Manticore - Extreme Bump Sensitivity

[Tesorodeoro]

So I know this detector has been out for a few years and there was a lot of posts and online activity in the past. I’m confused as to why the extreme bump sensitivity in Goldfield mode is not being discussed more. EVERY SINGLE time the coil brushes up against grass, small twigs, coil touches the ground, bumping small rocks, etc results in falsing and noises. Impossible to skim the coil along the top of the ground. This is with the M11 coil and sensitivity at 20. Is that too high in this mode? I’m expecting to detect 5-10 grain flakes of gold a couple inches deep. Are the factory settings all wrong or is this how this detector operates?! Am I being a cry baby having to learn a new detector? I’d compare it to a semi truck at night with a loose headlight bouncing around. Am I missing something here? People have said to buy an aftermarket lower shaft. I don’t see how this would have anything to do with bump falsing except maybe it’s stiffer? Appreciate any discussion that results.

 

[jmc24]

I'm beginning to think most lower end detectors with carbon fiber shafts are conductive enough to be detected by the coils used.

I don't think most lower end detectors with carbon fiber shafts are conductive enough to be detected by the coils used.

I know they are from experience and the price range is from low to high end. This mostly applies to higher frequency VLFs with hybrid all metal gold prospecting and /or specific low conductor programs running above 20 kHz. One detector that has a CF shaft which isn't conductive is the one on Deus 2. Its CF tight weave lower shaft is dead quiet even using the Goldfield program in Pitch 2.

Lots of PI detectors have carbon fiber lower shafts which their coils will not detect.