Okay I'm new to everything, this forum and metal detecting. My new MXT Pro should be here today and I feel a long learning curve coming. I live in Colorado and am assuming Colorado has high mineral soil. Is there anyone on here with experience on this in Colorado? Next - I've been doing some reading on coils, about all I think I've figured out is that the stock coil is probably not the one I need to use here. Any opinions on the coil I should start out with? I'll be looking for coins/relics and occasionally trying my hand at some prospecting. I would welcome any other words of wisdom.
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MXT Pro Colorado
- Thread starter cokid
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[size=large]to start, be more positive. the MXT is very easy to learn. since it's your first machine you won't have any old ideas interfering with the learning. i'm supposing you ordered yours with the 12" coil. might be useful in the prospecting mode and open fields. for ghost towns and trashy places the 5.3 coilis usually part of any detectorist collection. the 6x10 seems to be used quite alot by prospectors also. once you get your machine up and running you'll be able to see how bad or good your soil is yourself. the machine will tell you from the prospecting mode. dirt is differant from one place to another so that was a cool option whites put in there. the best thing is practice with the machine. when you see that what your doing matches with what the manual said to expect your confidence goes up.
it is highly reccommended you abtain the book, The MXT Edge", by Jeff Foster. the machine and the book go hand in hand. much better'n the manual. you will learn much here on these forums. there is a relic forum that will prove to be very useful for that kind of hunting as well as one for prospecting.
remember, the MXT is one of the simplist machines to learn. don't overthink it. enjoy it.
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it is highly reccommended you abtain the book, The MXT Edge", by Jeff Foster. the machine and the book go hand in hand. much better'n the manual. you will learn much here on these forums. there is a relic forum that will prove to be very useful for that kind of hunting as well as one for prospecting.
remember, the MXT is one of the simplist machines to learn. don't overthink it. enjoy it.
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HuntinDog
Well-known member
Welcome and congrats on the MXT Pro
You will love it and it is easy to learn.
One of the best ways I've found to get to know your new machine is to hit the TotLots.
Easy digging and all sorts of targets from foil to Gold and Silver.
Run it on the pre-sets with a slight hum in the ground track mode.
That will give you an idea of what the sounds and VDIs are.
You can start tweeking the adjustments later when you've learned more.
As for the coils. I run the 6x10 most of the time. It seems to be an all around coil with pretty good depth.
Some go for the 5.3 round coil, but I think it is just personal preferance.
The 6x10 and the 4x6 are the coils to go to for prospecting or hunting in trashy parks and the like.
Take your time, listen to to sounds and dig the trash. The good stuff will fallow.
You've got a great machine there. Have fun and enjoy.
HH
You will love it and it is easy to learn.
One of the best ways I've found to get to know your new machine is to hit the TotLots.
Easy digging and all sorts of targets from foil to Gold and Silver.
Run it on the pre-sets with a slight hum in the ground track mode.
That will give you an idea of what the sounds and VDIs are.
You can start tweeking the adjustments later when you've learned more.
As for the coils. I run the 6x10 most of the time. It seems to be an all around coil with pretty good depth.
Some go for the 5.3 round coil, but I think it is just personal preferance.
The 6x10 and the 4x6 are the coils to go to for prospecting or hunting in trashy parks and the like.
Take your time, listen to to sounds and dig the trash. The good stuff will fallow.
You've got a great machine there. Have fun and enjoy.
HH
skateteacher
Member
Read everything you can about it at night and practice/play with it every day you can while it's light. I've had mine for two weeks now and I use it every day even if it is just for a half-hour. Do air tests, bury junk in the yard and find it or better yet have someone else bury stuff and you go find it. Learn the sounds and have someone test you on each one and see if you can name the tone without any VDI. Make it a game and remember to have fun. Dirt fishing is better than real fishing.
dave
dave
gold_geologist2011
New member
Here Bud,
Take a look at this. http://whiteselectronics.com/info/field-reports/1806.html It has some pretty good basic information that you will need to get started with. I would read this first and then read MXT Edge.
Take a look at this. http://whiteselectronics.com/info/field-reports/1806.html It has some pretty good basic information that you will need to get started with. I would read this first and then read MXT Edge.
[size=large]i also have the Pro version and no the pro version isn't in the book. the mxt and the mxt pro are the same except for some options taken from the m-6 and put in the pro. such as the back-light, ground grab and the tones. otherwise ya got a MXT. the new options don't change the operations. the 12", 950 and the 5.3 coils are all concentric. the 6x10 is a DD coil. might be why the prospectors prefer it. i don't do prospecting. no opertunities yet. i do enjoy my D2 coil. it's the 10" DD. works real well in parks and sports fields. got the 8x6 SEF coil but haven't really tried it out much. it's suppose to be a little better'n the 6x10. it's somewhat new to the line-up. for what you describe you're gunna be doing i'd say get the 6x10 for your all around coil. it's a proven runner.
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Thanks for all the tips! Played with my new MXT Pro a little over the weekend. After reading, research and recommendations I ordered my 6x10 DD coil Friday.
Here's another question that joins my horse hobby to my new detector hobby. Is there a good case suitable for packing anyone can recommend? I plan to pack in and do some back country detector work and would need a well padded case that is also not huge. I'm pretty good at modifying stuff to work so if someone has used something else to fashion a case please let me know. Just need some ideas.
Here's another question that joins my horse hobby to my new detector hobby. Is there a good case suitable for packing anyone can recommend? I plan to pack in and do some back country detector work and would need a well padded case that is also not huge. I'm pretty good at modifying stuff to work so if someone has used something else to fashion a case please let me know. Just need some ideas.
I would suggest taking the detector down so the coil is not at risk of breaking where it mounts to the shaft, it should make it more compact to pack on your horse. I broke mine the other day while detecting, the coil just dropped to the ground and the two ears that the plastic bolt goes through broke off. It took a couple days of rigging but it is sorta fixed for now.
I think the best part of the PRO is the multi-tone ID. I can tell the difference between targets without staring at the screen and anything around penny or silver stops you in your tracks and I hear a difference between a zinc penny and a copper penny, it is a fairly small difference on VDI numbers but the tones are greatly different. I did an air test that shows how the PRO sounds different between the two and you can even disc out the zinc if you want. You can see my fix to the coil in my video, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxMpwkG9nZs
I think the best part of the PRO is the multi-tone ID. I can tell the difference between targets without staring at the screen and anything around penny or silver stops you in your tracks and I hear a difference between a zinc penny and a copper penny, it is a fairly small difference on VDI numbers but the tones are greatly different. I did an air test that shows how the PRO sounds different between the two and you can even disc out the zinc if you want. You can see my fix to the coil in my video, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxMpwkG9nZs