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Making the Spectrum XLT a Gold Detector
- Thread starter Goldarnit
- Start date
[size=large]and what is the name or identity of this sort of gold coil?
and just for the FYI of it, the rainbow is the spectrum series and the newer is called the E- series. i just know someone wanted to know that. don't know what the change yr. was. my understanding is that there's a very limited choice of coils for it and i've yet to hear of any gold coils or sort of coils.
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and just for the FYI of it, the rainbow is the spectrum series and the newer is called the E- series. i just know someone wanted to know that. don't know what the change yr. was. my understanding is that there's a very limited choice of coils for it and i've yet to hear of any gold coils or sort of coils.
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foiledagain
Member
I have had my Spectrum XLT for 16 year. I used it in a hydraulic gold mining pit after I first got it. I found .22 bullets and tiny lead birdshot. If I was going to use the XLT for prospecting for gold, I would use the 5.3 coil, or the 4x6DD coil. These coils can be used with the gain and sensitivity cranked up. High quality headphones make a big difference, too.
Would buy me a Whites gold unit or my second choice would be an MXT as I undertand Jimmy Sierra an oldtimer with much know how was instrumental in making the MXT a coin-jewelry-relic and yes a competent gold nugget unit..Am sure an XLT would find larger nuggets but most nuggets are small and units made for this purpose excell.
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
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it can work. I found it to do okay on reasonable-size nuggets. It's not as great on the smaller-size nuggets like the higher-frequency models such as the MXT series, or even the M6. Yes, I said the M6 because even though it lacks a Threshold-based All Metal mode, it still hits on gold nuggets in the 'zero' set Discriminate mode, just like the MXT's. I've used the M6 and MXT's to hunt several nugget producing sites in the past and had better performance in the Disc. mode than in the All Metal Prospecting mode of the MXT. It was a matter of better handling of the ground and site conditions.
The BlueMax DD 'Shooter' coil for the 6.59 kHz models was perhaps one of the worst performing coils I have ever used on any detector from any manufacturer. The similar-size DD 'Shooter' for the M6 & MXT, or the one I used on the Prizm 6T, worked a lot better. The DD for the 6.59 kHz models, both that I tried, were matched or bettered by the 4" Snooper coil (BlueMax 350) and definitely bettered by the excellent 6
The BlueMax DD 'Shooter' coil for the 6.59 kHz models was perhaps one of the worst performing coils I have ever used on any detector from any manufacturer. The similar-size DD 'Shooter' for the M6 & MXT, or the one I used on the Prizm 6T, worked a lot better. The DD for the 6.59 kHz models, both that I tried, were matched or bettered by the 4" Snooper coil (BlueMax 350) and definitely bettered by the excellent 6
I agree with Monte that the 4x6DD coil performs very poorly with the XLT. The one coil that does perform pretty well with the XLT for nuggets is the GoldFoot coil that used to be manufactured by Applied Creativity and distributed by Jimmy Sierra. These are no longer made but are available on the used market. These coils are very light weight and measure 2"X9" rectangle. It's like a miniture BigFoot coil if you're familiar if those. They are a real specialized coil and there isn't much of a demand for them so they can be picked up pretty reasonably. They are also great coils for picking out shallow coins in trashy areas. The same coils were also made for the Goldmasters and the later DFX, M6 & MXT but the name was changed to the HotFoot. The GoldFoot for the GMT or Goldmasters will not work on the 6.59 kHz machines. You have to make sure it's the 6.59 GoldFoot. I found a number of small nuggets in the mid 90's with a Goldfoot on an XLT in the desert near Randsburg, CA.
al_lima_cse
New member
thank you all for your input ,found it very helpful. Im new at this so im still green in the know what to do.
al_lima_cse
New member
been new to detecting i need help in many ways,but right now i would like to hear from someone about coils. Question is , can anyone give me a list of coils that can be used on the xlt e-series ?
TerraDigger
New member
Anyone ever use any non-White's 6.59khz coils (besides the Goldfoot mentioned here) for prospecting? And if so, the name, size and performance evaluation. I got a really old Silver Eagle that I am considering using for prospecting.