Mxt on gold rings????

[Big Boys Hobbies]

What does the Mxt show a gold ring is on display when your in coin and jewlry mode? thanks in adavnce for the info. Im trying to decide between a Dfx and Mxt. Any and all info on the 2 would be appreciated........

 

[u238]

Mxt i found only one gold ring so far, but it is due to the sights i hunt do not have many in them. It was a mans diamond solitare and fit me it rang up as a 22 in relic and coin both. Relic was a button, coin 5 cent/ring.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

So while in ring/jewelry mode it said .5/ring? I guess what im asking can the MXT display the word "ring" if it is a ring?

 

[julesjunk]

I've only found one gold ring as well. It's a man's ring, medium in size, ten diamond chips, 3 saphires, 14K. It rang in at a strong UNwavering VDI 22. Figured it to be a nickel right on the surface. Hope this helps..........

 

[Lee - MI - MI]

You gotta remember, the MXT is good but not very bright.

Think of a chart with three columns. C/J, Relic and Prospecting. Prospecting is different so I'll skip it.

The machine detects a target. It analyzes the target and comes back with a VDI number. Then it checks the mode you are in so it knows which column to look in and picks a word that corresponds to that value.

Check it out. A 20 in C/J will always say, Nickle/Ring. In Relic it will say something else, I cannot remember what. It is as simple as that. It is a word association with a very limited vocabulary based on what White's engineers have programed into it.

Many factors affect the VDI value of a target. It's mass, shape, physical size and, of course, what kind of metal it is.

Think of the common pull tabs. Have you noticed how a particular type of pull tab can register at very different values? Now notice that each one of them is bent or mangled in some specific way making it register different. The angle it is in the ground is also significant.

Now take any and all of the gold rings you have access to. Yours, your wife's, any friends that may be with you. They will probably all register different. Now to compound that even further, throw in some bracelets, earrings, necklaces and any other jewelry you can come up with. Now, just for giggles and grins, take the same stuff and simply change the orientation of each item. I expect you will get different values from the ones you previously got.


Now you can see why it is so hard to find gold. It goes by many names (VDI numbers). It is not any particular detector, MXT included. It is the nature of the beast. If you want to find the good stuff you will have to dig up a lot of trash that will hit at the same values.

Figure it out. There is lots more trash than treasure. That is why you find more trash than treasure. That if why we call it treasure. It is scarce.

 

[Rudy]

Gold comes in over a wide range of VDI readings, starting in the Foil range. It just depends
on the size of the target, the Karat of the piece (for example, for a given size target, an
18K item will VDI lower than a 14K), mineralization,...

One thing for sure. If gold is what you are mostly after, the MXT is hotter than the DFX.

 

[DPW]

Ignore the "ring","pulltab", "nickle", etc. icons in C&J mode.
Ignore the "button", "bullet", "buckle", icons in relic mode.
Pay more attention to the audio. Dig good sounding, repeatable signals with a positive VDI number. If you're digging too much trash for your liking turn up your Disc a bit.
Also remember that the deeper the target the less accurate the detectors ID will be.
The trashier the area the less accurate the detectors ID will be.
The MXT is great at seperating targets, is deep seeking, is very sensitive to small objects. All in all a very good all around metal detector. But personally I believe that the target icons are useless. But I always hunt in relic mode and while coin hunting rarely find bullets or buckles or buttons. The audio and the "reliability" bars is what I pay more attention to.
And no matter which detector you decide to get, Whites or otherwise, if you want to find gold rings you're going to have to dig pull tabs. Just no way around it.

 

[u238]

I found this one month after getting the mxt. I used it for my wedding ring. Only gold one i found, but it fit.

 

[JM]

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