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Whites MX sport reviews? None on Internet yet?:shrug:
- Thread starter nalc472
- Start date
Flintstone
Well-known member
Maybe they are so good that no one wants to give away what it can do till they clean up on things.
greenmeanie
Active member
A little early to stir the POT isn't it?
My dealer hasn't even got mine in yet.
My dealer hasn't even got mine in yet.
Potomac run
New member
was sure they was going to open the gates march first!!
HaroldILL.
Active member
Come on Dude it just came out! There is a small learning curve with any unit. Give it a couple weeks and they will be pooring in GOOD AND BAD.
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
nalc472 said:
You will get opinions as soon as people can start using their new toys but if you want REVIEWS, you will have to wait until the users learn the machine and it's limitations........... that will take at least 30 to 50 hours of use in all of it's modes and then add the time to write the review. ......... they are just being shipped and you want WHAT?
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Hi Micky, good to hear from you buddy.
There is one person whos opinion I would respect.
There is one person whos opinion I would respect.
I like the features and screen of the MX Sport. However, I hope to see some field hunts to see how good it does in the field. I hope it can detect coins at 7-8 inches. If it can I will be a buyer. However, my last whites detector could not reach deep enough for my liking. I loved the features of my last whites but not the depth.
Lake Hunter
Member
I received mine yesterday. Mickfin and I will using ours for the first time on Saturday in the river. It will take some hours to learn machine and what is capable of.
Old California
New member
Hello nalc472,
Please keep in mind, The CTX3030 & MX Sport/MXT are two totally different machines. Depending on your type of Hunting, get the one that suits your needs best.
For deep turf park hunting and ocean wet sand or ocean surf, hands down the 3030 is the better machine. Not only is it deeper but has a much stronger ID for deep coins, the MXT or Sport will not fare as well under these conditions. Expecting the MXT/MX Sport to do so you'll be disappointed.
However, If you're into Relic hunting, maybe gold nugget hunting, inland gold jewelry hunting, needing faster recovery, detecting areas with allot of iron, detecting fresh water lakes or rivers with black sand then the MXT or MX Sport is the better detector over the 3030. The MXT prospecting mode greatly enhances performance in inland mineralization including fresh water with black sand, the 3030 is terrible under these same conditions.
Choose what works best for your type of Hunting, it would be terrible to see you or others choose the wrong detector.
I've got the MX Sport ordered, should be here tomorrow. Will be my fresh water and Relic detector.
Also have a couple of Explorer models, had a 3030 and in fresh water it was terrible, no depth but was good with ocean and park hunting. Kept the explorers for park hunting, would choose those over an MXT series anytime.
Keep in mind, both are great detectors but use them were they operate best.
HH, Paul
Please keep in mind, The CTX3030 & MX Sport/MXT are two totally different machines. Depending on your type of Hunting, get the one that suits your needs best.
For deep turf park hunting and ocean wet sand or ocean surf, hands down the 3030 is the better machine. Not only is it deeper but has a much stronger ID for deep coins, the MXT or Sport will not fare as well under these conditions. Expecting the MXT/MX Sport to do so you'll be disappointed.
However, If you're into Relic hunting, maybe gold nugget hunting, inland gold jewelry hunting, needing faster recovery, detecting areas with allot of iron, detecting fresh water lakes or rivers with black sand then the MXT or MX Sport is the better detector over the 3030. The MXT prospecting mode greatly enhances performance in inland mineralization including fresh water with black sand, the 3030 is terrible under these same conditions.
Choose what works best for your type of Hunting, it would be terrible to see you or others choose the wrong detector.
I've got the MX Sport ordered, should be here tomorrow. Will be my fresh water and Relic detector.
Also have a couple of Explorer models, had a 3030 and in fresh water it was terrible, no depth but was good with ocean and park hunting. Kept the explorers for park hunting, would choose those over an MXT series anytime.
Keep in mind, both are great detectors but use them were they operate best.
HH, Paul
Old California,
Thanks for the info. You gave me a lot to think about. I will be interested to see what you think of the New MX Sport. Since you have owned a lot of machines I believe you will have a informed review of this new machine. Let me know what you think. Some think I am trying to be harsh about the MX Sport but it is the opposite. I just want to know it will be a good tool in my toolbox because these machines are not cheap. I traded my V3i off because I could not get any depth. I went hunting with a buddy and he killed me with a E-trac. He was finding silver and I was finding next to nothing. Since I have a E-trac now I find silver quite often. My expectation might be higher than most, but I want the old stuff more than the newer silver. I like to find stuff at 6-8 inches.
Thanks for the info. You gave me a lot to think about. I will be interested to see what you think of the New MX Sport. Since you have owned a lot of machines I believe you will have a informed review of this new machine. Let me know what you think. Some think I am trying to be harsh about the MX Sport but it is the opposite. I just want to know it will be a good tool in my toolbox because these machines are not cheap. I traded my V3i off because I could not get any depth. I went hunting with a buddy and he killed me with a E-trac. He was finding silver and I was finding next to nothing. Since I have a E-trac now I find silver quite often. My expectation might be higher than most, but I want the old stuff more than the newer silver. I like to find stuff at 6-8 inches.
Old California
New member
Hello nalc472,
The Etrac is a neat detector for serious park depth, auctally just about any of the Explorer models are great for park hunting.
If it's deep silver from parks you're after, I would pass on the single frequency detectors and stick with the Etrac.
However, if you're an adventurer seeking new opportunities to hunt or already a serious Relic hunter or fresh water detectorist then you may want to consider the MX Sport.
My reasoning for getting the MX Sport may be completely different than yours and of others, and auctally my reasons for wanting one are quite simple because it has prospecting and Relic mode and it's waterproof.
For fresh water or fresh water dry sand we have extreamly high mineralization, so depth is terrible even the best VLF don't fare well......Prospecting mode greatly enhances separation and depth with both MXT and AT Gold, granted ID is terrible due to mineralization but at least these two detectors can operate decently in black sand with prospecting mode. Which is why I'm hoping the MX Sport does well under these conditions, and if it does that's great and because it's waterproof the better for hunting in the water.
Prospecting mode enhances targets masked by black sand, many times both low and high conductive will ID in the iron range because black sand draws down the conductivity especially gold jewelry. So what ID's as iron may be a piece of gold jewelry, even some coins will ID in iron range depending on mineralization.
I'll share my experiences, both in areas of mineralization, Relic hunting and inland park hunting. Give me a good two weeks, and auctally my next days off won't be until the 11th. But, maybe I can sneek in a few hunts before then before work.
All the best,
Paul
The Etrac is a neat detector for serious park depth, auctally just about any of the Explorer models are great for park hunting.
If it's deep silver from parks you're after, I would pass on the single frequency detectors and stick with the Etrac.
However, if you're an adventurer seeking new opportunities to hunt or already a serious Relic hunter or fresh water detectorist then you may want to consider the MX Sport.
My reasoning for getting the MX Sport may be completely different than yours and of others, and auctally my reasons for wanting one are quite simple because it has prospecting and Relic mode and it's waterproof.
For fresh water or fresh water dry sand we have extreamly high mineralization, so depth is terrible even the best VLF don't fare well......Prospecting mode greatly enhances separation and depth with both MXT and AT Gold, granted ID is terrible due to mineralization but at least these two detectors can operate decently in black sand with prospecting mode. Which is why I'm hoping the MX Sport does well under these conditions, and if it does that's great and because it's waterproof the better for hunting in the water.
Prospecting mode enhances targets masked by black sand, many times both low and high conductive will ID in the iron range because black sand draws down the conductivity especially gold jewelry. So what ID's as iron may be a piece of gold jewelry, even some coins will ID in iron range depending on mineralization.
I'll share my experiences, both in areas of mineralization, Relic hunting and inland park hunting. Give me a good two weeks, and auctally my next days off won't be until the 11th. But, maybe I can sneek in a few hunts before then before work.
All the best,
Paul
Old California
New member
Hello nalc472,
I got out today before work and tested the MX Sport at a park test bed, Was using Relic and Prospecting mode, very impressed with depth especially with nickels. Auctally, had to bury a deeper nickel at 12" inches because the MX Sport easily detected the 9.5" buried nickel. Sure enough, hit the 12" nickel with 2-way signal, weak but digable.
What I've noticed, Deeper nickels ID up there with high conductive coins. Now with buried pennies, The deepest I could muster on a buried Penny was 9" inches, a weak 1-way signal sometimes 2-way. Also, Prefer using a higher SAT speed due to trash and some mineralization, noticed this increased recovery speed. Even though was using high SAT, depth was still good.
Well, Do I feel it's going to be a great detector? Time will tell and still tweaking it a bit here and there, for the most part I'll be using Relic and Prospecting mode and maybe try all metal for some sites...
I really like the depth it gets with low conductive, hey that's gold jewelry range and hopefully with prospecting mode handling mineralization it may be one serious gold jewelry detector for fresh for water.
Will it be a good park detector for deep coins, well it'll get the deep coins no question but because it's a single frequency detector and a deep on at that the smaller bits and pieces of low conductive trash may ID up there in high conductive range more so than most single frequency detectors.
Tomorrow, going to hit mineralized fresh water sand, hopefully Prospecting mode can handle it.
Relic hunting will have to wait another week, next day off.
All the best,
Paul
I got out today before work and tested the MX Sport at a park test bed, Was using Relic and Prospecting mode, very impressed with depth especially with nickels. Auctally, had to bury a deeper nickel at 12" inches because the MX Sport easily detected the 9.5" buried nickel. Sure enough, hit the 12" nickel with 2-way signal, weak but digable.
What I've noticed, Deeper nickels ID up there with high conductive coins. Now with buried pennies, The deepest I could muster on a buried Penny was 9" inches, a weak 1-way signal sometimes 2-way. Also, Prefer using a higher SAT speed due to trash and some mineralization, noticed this increased recovery speed. Even though was using high SAT, depth was still good.
Well, Do I feel it's going to be a great detector? Time will tell and still tweaking it a bit here and there, for the most part I'll be using Relic and Prospecting mode and maybe try all metal for some sites...
I really like the depth it gets with low conductive, hey that's gold jewelry range and hopefully with prospecting mode handling mineralization it may be one serious gold jewelry detector for fresh for water.
Will it be a good park detector for deep coins, well it'll get the deep coins no question but because it's a single frequency detector and a deep on at that the smaller bits and pieces of low conductive trash may ID up there in high conductive range more so than most single frequency detectors.
Tomorrow, going to hit mineralized fresh water sand, hopefully Prospecting mode can handle it.
Relic hunting will have to wait another week, next day off.
All the best,
Paul
I used my MX on a very trashy stony UK beach today against a mates E.Trac .
I only found 53p but my mate found over £4 in coinage .
In my opinion the MX would be fine for sandy beaches where there is less trash but on a very dirty trashy stoney beach it would not compete with the Minelab's .
It was raining today so i had the advantage there , the machine worked well and did find many targets , its just a pity that many more weren't coins or rings .
When i get the time i will hunt down a nice sandy beach and go in the water with it but right now i have a cold and i just didn't have the energy for that.
I think the MX is a good parkland and field machine , would work well if the trash wasn't too high.
I say that because you have to check the numbers every time to get an idea of the target and that makes is slow using , i dont like the tones as much as ET or Terra tones but at least they are clear , Dont get confused with slow recovery speed which i thought was fine , its also easy to set up.
I only found 53p but my mate found over £4 in coinage .
In my opinion the MX would be fine for sandy beaches where there is less trash but on a very dirty trashy stoney beach it would not compete with the Minelab's .
It was raining today so i had the advantage there , the machine worked well and did find many targets , its just a pity that many more weren't coins or rings .
When i get the time i will hunt down a nice sandy beach and go in the water with it but right now i have a cold and i just didn't have the energy for that.
I think the MX is a good parkland and field machine , would work well if the trash wasn't too high.
I say that because you have to check the numbers every time to get an idea of the target and that makes is slow using , i dont like the tones as much as ET or Terra tones but at least they are clear , Dont get confused with slow recovery speed which i thought was fine , its also easy to set up.
Fotografvondenstrassen
New member
nalc472 said:
Hello, you have to be over it to find it. Maybe it just was not your day.