MXT meter accuracy

[jlw]

Do those of you that swing the MXT find the meter accurate most of the time?

 

[Topo]

I think that using the confidence blocks it is pretty accurate

 

[xentryx]

Meh....if its in a good target range, dig it anyways. The only time I back off a target is when I get a junk reading once I hit it with the dx-1. That thing is spot on.

 

[nw1886]

When it comes to "accuracy" a machine is telling you what it sees and it IS accurate. With time and a lot of targets dug, it then becomes a question if you are interpreting it well. If your running a decent machine...hanging your hat on that is what kicks you up to a higher level of finding stuff. No holy grail yet....just a better cup.

 

[BarberBill]

I've been pleased with the accuracy on mine. Takes a bit of practice to separate bottle caps from coins, but it can be done. If you get a fluctuating response bouncing through several coin indications and trash, be sure to dig. Turns out to be a coin spill often enough that you should always dig to see. One thing I've noticed on several TID machines - sometimes they'll mistake certain trash for coins, but I've never seen one mistake a coin for trash - for whatever that's worth. The better you get to know the MXT the better it will work for you.
BB

 

[Jeff-TN]

The most accurate meter I know of is the shovel. If you're in a good area, dig all signals. If I was in an exremely trashy area, I would pick and choose a little more once I found what the trash was ringing in at, or at least the majority of it. Having said that, I have found that the meter is fairly accurate, especially on coins,

Jeff

 

[MontanaMatt]

I pretty much ignore the description of what the mxt says it is and go off the vdi numbers. I don't think I've ever dug a ring that the machine says is a ring. Ring signals are almost always junk or a "whatsit" and the rings I did usually show up as a dime, penny or quarter.