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Here it is: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/303809749011
That one is brass. there were also bakelite ones https://www.militaria-sales.com.au/...tralian-air-force-small-bakelite-world-war-2/
That one is brass. there were also bakelite ones https://www.militaria-sales.com.au/...tralian-air-force-small-bakelite-world-war-2/
Yep that's the one.
Mine has 2 diametrically opposed holes in the rear (from manufacturing). I guess they were made in many different locations.
We hear very little about the Manticore, so any field report is interesting, but 11 coins vs a 1 coin established benchmark is pretty exceptional! Are you starting to feel a bit excited about the possibilities the new machine offers?
I'm slowly coming around. Its a lot different to the Vanquish 540 that I have used for the last 2 years. I have to retrain my brain with the new VDI numbers.
Also having 2 1/2 times the VDI range as the Vanquish the numbers tend to be a bit more jumpy.
I think another 10 hours or so on it and I'll be more comfortable with it.
It does seem to go 50% deeper than the Vanquish does. This is great in soft sand but can be harder when there's a heap of crushed limestone and rocks in the soil.
I have a few gripes with it.
1) Minelab decided to nobble the low latency Bluetooth to only work with their headphones. I never use over ear headphones as I like to be aware of my surroundings. To get it to work with my low latency BT headset I need to plug a LL BT transmitter into the 3.5mm headphone jack. In this configuration it also isn't waterproof. Its all so unnecessary. I don't know what they thought they were going to achieve.
2) It doesn't have the capability to save any custom programs. They promote how flexible it is and then don't allow any way to save the set ups. Again I have no idea what they were thinking - their firmware developer could add this facility in a couple of hours - easy!
3) I paid $2500 for the detector kit and they don't even give you a cheap carry bag!
Overall I'm happy with the machine, it just could have been better if ML had thought a bit more.
I'm looking forward to taking it to some less junky sites, maybe out in the bush and seeing what I can find.
I might sell my Vanquish and use the funds to buy a smaller coil for it.
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Your gripes are the same for the gpz7000,
The manticore manual doesn’t mention BT, but wireless connection like the 7, it would interesting to see if a 7 wireless module would hook up.
Looks like your of to a great start though, look forward to your upcoming finds.
The manticore manual doesn’t mention BT, but wireless connection like the 7, it would interesting to see if a 7 wireless module would hook up.
Looks like your of to a great start though, look forward to your upcoming finds.
They seem to be going the way of Apple.
I don't know anything about 7 as a data connection.
I read somewhere that the detector will pair to blutooth head sets, but will just not work. I suspect they just have used LL bluetooth and request and identifier from the headset. If it doesn't match a minelab ID they just prevent data transfer. Fingers crowded they reverse the decision in a future firmware update.
I'll post some more finds as I dig them.
Cheers
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