prospecting mode

[vitus]

hi there,

just bought my xt 70 last year and made some good huntings here in austria.
but always running in coin treasure mode,

 

[bobeast tx]

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[nero_design]

Think of it this way: Prospecting Mode is virtually the same as All Metal Mode but with an "Iron Masking" feature.

Prospecting does seek slightly deeper than Coin & Relic mode. You can discriminate iron targets in Prospecting mode and the default setting is usually fine to start with although you may wish to increase the masking strength slightly. Try and experiment as you go. In Prospecting Mode, the detector will identify virtually any metal targets. When attempting to ID the targets you find (you'll need to switch to Coin & Relic Mode to do this), the low tones (eg -2 -4 -6 etc) tend to be iron or junk such as nails and horseshoes etc. Higher tones (+4 +12 +6 +22 etc) tend to be legitimate targets such as coins, non-iron artifacts, bottle caps (okay, that's not a good target), foil, gold or silver. Using a 3-Tone effect is a good idea... that way you'll know by sound if you've struck a positive target.

When you find a target using Prospecting Mode, you can then switch to Coin & Relic or All Metal mode to try to ID the target before you dig it.

Cheers,

Marco

 

[vitus]

ok, thank you so far, i will test it.

vitus

 

[LPB]

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[LPB]

I read some ware that prospecting mode is dynamite on the beach.
Makes sense to me, and I'm looking forward to checking it out.

larry b

 

[ffman]

I did not get the DVD when I purchased my X-70 but I read where others were getting it. I emailed Minelab and they sent it to me right away and it has some great demos of the various modes that are way better than triying to read it from the manual.

cb