How does the notch feature work on the MXT

[Bill_S]

I guess that is what you would call it. Anyway, with the trigger forward isnt it supposed to notch out most of the pull tabs? Is it pretty effective in doing this?

 

[Monte]

when in the Coin & Jewelry mode when you flip the trigger-toggle forward.

Keep in mind that the original MXT was introduced about a dozen years ago, and, at the time, it was a popular trend to consider "pull tabs" as the older ring-pull types. The original "pull-tab" was a combination of a ring and beaver tail, often of different alloys. Separated, most of the beaver-tail sections have a conductive range from just below a US 5

 

[Bill_S]

Thanks for the response Monte. Good explanation.

 

[Hunt4Fun]

when in the Coin & Jewelry mode when you flip the trigger-toggle forward.

Keep in mind that the original MXT was introduced about a dozen years ago, and, at the time, it was a popular trend to consider "pull tabs" as the older ring-pull types. The original "pull-tab" was a combination of a ring and beaver tail, often of different alloys. Separated, most of the beaver-tail sections have a conductive range from just below a US 5

 

[Aarong81]

If you want to notch out pull-tabs, +18 to +30 or so, Would you dig targets BELOW +18?

If not, just use the disc to reject pull-tabs. I don't suggest either notching out pull-tabs or discing as high as +30. Even though I don't dig every +10 target I find, I like to know where the concentration of trash and general targets are at so I just set the disc to allow everything OVER +10. But I do a lot of hot shot or wild cat detecting trying to locate homestead locations so even iron targets are helpful information to me.

Another good reason to dig nickel/pulltab signals is that if your finding the old beaver tail style PT's then you have a decent chance of finding buffulo and V-nickels since those nickel signals were obviously not already dug before you found them. When silver gets scarce, its kinda fun to broaden our hopeful targets and try for some nickels.

 

[Bill_S]

Good point about the beaver tails. I have found that some of the older nickels will hit just a bit lower than the newer nickels. Usually in the same range as the beaver tail.

 

[JohninNC]

If you do a tot lot there is a common gold pendant that is half the size of a dime that hits dead on at +6. I don't like to discriminate either,
John

 

[Topo]

just to add, the pull-tab notch is only available at the mxt older version.

another way to avoid pull-tabs is to dig some of them paying attention to sound and VDI response, then it's just a matter of user's choice to dig or not to dig

 

[Aarong81]

One thing about pulltabs vs nickels is that pulltabs will have a VDI that varies or ranges over at least 4 or more VDI's while nickels almost always lock on within about 2 VDI's. For example, if I get a signal that is +18 to +20 and it will not go higher or lower, I will usually dig it hoping for a nickel. If I get the same type signal but ranging from +18 to +22, It has a higher odd of being a pulltab. A 4 VDI range is a close call but if it is a range of 6 VDI's it almost certainly is not a nickel. There are however, other very good targets that should be dug in this range such as a gold pendant, ladies gold ring, ect. Notching and discing is a selling feature but don't over use either one. There is one case where I can see a notch feature would be useful. That would be a lawn that is full of roofing nails that happen to VDI in a VERY specific range and having the ability to set a custom notch to ignore only a very small range of about 3 VDI's. The MXT doesn't have that feature and the notched range is way too large to be acceptable. Some other Whites detectors, at least one, have custom notch abilities. That doesn't make it find more stuff, its just a neat selling feature.

 

[ralph]

I've an original mxt, and use a3x9 hotfoot coil. I hunt coins in relic mode,rarely use trigger forward(the notch is different than in coins mode). Nickles come in at 14-20, many small gold rings at 12-20, a 21 and over vdi is 99% a pull tab. a 20 vdi is 90+% nickle and about 5% chanch of being a beaver tail off a tab. The vdi on my machine seems to be very accurate. A vdi on a target that varies more than 5# is usually trash( or 2 targets very close) unless its rather deep. The mxt has a very fast ground tracking so I alyways gb than lock the gb to avoid it tracking objects out.

 

[mike5853]

Hi Bill - I just posted a brief video on the notch feature of the MXT. It's effective but like all nothces, it will also block some good targets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKLEM4hLzwk

 

[Bill_S]

Thanks for the video......