First MXT Find!

[Anonymous]

My first find with the MXT said foil/ring at 2 inches. Of course I had to dig, and I found . . . . . foil at about 5 inches. It was a big piece which is why the depth was off. I then planted quarters and pennys by throwing them and not watching where they landed. It was amazing how the machine could pick them out with the correct target ID.
Now, let me ask a few questions. In the coin/jewelry mode, the machine made almost no noise going over a nail, but the VDI number read iron. In the relic mode, the noise sounded loud over the nail and the VDI stayed the same. Does this mean that in the coin/jewelry mode, the machine doesn't "sound off" over iron? My disc setting was on the arrow.
Thanks everyone for your help. I only got to play with it during lunch, I hope to try again tonight.

 

[Anonymous]

Craig, in the Coin and Jewely mode all targets to the "left" of the discrimination setting produce NO signal, or, a very slight "click" or "pop." The higher the disc. setting, the greater amount of stuff rejected. Stick with the little preset arrow setting for now; this will reject nails, and small foil, but keep most everything else. In the Relic mode, ALL targets give a signal; those to the "left" of the setting give a low tone, those to the right a high tone, those right at the setting give a normal tone. In many cases, the Relic mode will give a bit more depth then the Coin and Jewelry mode, but at a really trashy site it may give too many "ear bashings" for some folks. Hope you do well with your new MXT; I will be in your neck of the woods in the mid-Spring, maybe we can connect. HH jim

 

[Anonymous]

also in the Relic mode IF YOU FLIP THE TRIGGER TOGGLE FORWARD.
If you leave the trigger <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">centered</span> in the Relic mode, then you will get the Mixed Mode audio of all metals and rejected trash (lower tone) below the discriminate setting, and the higher-pitched tone for targets that generally would be more conductive than the discriminate setting as Jim described.
The "right on" Tragte ID you experienced with the various coins you tossed out in the lawn is a good representation of how well the MXT can do on shallower targets in favorable environments. As you learn the MXT, pay close attention to the "lock-on" of some readings, the bar graph height, and the coin depth reading. With deeper targets the reliability of ANY Target ID circuitry starts to be impacted (challenged or less accurate).
The MXT is a very good detector and if you put out the time and patience to learn it well, you will certainly be rewarded!
<EM><STRONG>Monte

 

[Anonymous]

Jim,
I will look forward to next spring. I could use a few pointers.
I went out after work and found a handful of coins, a key and a pulltab. I dug up a few iron signals just to make sure this thing was correct, and they were nails and wire. Pretty amazing unit.
I did get a solid full bar quarter signal at 2 inches down, and after digging a good 8 inches, I gave up. It was still saying 2 inches down and pinpointing right in the middle of my hole (my coil was at least 8 inches from the bottom). I decided it was something large and quit digging.
I also noticed that the sand volleyball court had a very high ground reading, and the nickel that I found was reading in the high 80s VDI. I figured that must be because of the high ground reading.
Anyway, thanks everyone for your advice.
Craig

 

[Anonymous]

... the audio discrimination goes deeper than the VDI meter. Thus, if you get a faint, but repeatable signal, and NO VDI reading, that is USUALLY indicative of a very deep, or very small, target that the audio disc. can sense, but is too deep for the VDI to properly ID. At the kind of sites you have access to, those are the types of targets you ALWAYS dig. Remember.... "When in doubt, dig it out." HH jim