Deep hc works much better with sensitivity turned down a little. It would have got all them targets no problem. 99 is far to high for the deep program. Great video and I’m surprised that the manticore struggled with them targets.

Thanks for taking the time to do these tests mate I don’t think there’s much between the two machines I for 1 will be sticking to my deus 2 I really can’t fault it all the best and good luck for the new year 👍👍

Hi Matthew I have subbed your channel for a while, great videos Johns Detecting Adventures UK

A commonwealth hammered is on my bucket list. Best wishes with your detecting and to your channel in 2024.

Great test, bud D2 on 23-25 id is ground signal. Also ID 28-32 is too low od D2 in my tests Id on air 50 and in 12-13 inch depth will be 45-60 . Never go down on 30

Thanks for vid and information.

will you be trying the Deus 2 V2 and see how that dose mine came with v2 and i have only used the orx before so is the latest better on this test ,nice good honist vid well done

gday from expat in oz,i mainly beach hunt and i find the core will get those very deep targets but as in your test they id as iron its a problem with it,minelab should sought it out i could not hunt for hours with the detector chattering like that i find it better having a quite machine and the deep targets do come in very quite but a lot cleaner keep the iron volume low it seems to report the non frerous better on all metal.

Great video what is your go to program with settings for deep hammered coins on the deus 2

I have a D2 and a Manticore and Nox 800 and 900. In terms of depth and stability the Nox 800 is hard to beat, (set up correctly). I found the Manticore tricky and not good on bumpy ploughed mineralised soil. I have settings for the Nox 800 that are deep and stable on bumpy iron rich ploughed. I can actually reject the ground mineralisation but still hear the iron on my Special Nox settings. I cannot see a way of doing that on the Manticore yet but I doubt it is possible. It would need horizontal notching in the ferrous limits zones on the Manticore. I found the D2 was less deep on pasture than the 800 too. I have a 900 and that works well on pasture but have yet to try it on bumpy ploughed but my settings should transfer ok. The 900 goes deep on pasture too. Most machines struggle on iron rich soil where previous historic occupation occurred. The problem with benign soil is that the finds are usually few and far between but the machines go deeper.

doing a depth test , in general mode? i mean the average programs are not tuned the same machine vs machine . what you need to do is adjust both machines to the absolute deepest it can go , and THEN you will find out what machine is the deepest . and you cant aim for stability if your going as deep as possible . the machine should be wide open and taking in everything . both great machines no matter what imo. personally i have used XP products all the way , and i dougth it will ever change :)

Nice test. Maybe ground balancing might have helped some.

I always use a custom program based off of the Deep HC when hunting very old sites with the Deus 2, the lower frequencies penetrate deeper for me at least. I just found my first Pre- Colonial coin last week using it actually here in the North East. I had the option of buying the Manticore or the D2 and to this day I have no regrets. I know people that continue to find amazing things with both machines but Im partial to the Deus 2.

I use D2 audio only with control box in pocket ... I find it's very good on tones.. I'd have investigated all those targets based on audio

Hello sir, which device is better???

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Depth tests are best done with a trench with the targets pushed into the wall thank you for the time and effort you put into your test though

I skip all metal detecting videos for a couple years, now taking a peak because I grabbed a Mantacore for $1k USD with current sale and military discount. I can see that nothing much has changed with detectorists being a whiny bunch in comments when their preferred detector didn’t act or perform like they expected it to. I like your vid style, sub from me for the effort.

Hello sir is dues2 or manticore good??

next time run both machines in similar setup's. You were more bias on the D2 with how you had them setup to compare.

Not using deep on manticore...definitely a deus fan boy.....before you say anything I got both totally bias