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Thinking about upgrading from M6, suggestions?

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bboy522000

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Hello everyone!! Ok, I have had my M6 since last November, and it has been a very good machine. But, I think I want to upgrade. I hunt in an older park and at alot of old homesites. I do alot of relic hunting and coinshooting, but also would like to start to find jewelry easier. I have been looking at possibly getting the DFX 300. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly apreciated!!
 
The M6... IS a jewelry "gitter". Even though it is an MXT w/o the gold side of the machine, it does have a liking for the yellow stuff. I'm not saying that an upgrade isn't for you but...bet you still have some learning to do (with a machine you've only had since November). I'd say an upgrade to a DFX would be good but what I'd do is learn that M6 to find the gold...then buy a V3 with proceeds. It is only a $400.00 spread to a V3 w/o headphones. Lotta diggin' foil and tabs but...you do have a good machine. 2 cents.
 
Upgrading from the M6 to "find jewelry easier", doesn't make much sense to me. Most jewelry finds are not very deep and jewelry comes in all across the non-ferrous section of a detector.

To find more jewelry you will either have to hunt where jewelry is to be more likely to find, like beaches, or you will have to dig a lot of targets in the pull tab section for gold and all the way up the scale for silver jewelry. Seldom, if ever, would I recommend a DFX 300 for jewelry hunting.
 
Never had a DFX but owned a M6 for a year. I found more silver rings and jewelry with it then all of my other machines (7) since. Still not sure why I gave up the M6, guess I just wanted to try other machines. I think if the right trade comes along I am going to trade my XLT E series for another one. I love the M6s ease of use and it is just as deep as my XLT has been for me so far.
 
Thank you all! I didn't know if there was a better detector or not for jewelry, but now I know. I have alot of learning to do in this hobby!! But the thing is, the detector would be free, my parents have talked about getting me another detector in that price range for my 21st birthday!! So, the v3 is my best option?
 
YES, and don't forget to tell them about your best buddy, Larry (IL)'s birthday too........:beers:.........:laugh:
 
My birthday is past but...is 50 years old too far past the adoptable age? V3's price will be forgotten VERY quickly! Yada Yada Yada on what it runs like (which is great), it is just an incredibly fun machine to learn.
 
bboy522000 said:
Ok, I have had my M6 since last November, and it has been a very good machine.
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I own and use a few different models, and the M6 is one of my favorites. What makes/models have you used in the past? What settings do you currently use with the M6? Which coils do you use with he M6? From your experiences, what shortcomings do you think the M6 has that prompts consideration of another model?


bboy522000 said:
I hunt in an older park and at alot of old homesites. I do alot of relic hunting and coinshooting, but also would like to start to find jewelry easier.
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Hunting "an old park" and "a lot of old homesites" sure haven't been the locations that tend to give up gold jewelry, that's for sure. So the easiest way to find more jewelry is to search the types of locations that are more conducive to jewelry loss.

The M6, like the MXT, are excellent models for coin hunting, jewelry hunting and relic hunting tasks. The key ingredients are their excellent response and sensitivity to small targets, low-conductive targets, and all of that complimented by their slow-sweep abilities that let them work in and around trash and close to metal structures, etc. The operator has manual control of the Discriminate level so it can be set low enough to respond to low-conductive targets, and the Sensitivity control is also handy for quick adjustments as needed.

You lost me, without explanation, when you said "find jewelry easier." What do you mean by "easier?"


bboy522000 said:
But, I think I want to upgrade. I have been looking at possibly getting the DFX 300.
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Personally, I don't consider the DFX-300 an "upgrade' for the tasks you mentioned, and certainly not for jewelry hunting. What is it about the DFX-300 that you think might give you an 'edge' when searching for jewelry?

If it is strictly because you feel having an array of additional controls and adjustment functions might help, hen I'd go for the V3. The Spectra V3 has out-performed the DFX in every field test I've done, and I find it more "pleasurable" to use. For me, it is more "fun" to use, however, you have an advantage over many others. In your case you also stated your parents might purchase a new detector for you for your birthday. I'd see if they are generous enough to get the Spectra V3 .. BUT .. I would certainly hang onto the M6. They share the same search coils and it wouldn't surprise me too much if, down the road, you report back that you're often grabbing the M6 for a lot of your searches. I know I still do. :)

Just make sure you have at least a 5.3 Eclipse coil for versatility and improved performance in most applications.

Monte
 
Thanks for everybodys thoughts and suggestions!! Monte, I use the stock coil and sometimes the Eclipse Shooter DD, I probably need a different coil. And as far as the reasons for upgrading, I just thought there might be a machine that is better overall for what I do. As far as finding jewelry easier, at first was the idead that I could find a machine that I could tell the difference easier between jewelry and pull tabs, but as I have found out, thats not gonna happen. I guess my question to you is where would you go to find jewelry? I live in a small town of 900 people and the only places around is the old park, which really isn't that old, late 50's I think, old homesites, and a small ballfield. And at that, I am having a hard time getting permission to go to many homesites around the area. Right now I only have permission to 3 or 4 places, and, two of the places ended up being to grown over. It is just kind of frustrating right now. I pretty much have shied away from the DFX 300. I do plan on keeping the M6.
 
Oh, also, I have only had one other detector, a prizm 4 I think. As far as settings go, if I am in a place not so old, like the park, I will set the discrimination to pickup everything but iron. If I am at an old home site, I will almost always set no discrimination, so I can find some old iron relics like horseshoes ect., and I always have the sensitivity at the preset 80.
 
You might consider getting DFX Gold Methods by Clive James Clynick. He gives much information about locating areas where gold jewelery would be lost. I wouldn't get the DFX though. Stick with the M6 and learn it. It as much the detector as the detectorist or operator who understands what his machine is telling him.
 
I'm glad you decided to keep your M-6 . I really think you would have regretted getting rid of it .I recently acquired one and I'm really sorry I didn't get one sooner . If anyone wanted to buy me another detector for a Birthday present I would keep my M-6 for my coinshooting and ask for an MXT and enough gasoline to get me up to the Gold country a few times .My Birthday is in December , I guess I'd better stop dropping a few hints immediately !!:detecting::thumbup:

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George
 
If you discriminate, set it to discriminate everything below 0... If all-metal dig everything from 0 on up..
 
I'm a huge Whites fan and my M6 has been awesome. I will probably get chastised on this site for saying so, but when I upgrade my machine for extra depth I will consider the Minelab Explorer SE. I have a couple of friends that use them and their depth and silver finding seems to be better than mine. I have heard great things about the V3, just don't have any buddies with it, it may be as good as the Minelab, not sure. Just my 2 cents.
 
Read the V3 forum and look at all of the Minelab guys buying the V3. I love my SE Pro too, but I don't have a use for it any more.
 
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