First outing with Manticore

[laplander]

Spent some time yesterday going over the machine to get familiarized but got out for a real hunt at a racetrack/picnic grove. Everybody and their dog have pounded this site for years me included. Last couple years you would be lucky to find a coin per trip. I will be honest the first hour was slow getting used to everything. The dime and V nickel were a coin spill in the same hole with the big iron key object. I felt like it was a spill from the response, should have taken a picture but it was very cold. The Manticore nailed it.
Indians were reading 55 to 62
the dime was the 83 reading
Low 20's on the nickel
20's on the temp with 30 mph winds
All terrain General
Sens 29
GB 30's
HH Jeff

 

[Ted S]

Awesome! Snowing hard up here Jeff! Good research weather! So what is your opinion of it this early in the game?

 

[Elmy]

Spent some time yesterday going over the machine to get familiarized but got out for a real hunt at a racetrack/picnic grove. Everybody and their dog have pounded this site for years me included. Last couple years you would be lucky to find a coin per trip. I will be honest the first hour was slow getting used to everything. The dime and V nickel were a coin spill in the same hole with the big iron key object. I felt like it was a spill from the response, should have taken a picture but it was very cold. The Manticore nailed it.
Indians were reading 55 to 62
the dime was the 83 reading
Low 20's on the nickel
20's on the temp with 30 mph winds
All terrain General
Sens 29
GB 30's
HH Jeff

Nice ! As I said If there is a new detector that finds treasure, we all will hear it.... nice post and hunt with the manticore.

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

Spent some time yesterday going over the machine to get familiarized but got out for a real hunt at a racetrack/picnic grove. Everybody and their dog have pounded this site for years me included. Last couple years you would be lucky to find a coin per trip. I will be honest the first hour was slow getting used to everything. The dime and V nickel were a coin spill in the same hole with the big iron key object. I felt like it was a spill from the response, should have taken a picture but it was very cold. The Manticore nailed it.
Indians were reading 55 to 62
the dime was the 83 reading
Low 20's on the nickel
20's on the temp with 30 mph winds
All terrain General
Sens 29
GB 30's
HH Jeff

Pretty amazing and very similar VDI numbers to my Old whites blue box eagle II I used many, many yrs ago... no doubt, if it was a 20 or 21.... 98 out of 100 times you better be looking for that nickel in the hole or plug. I personally think the expanded numbers are a huge benefit

Mark ( ohio ).

 

[jim tn]

Good going! Nice finds with a new detector. That dime, nickel key thing would be a iffy target for many hunters and detectors. HH jim tn

 

[Ronstar]

Cant believe that many people could miss a Barber dime! You had to have hit it that magic 1 degree angle outta 360 window, good job!!!

 

[1hotwire]

That's good news ! I'm thinking seriously about one .

 

[laplander]

Awesome! Snowing hard up here Jeff! Good research weather! So what is your opinion of it this early in the game?

Snowed on me as well Ted, the wind was the worst. Some of the targets seamed easy others were complex. Way too early to say, but I did have a good hunt.

 

[laplander]

Nice ! As I said If there is a new detector that finds treasure, we all will hear it.... nice post and hunt with the manticore.

Thanks Elmy, so glad to see them come back with a real screen.

 

[laplander]

Pretty amazing and very similar VDI numbers to my Old whites blue box eagle II I used many, many yrs ago... no doubt, if it was a 20 or 21.... 98 out of 100 times you better be looking for that nickel in the hole or plug. I personally think the expanded numbers are a huge benefit

Mark ( ohio ).

Thanks Mark, I swung whites back in the day as well.

 

[laplander]

Good going! Nice finds with a new detector. That dime, nickel key thing would be a iffy target for many hunters and detectors. HH jim tn

Thanks Jim it was really interesting to see all three objects on the screen at once!

 

[sprchng]

Did it leak!!??

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds Jeff can't wait to try one in my spots.
Mark

 

[Confetrit]

Well Done on your first outing and hunt with the Manticore. Congrat's. It will only get better in time as you become one with your new detector.

 

[laplander]

Did it leak!!??

No snowflakes were injured during this hunt LOL

 

[laplander]

Well Done on your first outing and hunt with the Manticore. Congrat's. It will only get better in time as you become one with your new detector.

First date, the beginning of a long relationship.

 

[dfmike]

I find it interesting that it seems to separate similar sized copper and silver in its ID reading. In Park 1 on the Nox 600, I cannot distinguish between a copper penny and a silver dime.

 

[fwcrawford]

That is a pretty impressive first hunt in a heavily hunted site as you stated
Nice finds!!!

 

[laplander]

I find it interesting that it seems to separate similar sized copper and silver in its ID reading. In Park 1 on the Nox 600, I cannot distinguish between a copper penny and a silver dime.

Indians read lower than any other cent with the exception of fatties and flying Eagle which read even lower. I was surprised with the range on the Indians but thinking back they had a spread on the Equinox as well so I shouldn't be. The 100 spread on the ID should help distinguish targets.

 

[Elmy]

Indians read lower than any other cent with the exception of fatties and flying Eagle which read even lower. I was surprised with the range on the Indians but thinking back they had a spread on the Equinox as well so I shouldn't be. The 100 spread on the ID should help distinguish targets.

If you thinks it reads low check out the Whites dfx reading on a IH in 3khz raw...went from -95 to +95... dfx came out in 2001.
See the coin id of a 36..... Now That is a COIN SPREAD !