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slight issue with coil on manticore
- Thread starter Justme
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Does it still do that when you turn 90 degrees?
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Odanscoils
Well-known member
Still learning here.
It seemed to hit off center for me on iron and junk.
A quarter inch perfect round ball of can slaw.
Painted a perfect coin circle.
Said 6 inch's down. Turned out 2 inch's.
And pinpointed off to the side of coil.
Not down the center.
yes
Did a factory reset on the machine, waved a quarter down the center, nothing. It will pick up on the right and left edges of the coil but not in the center. This will make life very interesting if there are multiple targets close together, pinpoint however is right dead center.
Is it the same when you turn 45 degrees and swing? This machine is a gift in actual pinpointing.
Strange. I just tested mine and the quarter is detected in center just fine.
That was an air test I did, the detector laying across my bed and hand waving the quarter. Maybe others here will test their Manticore coil.
thats exactly what i did, i disconnected from shaft and did it
Odanscoils
Well-known member
Welp.
Went out in the front yard. Cked for clean ground.
Dropped a quarter, copper penny,dime an nickel.
Initially hitting all over the coil.
Turned sens down to 10. Yup. Dead center.
Maybe a pin on the coil connection got bent.
I loaned my Simplex out with two coils.
Got a call few days later it's not working.
Upon inspection. I found he bent all the pins over.
Twisted the connection instead of the ferrel.
Took half an hour to fix that.
I wish you Luck brother.
Went out in the front yard. Cked for clean ground.
Dropped a quarter, copper penny,dime an nickel.
Initially hitting all over the coil.
Turned sens down to 10. Yup. Dead center.
Maybe a pin on the coil connection got bent.
I loaned my Simplex out with two coils.
Got a call few days later it's not working.
Upon inspection. I found he bent all the pins over.
Twisted the connection instead of the ferrel.
Took half an hour to fix that.
I wish you Luck brother.
I really don't think there's that many manticores out there they don't even have them at cabalas people are waiting for coils yet most people can't even get the detector . sube
How far away from the coil did you wave the coin when you air tested?
And, how deep were the coins/targets?
Modern high-gain DD coils will double blip on surface targets, unlike concentric coils.
If you get a double/edge blip, try raising the coils 6 inches or so, and see if the signal centers and clears up.
Same with air testing.
Bottom line is that; at least at a distance, the Manticore should center a straight on coin.
A tilted coin, of course, will be off target, but it could also be you've got a bad one.
Good luck,
mike
And, how deep were the coins/targets?
Modern high-gain DD coils will double blip on surface targets, unlike concentric coils.
If you get a double/edge blip, try raising the coils 6 inches or so, and see if the signal centers and clears up.
Same with air testing.
Bottom line is that; at least at a distance, the Manticore should center a straight on coin.
A tilted coin, of course, will be off target, but it could also be you've got a bad one.
Good luck,
mike
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Cameraniac
Active member
Figures that since I'm contemplating buying a Manticor, all of the problems with them are going to start popping up on the boards.
Don't they test these things before they leave the factory?
Don't they test these things before they leave the factory?
i was just testing in driveway on surface coins, then took machine inside, removed coil from shaft and tested with coins in hand. i can get signal on both edges of coil but not in center of coil. with pinpoint on its right dead center
Odanscoils
Well-known member
Distance from cool ?
Sensitivity ?
I couldn't get it to center on surface coins until I turned sens down to 10.
Did it do this when you first got it?