** Beautifully designed machine with the ergonomics to match. ** Solidly built. ** Intuitive menu’s. ** Great features and plentiful ways in which to customize the machine to your specific needs. ** Very lightweight. ** Earphones are wireless, sound fantastic, and easily pair up with the Manticore to provide a cordless experience… absolutely no lag in the signal. Note: The Manticore is an extremely capable machine, however, I highly recommend that you watch the video’s produced by the MineLab company to best understand your machine (available on YouTube). And that being said, I would highly recommend NOT FOLLOWING those “hotrodders” on YouTube telling you how to operate this machine… stick to the factory videos, learn them forwards and backwards, set your machine for your specific needs, and off you go. If you want to go and start changing all kinds of settings without knowing exactly what you’re doing, you’re in for a headache, so KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) and you’ll be fine. This machine is truly a beast, but it takes knowing how to properly read and interpret what the machine is telling you. If you can master understanding what the 2D screen is telling you, then you can cut your digging signals by 3/4 as the machine tells you clearly what type of object is down in the ground before digging if your machine is set up properly… practice, practice, practice. Read more

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I got the Minelab Manticore metal detector as a gift and absolutely love it. For beginners, I highly recommend watching tutorials from folks that have experience with this make and model so you can dial in your settings. Overall the weight is nice and standard settings are easy to use. I've been outdoors for 5-6 hrs at a time and never got sore or frustrated. I also love that it's collapsible. I was able to break it down and fly to FL with it in my carry-on luggage. Definitely worth the investment if you're serious about metal detecting. Read more

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Best metal detector ever! You will hear signals your old detector never detected. Definitely worth every penny. Read more

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After watching many reviews on what to buy, I decided for “the best.” It’s real easy to use and start. It’s pricy but worth it. Will I go detecting as often as I thought I would? Probably not. Does it look awesome sitting against the wall in my garage? Better believe it does. And if I do go detecting, I’ll be taking the best with me. Read more

This is a great metal detector, I had upgraded from the equinox 800 and it’s a big improvement, it’s expensive but in my view worth it. Does take a bit of getting used to though and there are still a few things I think Minelab will iron out in future software updates. The main things I like are the full colour screen which shows iron as red numbers, and the 2D display which gives you a third reference point other than sound and the ID - I dig a lot less trash than before. Also it’s very powerful, but in reality you can’t have the sensitivity up to the top. Overall would recommend, and remember to register for the 3 year warranty when you get it. Read more

I have been metal detecting since I was about thirteen years old. I truly love this hobby! I currently own three machine the Manticore being one of them. Each machine has its strengths but they are all good. I have found that a lot of the time success means getting out and getting a metal detector over the target, a lot of the time it is just that easy. Previous to this machine I had the Equinox 800 and that machine was incredible. This machine is a lot like the Equinox but it really feels like Minelab has taken this machine to a level above the Equinox. To me this machine feels like a cross between the CTX3030 and the Equinox 800. It has a very bright very readable color screen that brings all of the data to the forefront as you detect. The menus are very user friendly and very easy to understand. The machine itself has a lot of complexity to it, but I was able to take it out and start finding targets with only one or two adjustments. Is it deep? Yes. I have found targets with it in areas that I have covered previously with other machines. Many of the at 8+ inches. Can it target separate? Yes. It is very good at picking good targets out the trash. I believe it would even be better with the smaller M8 coil that has come out recently. The one feature that I really love is a sort of target trace that draws out the target as you pass over it. Not 100% accurate, but it does it’s best to give you and idea of what you are about to dig. (But you never really know until you make the time to dig. You miss all good targets you don’t dig! ;) Overall it is a clear, concise easy to learn and use machine. It has a lot of power and a lot of potential to find those deep targets and the ones that have been missed over the years as they have been masked out by trash. And on top of all of that I have found it very fun to use. Read more