Minelab Manticore Have You LISTENED? Direct Audio Tips

[@BrassMedic]

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[@GARE0HIO]

I have seen a lot of videos on here. YOURS are by FAR SOME of the BEST on here. YOU speak clearly . It is easy to understand you !!! I thank you so very much for taking the time to make these :)

[@Urge38]

Best video I've seen to date on the Manticore. Grate job Simply, easy to follow dialogue. No hidden agenda either Many thanks

[@monson47]

Nice Video! Got a Nox, D2, and know a Manti. Haven't had much time to get o the M yet, so was glad to see this. One hint, to find the quietest channel, press and hold noise cancel button until the numbers stabilize.

[@jalepeno5903]

I’m really enjoying your videos. I’m new to metal detectors and live in the Oregon high desert so it’s all frozen for months. I have all kinds of time for a long educational video. Thanks for taking the time to produce these.

[@rickkeifer5928]

Thanks a lot Mark for the video i'am new to the MANTICORE AND THAT IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE VIDEO ON THE Manticore I've seen yet.Ive only hunted with it so far a couple times but i'am learning.Those creeks in your video looks like you could just walk down them picking nuggets up right off the ground.Iam not far from your area i'am down here in Modesto.Thanks again Mark keep up the good work.

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you for the kind comments, very excited to see a comment like this! I am having lots of fun and success with my Manticore too now!!

[@goldsmith001]

Great hunt Mark, looking forward to more, thanks!

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you Kenny! Wasn't much to see dug, sorry for that but I have a couple really fun adventure videos coming out this week. Thanks again for the view and comment!

[@codylovelace2237]

Overall how satisfied are you with the machine and has the 2d map helped with your identification?

[@BrassMedic]

Since this old video there has been a major update back in June 2023. The machine is much better after the update and this machine is incredible now. I have been very successful with it and I recommend it to everybody. As far as the 2D graph goes it's just another piece of information that I use but honestly my style of detecting is mostly auditory and I don't spend a lot of time looking at the machine, more like critical listening. And this is how I detect with all machines from all manufacturers. I try to focus hard on the tones and the information within. Thank you for watching the video and for your question!

[@GarysMetalDetecting]

I want to hear what it sounds like when it shows up at My house.

[@pedrovision6987]

There is no need to continually apologize for environmental sounds...believe it or not, some people find the sound of your river, or the sound of waves at the shoreline to be comforting. (No need to apologize for aircraft either...you have no control over these phenomenon, therefore you have nothing to apologize for.) Your videos while being very helpful, informative and educational, they are very much soul food for us that are not able to get out...now, back to the vid!!

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you, I really need these kind of comments so I can get better at making videos!!! Much appreciated! I know the feeling of the not being able to get out and when I'm sick in bed or weather keeps me indoors, I do the same, just watch videos! I also personally like seeing the adventure of a detecting trip and the scenery, instead of dig to dig style so I am trying to put some nice shots of the beautiful places I get to go detecting so I can share with others what I am seeing. Thank you again!!

[@Headstoneman]

I’m so excited to get mine out later this week! This machine is a serious upgrade from my Garrett AT max! I’ve watched a few of your videos now and I’m very impressed with this machines operation! Keep the videos coming!

[@gravediggermaxvabeachva]

very interesting spins..........1:11 to 1:18.......good spinning my friend

[@scottpreto8491]

Enjoy your channel, keep them coming !!!

[@thex5160]

You’re awesome!! Thank you so much for your videos, excellent content 💯💰

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you again sincerely, much appreciated!

[@Geordie_1862]

Watched all of that which surprised me as it was quite long - found it all informative and gives a better insight into the audio profiles for whenever my Manticore finally arrives.

[@ArnieT1958]

Great Video thanks for your input!! I've got one on pre order.. snowed in up here in Maine, gives me time to learn all i can from you pros!!

[@BrassMedic]

I heard that a few bigger shipments are on there way so hopefully one is yours!! Thank you for hanging out on the channel and for taking the time to leave a comment!!

[@cliveclynick4667]

nice demo of the search modes and audio menus, thanks!

[@RussTNails-fw9ds]

Spectacular countryside absolutely jealous, is there a smaller coil for the manta?

[@joncolcord6047]

Informative, but why no explanation of the Prospecting audio? I accidentally had it set this way for a long period and decided that I loved it (in ATHC), so I still use it. Also, I don’t quite understand the turning up of threshold or why I would want to hear that. Nobody has effectively explained this to me yet. I already listen to a lot of iron (horseshoe is always on for me), but I turn my ferrous volume down nice and low so that it isn’t bothersome to me. I must be about 500 hours on this machine now. Found some great stuff too! (1794 Liberty Cap in beautiful shape is my top so far!). Keep the videos coming!

[@BrassMedic]

I have taken the machine Down To The River Edge and prospected in the rocks where other machines like the gold Monster 1000 new very well and I had a lot of noise and fahlsing with my manticore but out of fairness that was well using the 11 inch coil with the new M9 ( round) or the M8 (elliptical) the machine could behave completely differently I need to test that again! Thank you for your view and for bringing up this great question and your comment!

[@Bradleyscience]

Nicely done Mark, fun up here in the mountains. It looks like it will take many hours to truly understand the Manticore, Cheers

[@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964]

All terrain fast should be called Simplex mode- that thing went from smooth as silk to an annoying Chatterbox! I doubt I will be using this mode very much on my manticore. Seriously, I would wrap this thing around a tree if I had to listen to that. There has to be a way to settle it down in that mode. I got my Manticore two days ago and I have been going through your videos one by one. Very well presented and useful information sir! I am now one of your subscribers.

[@jamescarter3883]

That was fun. I'm looking at that machine. I'm in CA but down here in San Diego, Far from those great accessable sites in the Gold country. I enjoy you great vids. Retired FF/Medic Tac-Medic etc..SDFD Thank you for sharing your journeys..

[@BrassMedic]

As a fellow FF/MICP you are my brother!! I just heard that my lab has discounted the Manticore by $500 so there is a really good sale going on right now for the next month or so would be a great time to make a move on one. Trust me when I tell you that it is an amazing machine with the M8 coil paired up to it I own every metal detector made in the last 20 years and this is my first choice out the door on most hunts. You can't go wrong! You can always email me at the email in the description of all my videos if you ever have any questions. Thanks for watching the video and for taking the time to leave a comment!

[@jamescarter3883]

Well, the Mantis is on it's way. I used the link on your vid to place the order. I was looking at that Garrett gold machine but I'm close to the beach down here. This Mantis will be a bit more versatile, for my use, and I have an X-Terra for a friend or backup with a small EQ coil. Thanks for the great work Mark.

[@DirtBandit]

Hey, my buddy Ed Winslow mentioned you. I saw one of your videos a few days before but I remembered he said he sent you a buckle from the 1800s. Great channel!

[@martinbishop4279]

Hey Mark finally got it ,and took it out and still going over your content so to learn more about it notice this one about the audio of this detector and I got a better handle on this with this detector.I have been on the beach with it.Also will let you know while using F- Pulse had no problem with interaction of them but with Nox 600 I would need to turn on F-Paulse first and then noise cancel but Manticore did not care. Any how any questions let me know and stay in touch.👍🙂..

[@BrassMedic]

I see this is an old comment and I apologize it's taking this long to get to it I'm trying to catch up on all of my comments and there are many tens of thousands of them. I appreciate your tips/info and the view!!

[@skylardean4540]

You mentioned only digging the absolute bangers. What clues you in to a signal being something that you just have to dig?

[@BrassMedic]

I see you asked this question in a couple different ways on two different videos. This is a very tough question to answer over the internet, much easier to explain one on one in the field during training. It has everything to do with critical listening and hours of usage where you learn the tones. Junk and iron is choppy and broken sounding whereas desirable conductive targets give a much more detailed and full tone, this all happens so fast it's incredible that our ears can listen that accurately and that fast as to size up every tone. In training I use two headphones connected to one machine and explain everything I am hearing and thinking, I go back and reinvestigate signals often as I go and when it repeats is when I do a 90 degree turn and listen again to make a dig, no dig decision. You can watch this video where I think I talk about the amount of tones and the wiggle you need to master. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioilqox7jqmmpJYsi=8pGwJOZEMC745vnU It's not on the Manticore but it's applicable to most all Minelab VLF detectors. Thank you for the view and great question. For more info you're welcome to email me at the email that is in the description of all of my videos. Thanks again!

[@brianb5505]

Really like your videos. I did some more research on the Manticore and decided to try adapting to the sounds. I figured there’s no way everyone raving about minelabs products could be crazy. I used my TDI last night on a trashy beach and remembered why I want a discriminating machine. Im going to keep the equinox 800 for now but i did preorder a Manticore hoping for more depth and better vdi stability.

[@jerrymellinger7471]

Thanks for taking the time to make these informative videos. Im curious about the saved program feature on the Manticore. How the save program system is set up and how to save a program. Thanks

[@BrassMedic]

Hi Jerry, great question! So each mode has it's own local settings associated with it. These include the tone profile, audio theme, operating frequencies and the discrimination pattern. So any changes you make to any user mode is saved when the machine is shut off and therefore still remain the next time you turn it on. Some settings are not local to user modes and are global settings. These include the volume, sensitivity, noise cancel frequency, ground balance and of course lighting and handle vibration. No need to save a program because it happens automatically. Many of the settings have a sub menu with a "Reset" feature allowing you to reset the factory settings without having to do a full machine factory reset. VERY nice feature! Thanks for the view and questions!

[@diggingwesttexas3342]

Should you have done a noise cancel and ground balance when you changed modes??

[@BrassMedic]

Absolutely. Anytime you change frequencies (this includes modes). Thank you for the view and taking the time to leave a comment!

[@GeForce-rc6sq]

That's an unbelievable amount of iron. Why is that? Was it an old construction site?

[@BrassMedic]

It was an old gold rush camp in an area where many lived and worked along the edge of the river for decades. Thank you for your view and comment!

[@tedjilek1507]

Enjoy your videos. Could you do a video on threshold. I’m confused to use or not to use. Thanks.

[@JohnCaseSlingIn360]

Why do you prefer the pin pointer in vibrate mode?

[@BrassMedic]

The handheld pinpointer? It's because I used to get sooo many complaints in my videos about how annoying the pinpointer sounds are. Thank you for your view and comment!

[@johan081257]

Very nice area where you are Mark👍🦔🧢

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you! I am in Northern California near Placerville. Appreciate the view and kind comment! 🤠

[@jamkpa]

Very good tutorial.

[@richardvarn433]

Love your videos they help me tremendously..... both digs in ATHC produced nails which is primarily what I dig on great targets in ATHC UGGGGH. Please do a video with a coin shooting set up..... thanks Brother

[@BrassMedic]

Are you mostly running ATHC? Keep in mind that this video is made a year ago before the update that came out in June 2023. The update really addressed the issues with falsing on nails. So the unit is much better now with regards to falsing than it was in this video. I will definitely do a video for coin shooting setup and I'll take it out into the city parks and really Target the deeper coins to pull silver. Stay tuned to the channel and I will get this done soon. Thank you for your view and great suggestion. Happy holidays!

[@johan081257]

Very very nice place

[@BrassMedic]

Sure is! An amazing site with incredible scenary. Thank you for your view and comment!

[@HERBIE-236]

Wife and I have run CTX 3030s since release, overs 10 years. I have been holding out year after year hoping for a CTX 2.0. Yesterday I pulled the trigger on one Manticore to try out. If we like it, we will purchase another. Having extensive time with CTX yourself, do you think it’s an upgrade or a lateral move? Your videos are fantastic, super detailed and helpful. Thank You!!

[@BrassMedic]

Thank you for the view, the comment and your kinds words! Yes so I too was waiting for the CTX 2.0, Until I spent a weekend with the Minelab engineers and realized the stark reality that the circuit in the CTX was too dated and using analog technologies that are no longer used. At best we might be able to get some CTX or Explorer like legacy tones in the new, very powerful polyphonic synth audio engines on the Manticore or our next flagship machine. I did some very serious Head to Head comparisons with the CTX versus the Manticore. Once I got the M8 coil and compared it to the 6" round on the CTX 3030, I found the Manticore to be much better with target separation. I am at the point now with the M8 bolted on and the June 2023 update installed, the Manticore is really sorted now and I no longer feel like I have to bring my CTX 3030 to sites. Now if I know for sure it's a virgin site that I've never been to and has never been detected I would still bring the CTX 3030 on my first trip because it's going to get the good stuff quicker and cherry pick the site. But once you get into the heavy iron and have to slow down the Manticore will do much better with the M8 coil and June 2023 update. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a comment!

[@HERBIE-236]

Thank you for taking the time with such a detailed response. HH!

[@huntinquincy4238]

Still waiting 😢 I appreciate you showing the the different sound profiles! I was feeling pretty good calling the Henry’s before you even dug it 😂

[@Bradleyscience]

Mark, it seems a bit chirpy/noisy, are there power lines nearby?

[@ohiofredl]

Thank for vid.

[@Zandian]

Thank you much for this video. I’ve had the 800 for a couple years and I really thought something was wrong with it with as chirpy as it is around our old farmhouse. I think we have a bunch of old square nails from an old renovation that is causing much of the noise. Glad to know it’s not uncommon to have this kind of chirping. Very helpful to learn how to understand the noise and control it with the Manticore. Also helpful to learn how to zero in on the important stuff. Looking forward to seeing what I can find with the Manticore. Found an 1837 large cent with my AT Pro at this site and hoping to find more good stuff!

[@paulandresen8671]

I was looking for quartz on your drone shot

[@weshawkins7165]

Coming from the gold nugget detecting side of things where the machine is typically quiet that chatter would drive me crazy. I have the Equinox 800 I haven’t used all that much. The All- Terrain high conductors mode I might be able to tolerate.

[@BrassMedic]

Yes, I hear you on that. I am doing an entire video on gold so I didn't want to even cover it at all in this video, it is like a completely different circuit when it's in Gold Prospecting mode so I will get that video made asap so you guys can hear it but I do believe it will end up being the best VLF gold machine on the market. The audio at these sites in this video is really crazy and most wouldn't be able to tolerate it. You don't have to run threshold or iron audio or for that matter the sensitivity cranked up so it can run way quieter than this but this was the machine on full tilt!! lol. Thanks for the view and comment and Happy Holidays!!

[@weshawkins7165]

@@BrassMedic Your welcome, I’m enjoying your videos. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas to you.

[@JACOB1556]

what is the screen size of the manticore in millimeters of the width and lenght , as i want to get an antigare custom size glass screen protector for the matchine? as i have not receved my matchine yet. can want somthing better than a plasic screen protector that it comes with.

[@BrassMedic]

Hello, it is 73mm x 56mm. That's a great idea!!

[@strickdog]

Great video Mark. Have you ran the machine in tracking? I think some of that softer noise may have been ground noise? Just wondering because thats how my Nox sounds up in the foothills. I have to bring the manticore up where the ground is hotter and see if it's similar. So far I love the machine and cant wait for the small coil!

[@brianb5505]

How do you know when to dig?

[@BrassMedic]

I would say anything that is repeatable and still repeats on a 90 degree turn and has 2D graph painting below the grey bars is a definite dig. Especially is the VDI numbers are pretty consistent. Everything else is an iffy signal and is taking a chance but some of my best finds ever were iffy signals that I decided to dig. In this particular video there are many signals I would have dug but I was focused more on letting you hear the sounds. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@trevsurfs9060]

That threshold would drive me mad! Just turn the iron on when you need it.

[@kevinhunt2112]

Very sparky! Can the noise cancel channels be manually changed? The 3030 is just like this in San Francisco but I manually changed the noise cancel frequency and found a channel that calmed her down more than the automatic cancel.. This for me, eliminated a lot of the falsing and chatter and it still hit 12" targets!

[@neilclarke4817]

Yes it can Kevin. Better still though, if you have noise cancel as one of your keypad soft keys, a long press will start a continuous noise cancel and choose the best of a few channels. Release when it settles. Recommended to noise cancel each time you change search modes or sensitivity. Very handy set as a soft key.

[@barrybark3995]

i know some detectors can give you ringing in the ears/tinnitus .Is this one of them?

[@dbbsharkey]

Question ,,As a seasoned audiophile, in your opinion would you say the headphones are perfect or could be improved? I dont hear anyone go into any detail regarding the earphones. kinda makes me wonder if they are just sufficient and not stand-out.

[@michaelperpich148]

Why are you running 0 G.B. ? In California ? You will do much better with ground noise if you G.B. Thanks Mike.

[@BrassMedic]

I don't "run" GB at 0 ... I always grab the ground, in clean ground before each session. Although we have some of the most mineralized ground on the planet here in California, the machine rarely goes above 20 here and often around 10. Many areas are close to 0. Like you and everybody else..... I listen to the machine and when it starts to whine and cry a little bit, I re-grab the ground to settle it down. Thank you for your view and comment!

[@1CarsonChris]

When I watched your first Manticore video you mentioned problem falsing. Is it still an issue?

[@finders-keepers1518]

Curious to hear any feedback on this as well.

[@markkus1134]

Best detector I’ve owned it two weeks 6 silver coins one a 1847 half dime a bucket list coin and a 1802 2 over 0 large cent pretty rare coin

[@NolimitracingRC]

You think if you hit some small silver you would catch it ..

[@campnorth9767]

The chatter is terrible. Can’t even use full sensitivity

[@BrassMedic]

This comment is over a year ago so not sure if you did the update or not or if you did noise cancel and ground balance but nobody else is having this problem. I'm wondering if you have a malfunction in your machine or perhaps you're EMI is very significant and you need to do a noise cancel. Since this is a very old comment I'm hoping that you sort this out by now. Thank you for your view, comment and question!

[@brianb5505]

I bough an equinox 800 a day before the release of the newer machines. Im really disappointed with the audio that minelab uses. I can’t believe people like the sounds is produces. It sounds like a machine with the sensitivity set too high and nothing gives a hard hit. Im constantly struggling to decide wether or not to dig. Good targets sound to hollow and insignificant. I couldn’t finish watching the beginning of your video. What horrible noise. I thought the Manticore would have refined sounds. It sound like an AT Pro full bore in saltwater 🤮

[@BrassMedic]

I understand both your comment about buying the 800 right before the 900 came out as well as your complaints about the sounds. Don't be too discouraged though because when you swing the Manticore right over a coin or a high conductor it does sound amazing. It's just the bombardment of noise and chatter coming in from all of the iron in my sites that can drive you mad. In a park away from a trashy area or in the relic fields outside of the iron, I am sure it's a whole lot better. Thanks again for the view and comment!

[@barrybark3995]

i know some machines can give ringing in the ears /tinnitus. i stopped detecting after getting tinnitus from a machine,lucky for me it only lasted a few days but was scarey nontheless

[@waynepovilaitis2305]

@@barrybark3995 I live with tinnitus. What did you say?

[@barrybark3995]

@@waynepovilaitis2305 a c scope detector gave me tinnitus , luckily i recovered but have not detected since then , c scope very high tones ,awful. i hope your tinnitus isnt bad wayne

[@waynepovilaitis2305]

@@barrybark3995 I started detecting in 1975. Whites machines. Was around loud noise most of my life.. If I don't dwell on it at times I don't notice it, believe it or not. Sort of live with a bunch of ailments. But I love detecting at 68. Keeps me going. Moved to a place a few miles from the beach. Got to live life. Thanks for asking and happy hunting!

[@janusstark4259]

Enjoy earing the high tone from a nail reading 80 😂👎👎👎

[@BrassMedic]

I wonder if it would still do that after the June 2023 update? The whole premise and strategy of that update was to eliminate nail falsing. Our square nails here in California are very high conductivity, the circuit sees more conductivity than it does ferrous on our square nails (because the steel used was high carbon and heated to extreme temps by the blacksmith then pounded resulting in a very tight molecular structure of the steel). All machines suffer here and no machine is exempt. Best machine around these nails has always been the Minelab CTX-3030 rarely ever detects them but doesn't perform as well as Equinox, Manticore, Deus II or Legend in target seperation. I know your being sarcastic and we're triggered enough to make the comment but I believe the update really brought the Manticore to the point now where it is about equal in the amount of nails dug to other manufacturers. This video is pre-update. Thanks for checking out the video and for leaving a comment. Happy Holidays!

[@timh132]

Deus 11 all the way