Second MX5-Same Great Results

[RLOH]

I sold my Mx5 to a good friend last fall and he immediately started making good finds with it. Since then, I have tried several other detectors, but was always comparing them to the MX5. For the record, I had a SEF 10x12 coil on my old MX5 and had that same coil on a V3i and DFX with exceptional results. This coil seems to "mesh" perfectly on most Whites's detectors. I got a used MX5 about 10 days ago and it had the stock 9 inch coil on it. I used this coil twice for about 5 hours total and it performed very well, but not like the SEF 10x12. I got another 10x12 yesterday and since the rain finally stopped, I used it today at a local fairgrounds. I have not found any silver coins here in a year or so, but can usually find a couple of deep wheat pennies if I slow down and listen carefully. The yearly fair ended two weeks ago and I was not listening as intently as I should because of the surface coins and trash. When I got to an area where most of my older coins have come from, I did slow down and start listening for deeper sounding targets. I got a familiar sounding signal that was high toning from one direction, with a high 80'-90 number and when checked from a ninety degree angle, it would not give an audible signal, but the threshold broke and a quick 90 number flashed. I got a "tight" coin like pinpoint and dug to about 9 inches to find a pristine mercury dime. Again, considering where I was detecting and how deep this coin was, makes me believe this detector is Whites "best kept secret" Settings coin with first three iron segments notched out, sens 8, threshold 18, eight tones. Randy, I followed your advice and looked for clean ground in all metal and then pumped the coil to start the ground tracking. Worked perfectly!

 

[Hombre]

Great job RL,

The MX5 is truly a 'sleeper' that is not talked about much, I have used it without any problems for a year. The only bad thing I read about the MX5 is not having the ability to 'lock' the Auto Track, which in my ground is not a problem.

You seem to like the big DD coils and that is where we differ, I hunt in the old spots that have an abundance of rusty nails and the 5.3 Eclipse coil is my main use coil. The 5.3 Eclipse coil gets good depth in my ground, I found a silver dime at 8" deep with a solid signal with it. Also, as you noted, finding a patch of metal free ground in the pinpoint mode and then ground balancing (bobbing method) in Coin mode works good... I pump the coil 5 or 6 times until the Threshold gets ratty and raspy sounding. I have found through experimenting with the Auto Track ground balance that the MX5 has established a proper ground balance to start with... using this method.

 

[slingshot]

Line's been in the corner for a month, now. I can't believe l've let that happen!

 

[Hombre]

Hey slingshot, you better take that MX5 out for a stroll, it's getting lonely.

 

[slingshot]

Hey slingshot, you better take that MX5 out for a stroll, it's getting lonely.

I was using it in some areas where I thought might be some deep coins and did find some dimes at about 8". Then I restarted some of my parks and schools and was able to go faster with my simple 2 filter, no g/b detectors. Some of the older schools I'm having to wait until they unlock the gates- I get in there about once a month. Not like it once was