Advantages of the PRO over the original MXT

[jackaroo]

Besides the "Grab " feature Tone ID what - Operationally- is different and is it better? I am quite interested because long ago I said the MXT with it's lightening fast GB needed the GRAB feature of the GMT

 

[BarberBill]

I just have the standard MXT, but I understand there is no difference or improvement functionally with the Pro other than the ground grab,back light and tone ID.
BB

 

[Nancy-IL]

You're correct BB.

 

[khouse]

Being able to lock the pinpoint button in the forward position is a plus with a Sunray attached.

 

[jackaroo]

Thanks ,so only reason to upgrade in the GRAB fo me.

 

[widebody]

[size=large]it boils down to having the machine you enjoy using. some folks won't buy a car with electric windows. others won't with-out.
it's your money. buy what you want with it. these three new things on the pro are great as far i can see. each item fills a need or niche. last year i was caught in the woody section of a park with my XLT, which has a backlight. that's when i learned having the backlight was a plus. otherwise i could only hunt in the open. i'm enjoying learning the tones. for me these things just add more fun to my hunting. i've gone thru the years of settling for less. one can buy the plain mxt and still find as much or more than me . as for me," Give Pro or Give Me Death". a little over the top, eh?

HH[/size]

 

[BarberBill]

Widebody, I agree on your statement "i've gone thru the years of settling for less." If I were buying new, from scratch, I'd buy the Pro. As it is, I can get by with the standard MXT I already have although I might get tempted and make a trade one of these days.
BB

 

[Aussie MXT]

Gold prospectors in the Australian mineralised soils NEED the pro. The MXT misses too much cause it can't handle the mineralisation. I wish mine was a PRO but the pro wasn't made when I got mine. I did score 1 nugget with it but now I save it for the beaches and parks.

Dicko..

 

[kickback]

Tone ID and the back light.With the backlight I can hunt places at night that are too busy in the day time,schools,tot lots,parks,etc.With tone ID I can hunt and look at the VDI on the screen a lot less.Bill

 

[widebody]

[size=large]BB, i know what yer saying. the hype gets us thinking something is always better, even when our inner self tells us it's b.s.
like Assie here. says they need the Pro cause the reg. mxt misses too much. they're the same machine as you stated. the backlight doesn't give you depth or sensitivity neither does grab. and the tones are just sounds. i'm curious as to what makes the Pro MXT better than the reg MXT down under?
the science says there is no differance. one lets you hunt at night. the other keeps you from tracking out a target and the third tells you if it's a conductive or ferrous target by the sounds.
HH[/size]

 

[BarberBill]

I wonder about the difference down under as well. I've seen references to Australia's mineralization, but if the MXT can't handle it, neither should the Pro. I usually lock my ground once it's set and the ground grab would make it handier to change more often on the go, but I do switch it back and rebalance from time to time. Just takes a little more effort.
BB

 

[surf n turf]

Would the hi tone on the Pro help ID deep coins?
Dale

 

[widebody]

[size=large]i just found my first silver and it was while using the pro w/ the D2 coil. the sound made me check the screen. the vdi didn't leave the 90's.i i really can't say the high tone did it. for me it was just another indicator along with the vdi,but i've never hunted with-out sounds or vdi. i rely on both. today it showed me that i need a little different indicators. i got high notes and good vdis only to spend way too much time digging bottle-caps.have to think the reg. mxt would have just given good vdis. still would have been digging caps.

HH [/size]

 

[BarberBill]

Without a Pro to play with I couldn't say for sure, but the tones MIGHT id the deep coin a bit deeper than the display. I generally listen to the audible tone, then look at the display to help confirm whether I should dig or not. Having many hours on beep and dig detectors before getting one with a display, I tend to go with the sound first. In the end, I've dug quite a few good targets that sounded a bit "off" and didn't show a good id on the display. Retrieving the target is still the only way to be 100% sure.
BB

 

[khouse]

Only in the sense that it would be a high tone. It's not any deeper.

 

[BarberBill]

Well, as I mentioned, I don't have one to play with. However, supposedly any ID machine is able to sound off on targets deeper than the display will show or identify so that really might be something to test a bit. Just wonderin'
BB

 

[surf n turf]

Yes, BB just wonderin'
Dale

 

[jackaroo]

So Aussie you are saying that the grond tracking speed and accuracy are BETTER with the Pro?