Deep targets - Mixed signals- What to dig

[JMorgan]

I absolutey LOVE my MXT but i need advice. I have just recently tried using my gain setting at about +2. I get a lot of low hot rock signals. There is definetly more chatter but I pulled out a couple of deep bullets with low toned (hot rock or iron) signals. Now if a big item is deep it always beeps +89 - +94 Big item range even if it's iron (plow blade, horseshoe) I was just wondering if there's anything you can do to narrow things down to know whether you should dig or not. I've read the MXT Edge and I just don't understand all the technical stuff. That's why i got the MXT because there's not much to set you just pump and go. Thanks.

 

[BarberBill]

The only true, absolute way is to "dig everything". Your eyes are the only 100% discriminator. If you follow all the forums closely, you;ll see this come up often. Next best - dig everything keeping track of how your machine responds and you will get a feel that is pretty accurate as to what's most likely junk. Bottom line though comes back to "dig everything" if you don't want to possibly miss a good target. You might read up in the manual and make use of the iron "grunt" in prospect mode, but that won't tell you if it's possibly an iron relic of interest such as an antique pistol, unless you dig it.
HH
Bill

 

[Canewrap]

Yeah, gotta agree with BarberBill. Those deep targets (in my experience anything over 6") will respond differently based on orientation and depth. If you're relic hunting in a trashy spot, start out digging everything and take note of how deep any good stuff is coming out and what kind of responses trash is giving you and then use that to make some educated guesses on what's good and what's not, level of discrimination to use or not use. It also pays to see how tight your target pinpoints if its deep, if its below 6" and pinpoints tight its probably a good idea to dig it, even it it registers as iron. Again, there are exceptions to every rule of thumb we might come up with. The idea here is to use all of the information you're being given about your site, such as depth, ID, sound, etc. and start to form your own characterization and make up your own mind on what to dig. In short, calibrate your own experience with the machine by digging everything at first. This is how you learn the machine.