MXT finally arrived!!! and a question

[msleeper]

OK, I finally made it out to the local soccer field with my new MXT for 1/2 hour tonight while my son was kicking the ball around. I found a quarter, dime, nickel, two copper pennies and a zinc. I also found a kids ring and a flag lapel pin. Very cool! Everything worked well.

Huh Huh
Now the question: While sweeping, the unit occasionally went silent... just for a fraction of a second. Is that the discriminator working on iron? The settings were coin and jewlery, ground, discrimination just left of nickel, gain at 10 and the sensitivity just so I could hear a hum. The background hum even went silent. Is that ok?

Mark

 

[Hunt4Fun]

Yes, that is the discriminator working. By paying attention to how frequently the threshold drops out, you get an assessment of how trashy the site is. BTW, if you get a flicker of a good signal and a suddenly silent threshold it can indicate a good target beside something well below the discriminate setting. That is not always the case but that kind of signal patern deserves further evaluation.

Just my 2 zincs,
Bob

 

[msleeper]

Thanks Bob,

Good advice! I got out and tried it at the local park today and did not worry about the way the unit was working and had a MUCH better time. 6 quarters, 7 dimes, 3 nickels, 17 pennies and a dog charm.

IT WORKED!!!

Mark

 

[Hunt4Fun]

Nice bunch of finds msleeper. Is this your first exposure to metal detecting? I know the detector is new to you so judging from your finds, you are really doing very well.

I am including a link to a site operated by Chris Ralph. He has lots of good information on the site about the MXT. Pay particular attention to the "MXT FAQs".

http://nevada-outback-gems.com/MXT_files/MXT_basepage.htm


Good luck and have fun, Bob