I have been trying to put some life back into my hunted out sites. After talking to Hombre(Randy), I decided to try different tone settings on my very well liked MX5. I opened up the entire screen and hunted two tones with this nothing notched setting. Yesterday I re hunted a ball field that has very little trash in the outfield. I have been hitting this spot hard since early spring and have found 8 silver coins in the area with the oldest being a 1906 Barber dime. Within a short time of starting, I got a jumping 80 to 91 signal that was much cleaner in two tone then the 8 tone I had been using. It pinpointed small and I had a feeling it would be silver. 1928 mercury dime at about 9 inches. After about an hour more of detecting with only a surface clad, I was feeling like more experimentation. I switched to all metal and gridded off the area from second base to center field. I hardly ever hunt in all metal because most detectors have a wavy, mushy signal that I can't stand. I was immediately surprised at how tight and clean the signal were coming in with the MX5. The numbers were showing most targets were deep iron. I decided to dig any positive signals that were 16 or above that pinpointed over 7 inches deep. By checking the depth in pinpoint I was able to eliminate many signals and save my hands from unnecessary digging. I got a deep signal with numbers in the high 80's. This one pinpointed small and indicated 8.5 inches. Another mercury dime from slightly deeper than the first one. Two deep silver coins is a good day for me. When I covered about half of the outfield, I was getting tired and ready to call it a day. There is a sloped field right next to where I parked and I have found many coins from the late 1800's in this section, but nothing this year. I went to all metal with my dig most deep, positive signals. I got a very deep jumpy signal varying from 12 to 30 that showed over 8 inches deep. I had a feeling it would be a V nickel which I have found many in this spot. When I finally got the pinpointer to beep, I was approaching 9 inches. About an inch or so more and slightly off to the side, I saw a ring. I got it out and found it to be shaped like a class ring with a stone. After some quick cleaning I saw the 14k inside the band, but it was not a class ring. I am guessing it is a Victorian era ornate birth stone ring. The stone fell out when I removed the dirt. I am not saying that all metal is for all spots, but if the trash is minimal, give it a shot. A very powerful tool to try when you need to squeeze a couple more inches of depth.
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New Strategy
- Thread starter RLOH
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dirt doctor
Well-known member
An excellent , well written post RLOH . It's always a great feeling when we try some new strategy and we pull some finds up we may have missed . Where you using the stock coil that came on your MX5 ?
dirt doctor, I have two coils for my MX5. The main coil I use is a SEF10x12. It is a great coil and I can use it in average or slightly above average trash sites. It is a very deep coil that does not skew the numbers or tones. The only complaint I have is with the depth readings in pinpoint mode. The small coin sized targets are about an inch and a half deeper than the gauge is showing. Example: If the pinpoint screen shows 6.5 inches deep, the target is almost always in the 8 inch deep range. The tones and numbers are spot on. I also have an Eclipse 5.3 coil that I use in my trashiest sites. I like this coil better than the 4x6 because it gets about 6 inches of depth along with outstanding separation. I use the big coil about 80% of the time.
hammer0419
Member
Nice info on the MX5. Will have to try it when I get mine back. I had to send mine in for updates and tone issues.
MattBullSummerville
Well-known member
Thanks RLOH for sharing that strategy. Will will give it a run tomorrow and be back with how it works for me.
I am not a big fan of most multi-tone offerings as they can get way too busy and annoying, especially when good targets are deeper than maybe 3", or if a site is too trashy.
You're right about finding a method that works for your and the type of area, and in very sparse-target sites I sometimes use the All Metal mode on the MX5 or my MXT All-Pro [size=small](Prospecting mode)[/size], but more often than not I simply search at '0' [size=small](Zero or NO rejection)[/size] Discrimination and use the 2-Tone Audio. I almost always use the Relic mode on my MXT All-Pro and enjoy the 2-Tone Audio, and when the MX5 was released I found that to be almost perfect for all of my hunting.
Now, to find more places with older coins and far less trash to deal with.
Monte
You're right about finding a method that works for your and the type of area, and in very sparse-target sites I sometimes use the All Metal mode on the MX5 or my MXT All-Pro [size=small](Prospecting mode)[/size], but more often than not I simply search at '0' [size=small](Zero or NO rejection)[/size] Discrimination and use the 2-Tone Audio. I almost always use the Relic mode on my MXT All-Pro and enjoy the 2-Tone Audio, and when the MX5 was released I found that to be almost perfect for all of my hunting.
Now, to find more places with older coins and far less trash to deal with.
Monte