Minelab Manticore HONEST Review and conclusion
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0:00 to 4:18 positive sides
4:19 to 10:04 negative sides
10:05 verdict
Just my 2 pence worth. Been doing the same farm for 5 years with the nox. Never had silver. Been twice with the manticore. George 3rd shilling first time. Elizabeth 1st penny second time. Seems to be a beast to me ! Very happy on pasture which is 99% of my time.
So what are your thoughts a year on about the Manticore
Great honest review, and everything your saying is how I feel with the Deus 2 it’s exactly the same on plough.
Honest Testing is King appreciated🥇
Cheers Kris. You’ve just made my mind up for me. I’m going 900. Look forward to your detail review on that as well 👍🏻
Don’t get the 900 ur better off with the 800. The 900 is junk !
Kris don’t know a better person to ask but what settings should I set my manticore on to find hammered? Just general or high conductors? Cheers 👍🏻
Love this review and made me wonder now more than one year later, how are the updates doing for plowed fields? Is it up to the pasture?
Thanks....I have the 900 and its great..would recommend
Do you have the 900 and do you recommend it?. Thx!
Great review bud,, love ur honesty
Rich
Metal Detecting Wiltshire
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Ever tried a Mars Guass MD it's great on all sites I've used it on so far. Learning the detector and adapting to the environment with slight tweeks will keep most detectors doing well. :)
Hi how good is the clx 3030 as I can pick this up for £1000 or do you think I should get the new 900
Suuper thanks !
Don't know if this is of any use to you guys but I'm told this mantcore is similar to the ctx3030. I had one for around 5yrs, it was a brilliant machine but it didn't like airiated soil, it was great on stubble, pasture and beach but it didn't perform well on freshly ploughed ground. This could have something to do with it being multi frequency, I don't know but you just jogged my mind when you mentioned loss of depth on plough.
Is it as good on the beach as the 800 or 900?
Interesting views, thanks. I'll confess I haven't watched the cultivated field video but it sounds like my Nox 800 performance - much deeper in pasture (not as deep as Manticore though) and in dry conditions very shallow on fields but also great at tiny targets. Watching Holzhammer Saga videos of pasture and dry fields I'd say the Deus isthe same. So it might just be a limitation of the techology regardless of variations. Good comments abot the value for money - once you've spent around £800 you have to pay a lot for diminishing returns.
I constantly read the Manticore is deeper than the 800, I've had the 800 since it first came out on the market and on the settings I use I beg to differ, on small stuff the Manticore has the edge it's faster amongst the trash I run the 800 just before it becomes unstable and have had phenomenal depth ...ok depth is not everything but having both machines I keep going back to my 800 because I know I'm missing them deep targets and proving it time and time again
It's it worth upgrading from a f75 Ltd
But how is it for finding gold pickers & nuggets?
Better stung by a truth than cut by a lie. No-one knows where they are with liars. Good man 👍.
So in yards and pasture its a really good machine?
Very much so. And I think it will be on ploughed as well, once we get an update :)
Are you going to do a review of Quest V80 & V60? For the price they could put a bite into Minelab
I will be. I’m very excited 😁👍🏻
Great review, putting things in perspective, all the angles and methodology of what you found, but that is what we love about your reviews Kris. Minelab should listen to what you have to say and get cracking on it.
Wait till minelab bring out ... ctx replacement ...... 😉...
Full fbs...they will wait till evertyones got a manticore first 😁
I appreciate your take on this, and I agree about being patient and wanting for updates, which should hopefully fix these issues.
Thank you for your honest opinion of the Manticore kris . After watching many videos and on a waiting list I would like to see the manticore tested more on arable land in the uk before considering a purchase. Len
Brilliant job brother no a lot of people explaining about it but ypu expkan way much better
Ctx 3030 and e-trac do the same. The user and the settings decide a lot.
Many thanks Kris for your time.
I will stick with my ctx lol I’ve used it and for the money it sucks it loves to dig iron funny you not mention that lol did you get a free one
You can’t dig iron. It’s literally impossible with a 2D mapping screen that shows you…literally…if something is ferrous or not. All metal mode on top of that.
You gotta be real special to still dig it.😂
Good to see honest reviews.
I was all set to buy the Manticore until I started watching the evaluation videos. Then my friend got his and I was impressed with the targets we were pulling, yet there were problems as many others had discussed. I don't know how Minelab is going to fix them, but I'll wait until they do, so I purchased the 900 as an interim detector, because I need something that is waterproof. Something the 800 wasn't.
Good HONEST review based on your use so far. 👌
On the freshwater beach the Xterra Pro will work just fine. And it's only 270!😂
Will be testing and reviewing it next week 😁
@@Addictedtobleeps not on freshwater beach?
Thanks for your honesty, lot's say they do and don't so it's refreshing to see your video on this. Bit late for me as I am still waiting on the Manticore but here in NZ if you want one you have to pay up front! I purchased the 800 two weeks before they put the Manticore on the market and I had purchased this thinking that it is waterproof but looking at all the issues people have had I don't want to chance it with the 800... Sooooo now I'm hoping the Manticore is waterproof! I know it's far too much money to spend on two detectors (at least that is what the wife will be thinking) but hey this is what one does when they enjoy the hobby, life is too short otherwise 😀 Thanks again for your honest review and look forward to other vids.
You mean like why that call it sponge Bob the Nox in how it soaks up the water SMH
For the price I don't think it's worth the upgrade if you spend a lot of time on cultivated.
Thanks mate , good video ans I have been using the Manticore on beach and totally agree , winner on the beach so far 💪
Appreciate your honesty. Still waiting for my manticore. If it’s any better than an Nox 800 it is a game changer as was the 800 and most new top end detectors, that’s what makes this hobby so amazing 👍
News flash you might want to watch the video I recommended below. I won't give away the real life live side by side iron park hunt done in 4 separate tests so far to date in a 2 week span but you might be surprised what detector is showing to be the real game changer. Like digging elbow deep for a damn dime live for you to see
Thanks for the info Chris.
I've always enjoyed your videos👍
Nice vid as always cheers Chris 👍
Good honest update bud 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers, Sid! How have you got on with your testings with it your end?
@@Addictedtobleeps i had a bit of a kafuffle and things went pair shaped but i should be getting the manticore in a week or two… using the 900 at the min though and thats bloody brilliant…
kris you are the most facinating great bloke ive every seen and keep doing what u do xxx
For $2600 I'll wait for you to say it's perfect .
Even with the update they released, it’s nowhere near perfect
Put a hammered in the ground and swing with a deus 2 in deep hc with sensitivity up and reactivity down the deus out performs the manticore will not go above 25 sensitivity without being really chatty and the reactivity can't go below 4.
Both the Deus and Deus 2 needed patching through problems on release. As did the Legend, the 800 etc. Remember how bad the 800 was, and how it was vilified, before becoming the all time best seller?
Let's at least wait for the patches to roll in before concluding.
Interesting!
Well kind of explains my results as iv only done seeded land so far as i felt i could have done better compared to what iv seen found on other platforms and I put it down to learning a new machine but to be fair still pulling out buttons at 15" and air rifle pellets at depth so iv got pasture to look forward to, thanks for your opinion, at the moment i see it close to a ctx without the weight and I'm at the age now that arthritis in my elbow joints is starting to be a burden.
Last year Deus 2 was going thru the same thing. I own both. Enjoy your hobby. There are more important things to worry and talk about. The Manticore is what I expected. and got just that. I will stick with the Manticore. Charging is a breeze.$1599 well spent. Enjoy your 2D screen.
Nice explanation Kris. Don't forget though, there is "50% more power going into the ground" 😉
@@pomzmetaldetecting1618 - Err that was a direct quote from Minelab themselves, if you have ever seen the adverts.
@@SuffolkSifter Yes even on Minelabs own paperwork the Manticore puts out the same power as the 800. It has to, its a limit governed in law for all machines.
I also have the manticore and i am sooooo happy , even after the equinox 800 !
A few fields that were so empty gave so much new things and coins it was great !
Great honest review mate, one day I want a Manticore and the next I want a deus 2. 🤯
Sounds to me you love digging pastures, 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣
I do now! 😁😂
Can you explain what cultivated cloud is?
Any chance of a review of the 700?
Thanks
👍🏻 thank you
You are welcome!
dont understand what you mean by cultivated, are you referring to a ground with lot of plants like for example a forest ?
Cultivate = work. So cultivated land is worked land. Ploughed, turned once a year for crop. That type of thing.
Where's pasture tends to be a grass field, that isn't ploughed or turned for a long while.
what a great reveiw too
How much!😀
I'm really happy with my 900, l mainly beach hunt and it's a killer on there. Unless the manticore turns out a lot better, which l don't think it will be, I'll stick with the 900.
cultivated has a disrupted ground matrix ,just plowed and what sort of fertilizer are being used try beach mode.
I see your point. And that was a great 'fix' on the 800. But this is a £1800 machine. I want each mode to work exactly as it's supposed to, and not have to work on a workaround.
On my Nox 800, Beach 1 was best today for me today on a buried test coin on pasture which had been ploughed last year. So cultivated pasture. 👍
I love minelab and my Nox 600. The Manticore is an awesome looking machine but the PRICE IS BS, gonna save up for the Legend as my backup
Thanks for your honesty. Iv have the 900 for 2 months now after having the 800. I wish I never bought the 900. The 900’s signals don’t sound very reassuring, hard to explain but kinda sounds like a ripple of a signal. But the 800 when it finds a signal it locks onto it and you feel more confident that it’s a solid signal. I’m not happy with whatever they did on the inside of the Equinox 900, I would say stay or go with the Equinox 800. The ONLY plus with the 900 is the red light that’s it
Thanks for sharing this. So true how the 800 locks on to a target once it finds it. Think I'll dust it off and use it some more after the reviews of these new shiney models. It's still a great machine
Word to the wise….never pull a man finger if he asks you too..he’s going to fart😊
I wish someone would go on a dig and show me signals that the Manticore gets, but not the Equinox (or other machines)!
It’s a logistics thing for me. Bit of a nightmare as my armcup is completely broke on my 800. Will see what I can do though!
@@Addictedtobleeps Totally understand. Changed the armcup two times on my 800 :-D. Keep up the good work!!! Still waiting for the new machines to arrive in Norway!
Notched to 11 did one
Go on the CZcams and watch live video hunts put out by "Detector Comparison" he does a side by side with the Manticore and the Deus2 he's put out 4 so far in the last 2 weeks and in the 3rd video they added the Nox in the side by side. It's a real life hunt in old hunted out 125 year old parks heavy with iron. If you're a Minelab lover you want to see these videos. It's the most honest true live hunt side by side where one would get a hit and the other tested it if they got the signal or not and vice versa. Then they compared what their machines ID'd it as.. You might be surprised about something the Nox read in the 3rd test video compared to what the Manticore and Deus 2 claimed it was. BTW the man "Carter" who ran these tests has 40+ years of experience under his belt so it's nothing but professionally done. He also gives you setting suggestions on how to best adjust it and why. He has also run tests on almost every upper level detector on the market for the last 10 to 12 years so you pick it and he's most likely tested it in live hunts on land, salty black sand beaches and under water while diving. Not to change the subject or am I'm brand loyal but he had the Legend going deep in a salty black sanded beach heavy with colonial iron nails where NOBODY is testing this Legend like this. If he can't tweek the settings I don't think anybody can except maybe the engineers who worked on developing it. News flash he actually works with the engineers of the manufacturers of each machine he thinks isn't performing too well then re runs the test. He tweeked the settings on the AT Maxx to run on a salt beach by his second video after talking to Garrett's engineer This guy is even worth subscribing to if you like watching underwater dives off of Cape Cod where he slaughters 100 year old jewelry with pretty much every detector he uses. Truly I suggest everyone interested in Minelabs Manticore and the Nox 800 and especially the Deus 2 if people have any questions about the Deus 2 capabilities and it's an impressive detector to say the least. Like elbow deep impressive on some targets like silver dimes and indian pennies. But they did get the Manticore to get pretty deep it just didn't steal the show like it was expected to
@@jeanponce2017 Thanks a lot Jean. Will surely check it out 🙂.
Your passion shows through here, you can clearly see you want to say its a great machine BUT there are limitations is it worth the money probably NOT yet but everything evolves
Hi Kris in process of selling my gpx 5000 want a manticore just because the gpx is just to heavy for me
Interesting. It'll be a maybe in 12 months time for me I reckon 👍
Ploughed land is full of air, what do you expect? And sonar on earth does not like loose non compacted base....big deal mate.
Did you use beach 1 mode with low conductors !!!
Not yet, I'll give it a go. KInda scared though, as I was digging pretty deep just in general!
Be honest, & I know you are, we dig it all anyway Kris no matter what machine we swing. No machine tells you what it is. Doing your best to justify the price. Cheers
Not quite my friend. We're talking about target seperation and masking here. Some machines have the tech to deal with it, and some aren't good at dealing with it at all. That's the difference. You put a coin right next to an iron nail within mineralisation, and there's a good chance it will confuse a lot of machines - especially older ones. Same with a coin on its side. Many machines miss it.
The potency within this new tech, will take that out of the equation is what we pay for, along with build quality and additional depth. Also, as I mention here - this machine does (pretty much) tell me what it is, on pasture.
There is a difference how metal detectors handle this, and how much rubbish you dig, and what you miss. Big difference in some instances.
@@Addictedtobleeps We still dig it all. When there's a video screen showing what it is we'll save a lot of back pain digging trash.
@@joebrown1382 I don’t with the Manticore at all. I think that’s the point you’re missing.
If it’s a low conductor, a low target ID, low tone up in the ferrous on the 2D screen I won’t dig it.
If it’s high, but up on the grey zone on the 2D screen, I won’t dig it.
But someone who has an 800 for example, might - because the ferrous indication is looser with the lesser tech.
@@Addictedtobleeps Gotcha good luck with it mate.
What about Minelabs extra 50% more power going to the coil in the Manticore?,yup i'll stick to my deus and legend lol
And hey do you have both detectors?. Is it not enough only with one of them?
@@yomismo5711 i save and buy,i dont like to sell.
@@ibanezrg470 do u have Legend und Deus 2 and did you have now the Manticore, Right?
Do you speak spanish?
Thx!
Great vid - best bit? “Im a bad liar, I got ginger hair and white skin and go red and sweaty” 😂😂😂👍
Well I have my manticore and I have to say I am loving it. I have had Roman silver up on pasture done to death previously and a tiny lizi hammered today at depth. I am really happy with it. It’s stable, the 2d screen is bang on for me and overall I couldn’t be happier. But that’s just my opinion and have been using it mostly on pasture so far.
I'll stay with the 800 machines ain't no deeper than the 130 arado 🥴👍
Nothings really changed then?, Minelab tech not so hot in moved arable soil, great on solid settled pasture, XP for arable and Minelab for pasture and beaches (well that was always the saying when it was just Deus 1 and CTX3030) ATB MMMD
Can you lend an OAP £1800 so I try if myself please?
New quest coming out march
There will be many more units coming out. Where does it end? Perhaps the economy will dictate that.
Deus 2 it can give you info better for that's you want give it e try
It takes an average of 100 hours to truly learn a machine inside and out to know what it’s telling you and it’s capabilities. I highly doubt you have a quarter of that time invested into it. All these reviews I see are a joke just to post a video for views. Take more time to learn the dam thing before you make an ‘honest’ opinion….
Oooooo someone’s tired!
I literally said give me a year with the machine and I can give you a true answer RE the 800 and being able to recommend it. Did you even watch the video? You didn’t, did you. You just decided to type first. Like a mud laden Karen.
In addition, it doesn’t take ‘an average of 100 hours to truly learn a machine’ you literally just made that up! It takes a while, but no one can know the true average, can they?
Also, users are different. Someone that’s detected using Minelab for 30 years will understand the machine quicker that someone who’s been detecting for a week, right?
So, in the time I’ve used it it is an HONEST review, isn’t it? It’s an HONEST reflection of the 50+ hours using it.
Views? What are you talking about? Why would I be bothered about views? I’m doing this for the people who have sincerely asked for my feedback, like those in the comments. People ask me to review these machines you know? I don’t care how many watch it, as long as those people get good information.
You sound butthurt. It’s Valentine’s Day. Come over here and get a big ‘ol cuddle you big moody bear child.