a forgiving unit

[dixiedigger57]

My new to me MXT is such a forgiving unit. downeaster preached at me several years to get one.

my old beep and digs did work just fine, when i did not accidentially bump a knob or catch it on a headphone cord and then realize i was hunting set up wrong. the MXT is so forgiving it really does not matter how i set it up- i find something. for giggles i hunted in salt mode the other day- i live 3 hours inland. hitting coins right and left- even running high disc i still get the display.. ok -- you know that-- i am just facinated... only newer friend has digital..

already got my first silver- a teardrop earring-- and the 1907 Indian head. where i hunt silver coins are very rare and deep and under trash but i think i will be seeing them. my little parks were really pounded by pros for many years when silver was shallow and plenty. but unless you sift every inch of dirt-- there is still something for me.

i feel it coming .....just need more practice...

 

[Aarong81]

Congrats on your new MXT!
Be patient for the silver, It took me several months to find my first silver coin with my MXT Pro but then they started to show up more frequently until now I am finding a silver coin every 2 hunts or so(2-4 hrs each). IMO, that seems to be excellent! I'm afraid the streak might run out soon but I'm enjoying it while it lasts. There are two major contributing factors that are helping me find silver.

One, I am probably more finely attuned to the sounds of the detector and I dig more signals that sound like a 'possible' goodie even though it just sounds like junk. I can make out hints of a mixed tone with iron or foil signals that indicate something else is in the hole with the junk so WHO KNOWS what goodies are there.

Two, I only really started digging silver on a regular basis after switching to the D2 coil. This gives me advantages that the silver hunters of the 70's and 80's didn't have. In fact, The combination of the MXT with the D2 is unique beyond even the 20th century. I am finding old barbers/mercs in heavily hunted areas that I am sure were only missed because everyone else before me couldn't separate targets. Many times you don't have to go deeper, you just have to be able to see good targets mixed with the bad. A 12 inch concentric coil cannot look at one target at a time if there is another target 5-6 inches to the side. A 9.5 inch concentric coil cannot look at just one target if another is 3-4.5 inches away. I am digging really good targets with iron and junk within an inch to the side, try that with a concentric. Sure, you will get a signal but masking and nulling is not just folklore. Its what happens when you cannot separate targets or the coil looks at too much ground at once. Huge coils have to see through a lot of minerals and junk, kind of like high beams in heavy fog.

 

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[size=large]another example of the very good coil, D2, is just after i received mine i came upon a dollar signal. it was 4 qts. stacked in one hole. then a short time later just after i had found my one and only Ben Franklin half with it i came upon 2 Qtrs. just inches apart and the coil picked up on each one seperatly as i passed over them. gave a double blip signal. they were onlt 1-2 inches down but so close. i really was impressed with the mxt pro w/ D2. sorry i sold it. the more you use it of course the more intuned you'll become to the faint signals.

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[dixiedigger57]

Aaron mine is a plain gently used MXT and i have the 950 and the 6x10 eclipse. been told use the 6x10. its a different world of sorts, like a screen now and two tones in relic. i know coin/jewelry only has one tone-- but even with my bad hearing- damage from being a cop for years amongst things, i can tell good little blips and deeps some now without the screen. but its nice to have a screen and depth indicator. only one of my other four which was new even had a pinpoint. luxury to say the least just started using a handheld too-- ah the good life! 13 yrs without these things. .

my next will be a MXT Pro in about a year or so, but the MXT original is here to stay! this machine has opened new doors for me. beep and digs are still fun and are great-- but i need advantages-- this machine is doing it too.

spot almost cleared for test garden and targets ready to bury. the dirt is wet here and more rain coming so all of it is not cleaned out of junk- and a few plants i threw in a hole there to salvage and move in the yard will go in week or so to have a bigger area. THEN I WILL COMPARE AND TEST AND MAKE ME A CHEAT SHEET. THE CHART BELOW THE SCREEN IS TOO LITTLE FOR MY FARSIGHTEDNESS ALMOST. but i now just throw the readers on.

i hope to eventually acquire more coils and the nice part is they fit the pro and m6 but dont want the wife to choke me out lol! learn these two and then go for smaller one.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Good going and the more you use that MXT, the more you'll love it. Love to see that silver coming out and love those Indians also. Congrats and HH, Nancy

 

[downeaster]

Carey, congratulations on the silver and Indian penny, more will come. The audio on the MXT is more descriptive than you think, and in time, you will be able to hear slight changes that will help you determine what the target is. I am really happy that you are enjoying the MXT. That super rare CW belt buckle just may be the next beep !!!.