First swing with the M9 coil.

[Ed_DE]

Got to try my new M9 coil for my Manticore today. I took it to a site with lots of iron contamination [square nails] and the coil seems to do a nice job with separation. The coil is very light . I won't get arm fatigue with the M9. I feel it goes almost as deep as the M11. Overall I feel this is a nice coil to add to my arsenal.

 

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[CrackerJackSon]

I agree. I swung the m9 for 6 hours today without fatigue. I will be using this as my primary coil. I thought a little too much dirt and sand was getting under the coil cover, but maybe I hadn't snapped it down enough in one spot. I hope Minelab makes additional coils with an eye towards minimal weight.

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

The Manticore M9 coil is a good one for use! Love the old pocket knife you found!

 

[bottlecap4u]

the M9 will be an eventual get for me, waiting for the price to drop though.

 

[CrackerJackSon]

I have about 100 hours on the m9 now and continue to love it. I use it as my primary coil because of the reduced weight. The way the Manticore performs with the M9 and my current settings is eerily similar to the Minelab Sovereign, which makes me really happy because I loved that machine, and now I feel like I have it back with a 2d display.

Quick story--I was watering my arborvitae when my hose nozzle broke (cheap plastic kind). I had been procrastinating buying another one over the next few days, when I went metal detecting in my backyard. Coincidentally, I found one of those brass nozzles that you twist to change the spray setting. After cleaning it, it works perfectly! I had been over my yard with the Sovereign, Explorer, Excalibur, and Equinox and somehow missed a large brass object a few inches down.

 

[Cuerno]

Do you have any idea how you miss something that big with an Explorer, that reminds me of a target I found 20 years ago in my front yard, {I live on three acres, old farmland} but after digging about 9 inches the hole was getting too wide in my pretty green grass, so I stopped digging. 7 years later the grass had died on that spot and once again I dug the target and about 14 inches I pulled out a solid steel ball the size of a soft ball, I was surprised. This being old farm land maybe the steel ball was brought in a load of dirt, my house is located about 6 miles from The Alamo so maybe a cannon ball rolled off a wagon...

 

[CrackerJackSon]

Do you have any idea how you miss something that big with an Explorer, that reminds me of a target I found 20 years ago in my front yard, {I live on three acres, old farmland} but after digging about 9 inches the hole was getting too wide in my pretty green grass, so I stopped digging. 7 years later the grass had died on that spot and once again I dug the target and about 14 inches I pulled out a solid steel ball the size of a soft ball, I was surprised. This being old farm land maybe the steel ball was brought in a load of dirt, my house is located about 6 miles from The Alamo so maybe a cannon ball rolled off a wagon...

That's a very interesting story about the cannonball, and it reminded me of certain signals I have gotten over the years on private permissions that I wasn't willing to dig so deep to get because it was in a manicured area or the homeowner was standing over me. I still wonder what some of them were. In the case of my yard, I think the reason I missed this item is iron. On each coil swing, I get many iron signals, so it's possible I just didn't tackle certain iron hotspots in the past as well as I should have. It's really the type of soil nobody wants to detect, though I'm not sure why there is so much iron here, as it was a forest in the past and the house was built in the '70's. So either I'm more confident in iron now, or the Manticore is better at seeing through it.

 

[CreekSide]

Good deal

 

[Caliche]

Interesting about the M9 weight advantage. Coming from a GPX, I didn't think weight could possibly be an issue with the Manticore, but the weight distribution (front heavy) makes my hand go numb. Figuring out how to add a strap so I don't have to grip the handle tightly.

 

[Ed_DE]

Interesting about the M9 weight advantage. Coming from a GPX, I didn't think weight could possibly be an issue with the Manticore, but the weight distribution (front heavy) makes my hand go numb. Figuring out how to add a strap so I don't have to grip the handle tightly.

Something you can look into is the DetectorPro Detecting Pal Harness. It will take the weight off your wrist and you can hold the handle loosely with your fingers.

 

[Caliche]

Thanks for the tip, definitely good for flat areas and the beach!

My GPX has a finger strap on the front of the grip, it doesn't look like much but it makes a big difference. And it works on steep, brushy hillsides.