M6 and depth

[gregl01]

So how do you find freshly dropped coins at totlots???? The "halo theory" is just that, a theory. If this was so then how could you do an air test?? The halo theory is just plain bull....... 100 yr old silver coins come out of the ground still looking good in my area, they don't deteriorate- therefore can't develope a halo. Pure crap for sure.


Greg

 

[mikezap]

Well, got a good price on a barely used m6 today. Will try to get some hunting in with it while the t2 is on its way back to me with the $50 upgrade I'll let you know "how i got on" lol

 

[garyw]

I hunt with a mxt. I just purchased an m-6 for my wife last week. I read your comparisons and claim the m-6 is similar to the mxt. I used the m-6 today for the first time for about 4 hours and in my experience there is no comparison between the two. My mxt to get a deep target that is over 5" I get a weak signal and less than a full bar. I have to listen close for deep coins. I run my mxt in relic moce with 9 or full gain and 0 on the discriminator. I hear alot of noise and am used to it the mxt is not known to be a quiet machine. The m-6 today was quite different. I tried listening to weak signals and most of them when I turned 90 degrees and swept across gave me an iron signal. The interesting part was when I got a loud signal screaming at me half the time the targets were 5-8" deep. I found more deep targets with the m6 when I thought I had one near the surface today and the weak signals usually turned into iron targets when I dug deeper and then pin pointed them with the dx1 pin pointer. I was not used to not having the constant hum in the background and it was hard to get used to the iron in the ground or iron targets breaking up and crackling. I get better iron signals with the mxt. the m-6 fragmented the grunts like they were all broken up. That is my take on hunting with the m-6 one day compared to my mxt.

 

[Rob (IL)]

I run my mxt in relic moce with 9 or full gain and 0 on the discriminator.

I use an MXT but have used an M6. To compare the two, for depth, you would have to back the MXT threshold down until it was silent and then hunt in C/J mode. You'd also have to not use the tones on the M6. The M6 and MXT have the same internal engine and tracking. If you don't use the same mode on both you can't compare. They should both get the same depth with the MXT having a slight edge on deep targets like a 8" dime because it has the threshold. Rob

 

[garyw]

Why does the m-6 chatter or break up on iron targets or mineralized soil. It grunts but chatters when the grunt starts and ends and it does it regardless where the settings are. I set it on 1 and 0 on the descriminator and the 1 just chatters more. I get alot of weak signals but tried to dig a high weak signal and the deeper I got the more it sounded like iron. or there was nothing there at all. but the surface coins seemed to scream the same as one 5-6 inches deep. The only way I knew the depth was when I pin pointed. Thats another thing it pin pointed better an inch above the grass than it did laying on the grass. My mxt the more you mash the grass down the louder the pin point signal is.

 

[RedRockNv]

Mike I had the same experience. Used a Explorer SE in an area near the entrance to a baseball park. I went back a few days later with a MXT and started pulling out more, deeper and better coins than with the SE. I didn't go there to rehunt the area though I actually came from the other side of the park and as I got to the edge of the previously worked area I continued to get hits and just kept working it. I don't know why the SE didn't do better maybe it was just me. Most coin type object are well within the MXT's range anyway. The SE is heavy next to the MXT also.

 

[cosmic]

Depth is a sometimes thing depending on so many factors it would fill a book... In the past couple of years I have had among others a Explorer XS and SE, also a XTerra 70, Fisher F75, Garrett 1350, Garrett infinium, Tesoro Tejon, Fisher Goldbug II and a Bounty Hunter Time Ranger... I kept the best out of all of them.. The M6 and XTerra!! I have found some really deep items with my M6 and my two favorite coils are the 5,3 and the Super 12... I was hunting at the park yesterday and found the usual, but then the planets aligned or something.. The first was a 1907 Indian at 7" measured inches on the bottom of the plug.. I use a bh pinpointer so I stick the probe into the soil and it sounds off about 1/2" away from the coin in undisturbed soil, so no fudging there.. The M6 gave me a tiny signal next to some iron trash,, The M6 said it was deep and a erratic VDI.. I dug the plug as deep as I could and a 8" measured and was still getting a signal in the hole.. I used my pinpointer and when the end of the probe was about a 1 1/2 deep it sounded off .. I removed another 2 inches of the bottom and there at the bottom of the hole was a 1880 Indian.. I measured it before I removed it.. It was at a honest 10".. Unusual depth, yes but most find are 6" or less..I have recovered a few coins at 9-10" but that's rarely the case.. I guess my point is deep coins depend more on conditions and the skill of the operator, then the machine ..

 

[Hombre]

Howdy all
I know this thread is about the M6, and my little tale is about the depth achieved with a XLT about ten years ago. The XLT is long gone but the memory of the deep recovery is still crisp in my mind, almost like it happened last week.I had been wanting to hunt this old house for quite some time and finally got up enough courage to knock on the door. I knocked on the door and an elderly lady answered the door, she said it was allright to use my "geiger counter" in her yard. She said "Honey, I doubt that you will find anything because a whole bunch of people have been here treasure hunting before you." I said " thats allright, I like a challange!" or something on that order.
I quickly get started along the old brick sidewalk and noticed that it (the old sidewalk) had been dug out recently, as it was about 8 inches lower than the grass/sod level,not a good sign.I soon got a good signal about 4 inches deep, it read on my XLT as zinc penny/screw cap. It turned out to be a 1912 Swiss 2 cent piece, I remember being disapointed that it was'nt an American 2 cent piece, and thought it would be great to find one of those( 2 cent piece minted in Philadelphia ).I soon started to dig some semi-deep wheat pennys, which is a good sign that the the previous hunters had left me something to find.I was hoping to find a silver coin in this yard, but I found something I had been wishing for. I heard a soft, weak and small signal that was in a 'clean' area devoid of trash signals. The XLT signagraph screen was completely blank with no bars and the zinc penny/screwcap icon would flash on but not lock on. I dug a deep plug and recieved a stronger signal and the signagraph was starting to build a tight bar to the right of the screen and the zinc/screwcap icon was locking on to the signal. It took quite a bit of time to work down to the target and I almost gave up as my digging knife has a 10 inch blade that is a 1/4 inch thick ( WW1 trench knife ) and I was down past the blade and into the handle portion of the knife. The reward was a 1866 2 cent piece that came frome a grave that was a least 11 or 12 inches deep. It had been there a long time as the soil indentation of the coin was discolored green. I think finding deep good targets is a combination of several factors: Skill of the operator, good metal detector and lastly, but most important is Location, Location, and Location. Just my 2 zincs worth..............Hombre