connector, with open/bare wires for you to connect meter/scope leads to. Those are standard 5 pin microphone connectors you would...
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    Comparison - Manticore vs EQX 800 vs Explorer SE Pro

    Can you hear a coin that you DELETED from the signal with your settings? That's the GOTCHA of the Gain vs Sensitivity on the Explorer. First, Explorers transmit at max power at all times, no matter what your settings are. So the received signal back from the coil is the full 100% max possible...
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