Im fiercely loyal to the minelab 700 at this point, and there is something about the tones that are better than the other models...even the manticore !! The stats don't lie, and this model in particular has outperformed everything else for me in terms of finding gold. Of course this is just preference and opinion, but at this point nothing else has worked for me better than the 700 on the gold, including the more expensive and supposedly better manticore. Having tried them all, i prefer the 700 to all other minelab products....again this is what works for me personally in my conditions and environment and others I'm sure would argue with this and that's fine...my hunting style is much different than most others !!