wrong way ron said:
Thanks Larry I have been hunting for about 8 mos. now and I have found about $200 in clad and counting I go out every chance I get and hunt any where from 2hrs to 4hrs some days are better than others. average 3.00 in clad some days 5.00 but I want to find those older silver coins. So is my MXT good enough? Larry you stated that the Minelab transmits 28 or a hundred frequencies, it is only processing data from one of those where can I find info on this Minelab Etrac the problem I have which may not be a problem is the one frequency the MXT has at 14.7KhZ for older coins shouldn't I be using 2.5KhZ? Or is the MXT just fine I thought and what some of these guys post about the ETRAC is 28 frequency's all the time so your bound to hit good on everything you don't discriminate on. HELP
Heres a tidbit for you, Ron. Something to chew on, as it were.
Effective hobby metal detectors have been around for about 50 years. Did you catch that? -
50 years!
Honestly, it doesn't take a whole lot of sophistication to build a detector that will find coins at reasonable depths. It was done way back before most of us were born.
The point is that you cannot find what isn't there, or which has already been discovered. The MXT is a great instrument, albeit not perfect. So is the E-trac - great, but not perfect. What is more important is the ground you search on.
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Did you catch the news about the Roman hoard unearthed in England this summer? Nothing like it has ever been seen in modern times, it is that vast a trove. Here's a glimpse of the guy who found it - - - - -
The first scraps of gold were found in July in a farm field by Terry Herbert, an amateur metal detector who lives alone in a council flat on disability benefit, who had never before found anything more valuable than a nice rare piece of Roman horse harness.
A disabled bloke on the dole, living in government housing, who had never found more than a piece of ruddy horse tack? It's hardly likely that such a chap was toting an E-trac afield, that fateful day. Most likely, Mr. Herbert had a used Fisher, White's or Tesoro variant of some sort, like so many of his countrymen... God forbid, he had an Ace 250.
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Of course, there are circumstances that warrant top-of-the line gear. Sometimes there
is a record of habitation that goes back three centuries. Occasionally, the chance exists that some overlooked bit of ground
will beckon. But, unless the ground you are hunting is known to have held masses of people farther back than memory serves, there is little reason to expect old coins to be simply waiting for you every time you turn on your instrument. That is the stuff they put in advertisements, and the videos that accompany your detector. It is hardly the stuff of reality.
More important, in almost all cases, is not
what you buy - but
where you take what you have. The goal is to learn what others do not know, to find the places no one thinks to look - because they are clueless to the potential. Then the instruments you choose can do the job they were intended for.
I recall one guy last season, here on findmall, wo had learned some unknown information about an old recreation spot. He found old silver coins by the handful, and did so with a danged Ace 250! The kicker? It wasn't but a half hours drive from his home, as I recall, and no one but him knew of it's existence.
So accept that you are late to the detecting party. Only the die-hards are still at it, and the easy pickings are gone. It will take perseverance, permission to hunt private property and some measure of luck to consistently find old coins, now - regardless of the detector you use. Of course, you can do what so many others do: Depend on blind luck and blame your gear when the much hyped and advertised "riches" don't materialize.
That works, too.
With a MXT I need help from you guys Where is the best place to do some research on the Etrac and Spectra V3 I'm going to buy I just don't know which one I use the Whites MXT right now I want something for coin hunting. What do you guys think of the MXT for coin hunting? MXT has three modes Coin/Jewelry Relic and Prospect. With one frequency. I have found coins, But am I missing coins I should be finding because I'm using the MXT with one frequency? Should I be using something else Or is the MXT a great all around machine. My thoughts I should me using something that uses various frequency's rather than one, But maybe I'm wrong. Well EXPERTS what do you say?
