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Beach profiles optimize Multi-IQ for salt and black sand.
#1 beach & overall flagship — Multi-IQ simultaneous frequencies
The Minelab Manticore is a flagship simultaneous Multi-IQ+ detector built for serious hunters who want maximum depth, target ID stability, and saltwater performance in one waterproof package. It excels at separating jewelry, coins, and relics in heavy iron and mineralized ground. Minelab designed it for advanced and all-day beach hunters, competition diggers, and relic specialists who refuse to compromise. Its sweet spot is wet and dry salt beaches, black-sand shorelines, and any site where weaker machines choke on ground noise.
Minelab • Minelab Manticore
Manticore — Beach (Wet Sand)
Stable salt handling with jewelry-weight targets in the surf line and wet pack.
Recommended coil: 10×5" Elliptical or 12" Round — lower coil profile helps in surf wash.
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Frequency
Multi-IQ (All Frequencies)
Run full Multi-IQ unless EMI forces a single band.
Sensitivity
Sensitivity
20–24
Raise until stable; drop 2–3 if falsing in breaking surf.
Ground
Ground Balance
Auto / Pump as needed
Pump when moving between wet zones or after tide change.
Recovery
Recovery Speed
6–7 (Medium-Fast)
Faster recovery helps separate thin chains from bottle caps.
Discrimination
Discrimination
Low — accept foil, reject iron
Keep gold-range targets open; wet sand favors digging thin gold.
Iron
Iron Bias
0 to +1
Slight positive bias can calm noisy wet sand without killing deep targets.
Audio
Tone / Volume
Multi-Tone, Volume 18–22
Use pitch for foil vs coin; keep threshold just audible.
Coil
Coil Speed
Slow–Moderate overlap
Overlap 50% in wet sand; let Multi-IQ settle before next swing.