How do you use the modes on your MXT?

[Topo]

On the last MD sessions I've had tried to play with different modes to compare results, I'm still using the 9.5 coil, next week should arrive the 6x10DD.

I would like to hear your opinions, do you prefer to run always the same mode? do you prefer to use CJ on trashy areas? do you think Relic is better for the trashy areas?

and one of the most controversial questions, which is the deeper mode between CJ and Relic?

in my case I find that the CJ mode responds better to small deep targets on the mix mode than the Relic mode, I mean, the response is more noticeable. but I find Relic mode the better way to clean an area when time matters



PS. if there is another thread on this subject please let me know, I searched but nothing

the 5.3 is still on my list

I forgot to say that I didn't read MXT edge yet, hope I'll do that this week

 

[Old Katz]

Depends on what you like to hunt. Some people prefer the relic mode with the
discrimination just a little past nails useing the 5.3 coil.

If your only interested in coin and jewlery and the area is trashy, the 5.3. The 6x10DD is good
for heavy mineralization.

I like the relic mode because it will give you two tones; one low tone for the possibility of junk and
a high tone if it might be good, a coin or something.

Katz

 

[Topo]

Hi Katz

I like the Relic mode more than the C&J for the simplicity, I mean, we pay attention to the sound of iffy signals and those high tones. On C&J I think we spend more time checking targets out, it was my impression, maybe Im dont have enough practice with this mode yet

Im asking because the things that Im looking for are mostly Coins and Jewelry and Im afraid of missing those targets, I have found some coins, but not jewelry yet, maybe a matter of time, maybe searching on the wrong place

 

[Old Katz]

>I have found some coins, but not jewelry yet, maybe a matter of time,<

Just a matter of time.

Yes, its a very good idea to check out the target, if you mean your digging it up.
Usually you have to dig all targets anyway because sometimes you miss a good find.
It gets really boreing sometimes. Gold falls into the nickel and pull tab range anyway so you're
oblidged to check all targets in that tange.

Katz

 

[Topo]

so maybe is a good idea for now to stick with the Relic mode as the main search mode and to left the CJ for a second pass

 

[tsgman]

JW at Kelly co let me pro mo it and I really like it. I use both relic modes. When I am hunting in good ground I will run trigger forward and the gain as high as I can without making it unstable. The Desc. is at zero. I have noticed some types of dirt I can get a little more depth with the trigger center, desc. around 2 or 3.

When I am in unrealized ground or trashy spots I will sometimes switch to the 6x10, but I am sacrificing some depth. On the plus side it is more stable, less chatter. Yesterday I was hunting in a pasture and was digging deep 69's. They were around 8 to 12 inches, the signal was weak at times but with good headphones you will hear them.

The main thing here is you have to slow down, once you dig a deep 69, slow down. You will dig more if your patient and slow down and pay attention. What I am hearing is broken high tones mixed with a few low grunts, When I am in a situation like this just slow down watch your vdi, I pretty much will dig anything questionable. Something metal, iron will give you the same high, low tones, but the vdi will bounce, between neg. and a high positive. I will dig these simply because these iron signals could be gun parts, sword scabbards, gun molds, bayonets, etc..

Last week I was in a spot where I had a signal that was very erratic, the low grunts, and occasional high beep mixed in. I was surprised it was a 69 fairly deep, around 8 to 10 inches. I initially bought this detector for digging in the red dirt in Virginia, I attend the DIV hunts, I really got
where I liked it here in Mo. as well. I have never used the stock coil. When I hear that faint beep that is deep, I know I am usually on a bullet, possibly one another detector may have missed. A fair amount of these bullest were deep in a cow pasture, I learned my MXT by digging these types of signals I mentioned and recovering these.

 

[dirtdigginlady]

IMO the Relic mode is much better than the C&J. I think the relic mode will pick up signals that the c&j will miss.

 

[Topo]

IMO the Relic mode is much better than the C&J. I think the relic mode will pick up signals that the c&j will miss.

I have the same opinion, in fact, thinking in which would be the better use for the CJ mode I think Im going to leave it for second slow passes on trashy areas, some times with gain down. Im waiting to receive MXT edge to have more information on this subject


I forgot to say that I'm living in Europe, so maybe this is why I think the Relic mode would be the best as main mode

 

[desert]

I think I prefer relic mode myself. I also pay more attention to sound than say to the display.

 

[mcinmich]

I agree with Topo and Tsgman. Relic mode is the way to go. You will spend alot less time looking at VDI's. Go slow and listen for the high tones. Seems like all the areas I have local access to have been heavily hunted (only deep stuff left). I go slow (this is most important) and listen for the tones. You will be surprised how a VDI can change with one shovel full dug. I was out tonight hunting the woods in a park. Hit a high tone, VDI showed junk, bouncing around all over the place (but bounced of 80 a couple of times) and it was deep, 7-8 inches. Took a shovel full out and the VDI went to 80 steady. Turned out to be a silver dime. I am by no means an expert, this is my 3rd season with the MXT. Thinking I need to go back over some of the areas I hunted when I first started. I was going way to fast. I have not used CJ mode since my first year.

 

[Topo]

I agree with Topo and Tsgman. Relic mode is the way to go. You will spend alot less time looking at VDI's. Go slow and listen for the high tones. Seems like all the areas I have local access to have been heavily hunted (only deep stuff left). I go slow (this is most important) and listen for the tones. You will be surprised how a VDI can change with one shovel full dug. I was out tonight hunting the woods in a park. Hit a high tone, VDI showed junk, bouncing around all over the place (but bounced of 80 a couple of times) and it was deep, 7-8 inches. Took a shovel full out and the VDI went to 80 steady. Turned out to be a silver dime. I am by no means an expert, this is my 3rd season with the MXT. Thinking I need to go back over some of the areas I hunted when I first started. I was going way to fast. I have not used CJ mode since my first year.

on high tones, when buckle or button appears on my VDI and the pinpoint says 6 or 7, I go crazy, there is good stuff almost everytime . Im digging some foil too, but no jewelry yet, maybe need that DD coil or to be on the right place


The MXT is a great machine, gets me more and more interested in this hobby

 

[tsgman]

That has also happened a lot with me, remove the sod layer and that iffy signal turns solid. I remember that in one DIV we were scraping away the leaf layer
in the woods and bam, all of a sudden we get signals. Of course that is some nasty dirt there, not as bad in the woods but still tough hunting. My first experiance with it I was struggling opening morning of the hunt. I talked to my buddy Sgt. Lowe, he showed me that any repeatable tone that would pin point
but had nothing on the vdi was a bullet, I started finding those signals with no vdi and dug a lot of lead! That was on Brandy Rock Farm, Culpeper Virginia.