MX5 question...

[slingshot]

I feel I found the problem, but if others have had this issue, I would appreciate confirmation. After 15 minutes the emi interference really started and I even turned the sensitivity down, went back to the front of the school where I had smooth threshold before and it made no difference. Went to two other locations-same thing. Did the reset, took out batteries and ran fingers to rotate them in case they were loose. Finally, I finger tightened the connector. No change. Then I noticed the connector would still move, so I tightened with pliars and everything turned smooth. Went to a park famous at times for emi, cranked up the sensitivity, and everything still rock solid smooth. After 30 minutes returned home. Hope it's fixed.

 

[Hombre]

The only time I ran into EMI with the MX5 was in the back yard of an old house with power lines coming from the ally10 ft. overhead, turned the sensitivity way down to 4 and still found coins down to 6" deep. I never had to tighten the coil connector more than finger tight. Maybe you had some bad ground/solar flare/bad juju or the like going on, glad it is doing fine for you now. The MX5 is such a powerhouse that turning the sensitivity way down, it still gets excellent depth, I'm happy with mine, been using White's machines since 1994 and this MX5 out performs them all.

 

[slingshot]

The only time I ran into EMI with the MX5 was in the back yard of an old house with power lines coming from the ally10 ft. overhead, turned the sensitivity way down to 4 and still found coins down to 6" deep. I never had to tighten the coil connector more than finger tight. Maybe you had some bad ground/solar flare/bad juju or the like going on, glad it is doing fine for you now. The MX5 is such a powerhouse that turning the sensitivity way down, it still gets excellent depth, I'm happy with mine, been using White's machines since 1994 and this MX5 out performs them all.

Well, OK. Mine had been doing fine. Did notice I could twist on the connector and it would rotate-which seemed unusual and caused me to tighten the connector. So I upped sensitivity high to double check and it seems fine. Guess time will tell. Thanks, Hombre.

 

[slingshot]

Well, Hombre. Guess I'm the only one who ever had that happen. Worked fine this a.m. Guess that was the problem. Even able to max out the sensitivity for a few minutes tryout. Thanks, again.

 

[Hombre]

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Well, OK. Mine had been doing fine. Did notice I could twist on the connector and it would rotate-which seemed unusual and caused me to tighten the connector. So I upped sensitivity high to double check and it seems fine. Guess time will tell. Thanks, Hombre.

The darn coil connector on the MX5 is very hard to tighten with fat fingers, the engineer who designed that must have small hands....lol

 

[MattBullSummerville]

Only 2 issues I have had with mine acting up with what seemed like EMI was the battery connections inside where the pack goes were loose. Only other issue was the coil connetion after taking the detector to an ocean beach. Thought I had washed the detector off well but must not have. Noticed just a little bit of green corrosion around the coil connection at the detector. Loosen the nut a quarter turn, used a tooth brush to clean it offf and tighten the nut back up. End of problem.

 

[slingshot]

Only 2 issues I have had with mine acting up with what seemed like EMI was the battery connections inside where the pack goes were loose. Only other issue was the coil connetion after taking the detector to an ocean beach. Thought I had washed the detector off well but must not have. Noticed just a little bit of green corrosion around the coil connection at the detector. Loosen the nut a quarter turn, used a tooth brush to clean it offf and tighten the nut back up. End of problem.

Thanks. I DID notice the batteries were loose and bent the little tabs- but in the end I could actually twist the connector and move it easily. Seems they could have put it out further to get a better grip on it.