Minelab Manticore: Comparing deep coin signals with the XP Deus 2 and CTX 3030. 

A great real time test of these three highend detectors, they all performed very well .Thankyou 😀.

Thanks for the vid! I’m a new Deus II owner but also interested in the Manticore. This comparison was helpful.

Great comparison guys. They're pretty neck and neck. I'd be happy to have either of them.

I love the sound of the Manticore & Love The lite weight of The Deus …..Both are great Detectors……….Thanks for sharing

Good info! still happy with my Minelab 800 for now. Love that silver!!

Looks to me like there both great defectors, personally I have a deus 2 and still prefer it over the manticore , it's lighter wireless and I prefer the noises plus it has 5 years warranty , but it's personal choice

Great video!! Very informative. My husband has the 9" on the D2, I have the 11"; and that is what we have found my 11" is just a little deeper. Thank you for sharing!

One of the best comparison video's I've seen with the Manticore. I to am learning the Manticore and have only had it out once on a very polluted beach but managed to retrieve five pieces of silver and am very impressed with it so far. Happy hunting and best wishes from the Relic Reclaimers!

Good demonstration of two great machines!

Can you change the sound on the deus? Obviously a personal choice but it's not as easy to listen to as the equinox, some fantastic digging though

Love the ranger shovel, just purchased one

Great comparison video. I am waiting for a bit before I pull the trigger on one.

I have to laugh at some of the people I see claiming a target is 8", 10" ect on some videos when the pinpointer is still half way above the dirt. It seems many don't realize an actual 8" coin is deep in the wild. 9" and over is extremely deep IMO. Especially if slightly or fully on edge! Nice comparison! That's a lot of work to do what you're doing here! TC.

Nice job Brother. Most people have no idea the effort one has to put in to make these types of videos! I find it interesting the Deus was the one having issues on a couple iron targets. Seems the Deus does a little better with the nails and the Manticore does better with the bigger stuff. Thanks for the video!

Awesome comparison, really enjoyed it. Looking for deep targets on the edge of detection can be a challenge. Kenny

Hey, guys! Great video! I would like to ask your opinion. Do I need to change my CTX to Manticore?

Awesome video, guys! Great unbiased comparison. The Manticore looks like it’s gonna be a contender! Gotta start saving my nickels and dimes!! 😁

Nice to see you back I bought the 900 because no Manticore is not available but I will upgrade to one soon the 900 is a excellent upgrade to the 800 I’ve hit spots the I’ve hammered with my 800 and pulled more that were badly masked with iron in with coins .

Both machines did great! I just prefer Minelab for the sound and familiarity. Ballfields are my specialty and I'm sure the manticore will reach coins my Nox 800 didn't. Order to be placed :)

What a great location! Thanks for the comparison, very good video. I have been using the D2 after being a long time nox user. So I had to buy the manticore but it’s hard to put down my Deus, so they will sharing time I guess.

Thank you for taking the time to show this. Love your shovel too. Any thoughts on an 11x13 D2 coil? I have the 9 and 11 that i have. 11 gives me another inch or so deeper.

Another great video, thanks. Hope to see you soon

Thanks for testing. 👍

We’ll done. Not many people take the time and effort to compare machines on un-dug targets out in the field. And I also experience quite a bit of iron falsing when using deep HC on the deus 2. I’ve found deep HC to be pretty unusable on the heavy iron spots I normally detect, so a modified fast is my first pick and second is a modified park.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! I have a few comments and observations, about the machines. FYI = With Minelab products a Recovery Speed of: 4 = 2.5 on the Deus 2. 3 = 2 on the Deus 2. 2 = 1 on the Deus 2. 1 = 0.5 on the Deus 2. 0 = 0 on the Deus 2. Did you Noise Cancel or (long press Noise Cancel) after you changed the Mode, Recovery Speed or Sensitivity? I didn't see you do it, maybe you did it off camera? In the operators manual it states to Noise cancel after any one of these change. Did you run Manual Ground Balance or Tracking Ground Balance? If you're looking for an edge for depth, It's understood that you'll get greater depth with Manual Ground Balance (MGB). And MGB as often as you think it's necessary. I understand the difficulty of filming with one hand and detecting in the other. Maybe in the future you can Jerry-rig a camera mount on the detector? Seeing the Manticore Target Trace and hearing your opinion at the same time is a helpful learning tool for us. Do you think it's fair to say that the Deus II false positive on two ferrous targets, as shown in your video? Or would you call it something else? NASA-Tom: The depth indicator is a (capacity meter) of the target/targets. What the chevrons really 'feel like' to me (in the real-World). 1-chevron depth = 1" deep (surface) 2-chevrons depth = 2" 3-chevrons depth = 3" 4-chevrons depth = 6" 5-chevrons depth = 9"

Great comparison!

Would love to see the the F75 brought in with the (Big Boys) Then again, it would make them look bad. :) I did just get a Madicore....we will see.. Thanks for the test

Hi, there. Like the comparison in the metals detectors. I like it when the community does videos like this. Is the 1930s ball field open to the public, and could you tell me where in AL is at? I live in florida not far from Alabama and like to go there on the weekends.

Great to see you got the Manticore! I ordered back in November from Modern Metal Detectors, hope to have it soon! I guess you might have ordered back in Aug. I always enjoyed your Equinox 800 videos, I even used your coin program. I assume you will have one for the Manticore after more use?

Where will we go from here in the future. Enjoyed your presentation.

You have one serious place to hunt silver coins. Absolutely awesome. What state are you in?

Can’t go wrong I own the D2 and minelab 900 no manticore’s available around here but I prefer the tones of a minelab

The CTX iron false can be determined by pinpointing. If the the target is here and you pinpoint it there, it’s iron.

Great video! Thanks.

Thanks for vid.

Always a good review!

Thanks again

The first depth indicator is 3 inches followed by 2 inches for all of the rest per the manticore manual

Please do a video on how you set up your coin program on the manticore

Appreciate all the time you took to compare deep signals with CTX, D2, and Manticore. I have a question for you after watching your vid. I love the ML flutey sound of deep silver. I used a Minelab Explorer for almost 10 yrs and was very familiar with the conductive flutey tones of deep targets….The sound profile you had set up on your manticore (Depth) just didn’t speak to me ( sounded harsh with no tonal pitch change based on conductivity of target. It reminded me of my PI machine I use at my local beaches). I prefer to listen to conductive tone audio profiles, and can usually tell if I have a deep target based on the strength of the conductive targets along with the depth gauge, but I usually can tell a “deepy” without needing to see the depth indicator. Did you choose that audio profile of the manticore to make it sound similar to your D2 audio profile? Is there some advantage to setting the manticore with that Depth audio profile instead of conductive tones? Keep the vids coming! 👍🏼

Nice vid! (but the silver-rubbing... :) You have nice soil there! I've been out of the game for a while but saw something about the Manticore and wanted to see what it was like. It has nice tones (like my Explorer) but, man, that Deus sounded like frog farts, at least early in the vid. I was skipping a bit so maybe the sounds were switched somewhere. I'm curious about the Deus but couldn't stand to listen to that one sound over and over.

Good stuff! 👍🏼

I don't see this machine doing anything different than what my Equinox 600 is already doing. Having something new is always nice, but the 600 has plenty of juice IMHO.

Can you show more comparisons with the 3030

Hello sir is dues2 or manticore good??

Plugs are HUGE!! Way to big. BUT, great comparison vid...

I wonder if the Manticore would detect a 10lb stack of silver bullion in a pvc pipe about 12-15 inches underground? Is the signal stronger if there’s a lot of pure metal or does depth cancel regardless of how much is there? I’ve never seen this question addressed. 🤷‍♂️

Great test,hi digger from Ukraine.

Halloo from Greece! And i want your help about to choose detector! Example for what i want to buy ..! If i had 30 gold coins weight 10 grms per coin in depth 80 cm this is my target .What you believe is better metal detector for my target ? What coil and what set up can help me more for my target ? Thanks alot for your time !

Love that sticker in the back window of your truck

Is it better than the CTX and is it deeper got a friend of mine that has a CTX trying to convince him it's time to make a change but he thinks the CTX is the deepest on the planet what's your opinion thanks for the video

What was the decrim on the d2 that he was running?

What coil size did you use on the D2?

Dewayne, I own the Equinox 800 and Deus II. Would there be any reason for me to add the Manticore to my collection? Great job on this video

awesome video is that a phoenix? where can i find the clip? looks good!

Excellent vid. They all false on deep iron on occasion.

It still seems to me the Etrac numbers lock on better?

Huge plugs and didn’t leave any attached.

Go Dawgs

Too much hype on these new detectors too expensive for me 800.00 my limit will just keep using my etrac

he really needs to run with the iron tone on the deus 2 or raise his disgrim so he can hear the grunt on big iron like that horse shoe it sounds like its on the limit of detection as no iron grunting but if he had the iron volume up he would here the iron grunt and the blips this would indicate an iron target that is falsing 90% of the time ofc there will be those issues when somthign good is been masked with iron but its still a better indication than his current setup is tellign him

On the Manticore the screen is Awesome but I do not understand the 2D ID MAP ? it just shows you a blob of crap ? so for a $500 more for a 2D ID map that looks like a 1978 Atari 2600 game is it worth it ???

Nice video! Paystreak Superfreak would never dig a plug as larger as yours! Ante nobody got time for dat! 🤣 Spade crack, wire brush the oxide layer off, heat up the crack and weld it with the appropriate welding rod. Ask Predator Tolls what welding rod to use. GL👨‍🦯HH

The ctx can use its gps to mark where the Manticore and Deus 2 find stuff 😂

And the Winner is?.....