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[Anonymous]

As mentioned, this forum is for sharing information, ideas and finds (find-mall). Let's all regroup and keep some focus here. I know trash talk is news, but I think we all want positive news and personal experiences to help us learn from one another. This jive is tired. So please keep some focus to the subject matter (XTerra's) and get back to enjoying our hobby. Everyone should give some slack and chill out. I'm not learning a thing here and we're missing some excellent imput from those that have knowledge. Thanks and good hunting, David

 

[christian_99]

My question for Andy or anyone else that has the 50 or 70 is how good does the machine work in iron, I,e -cellar holes, camps, etc..? And is the response faster than say the Explorer II? If so, so far the reports sound pretty impressive if it can do as rumor has it that it can. ALso in the prospecting mode, there is an iron mask feature is that similar as well to the IM feature and can it be expanded?

 

[Andy Sabisch]

Hopefully this answers some of your questions . . . and others will provide their experiences . . . .

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How good does the machine work in iron, i.e., cellar holes, camps, etc..?

I have had the X-50 and the X-70 to several old foundation sites and was able to pick out good targets from the iron. At times it was done by running with virtually no discrimination and working amongst the trash to pick out the high tones / squeaks that indicated a good target was in there somewhere.

My daughter was using the X-30 at a site dating back to the Rev. War and was in an area that while not carpeted with iron, had a good deal of it around from some old barn or the like that had been there. She got a clear signal that bounced on the target ID. Often this is an indication others have shown to be trash but since this site had age, she removed a few inches and pulled out a large wad of foil. Checking the hole, she got another signal and pulled out a rusted bolt. One final signal turned out to me an 1843 large cent at about 7". So even the X-30 seems have decent "iron see through"

The X-70 has a new feature called Target Stabilization which shows what can be done through software. Without going into a long discussion of what it does and how it does it (unless others want that info), it helped in high iron trash sites and bad ground to pull out goodies I would otherwise have left.


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Is the response faster than say the Explorer II?

Yes, both in terms of sweep and recovery speed . . . . . different circuitry and processor . . . . so faster speed but the FBS benefits are obviously the trade-off.

REMEMBER: IT IS NOT AN EXPLORER III!!!

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Also in the prospecting mode, there is an iron mask feature is that similar as well to the IM feature and can it be expanded?

No, IM in the Prospecting mode is simply a ferrous discriminator circuit - as it is increased from 0 to 20, some ferrous items are rejected but some small, low conductive targets; i.e., gold, will also possibly be rejected.

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Hope this helps . . let me know if you need more info

Andy Sabisch

 

[Andy Sabisch]

David,

You hit the nail on the head and hopefully as more X-70's get out, the tone will become moire positive and consttructive . . .

Andy

 

[christian_99]

Andy,

Thank you for the great response- I appreciate your completeness in addressing some of the questions that I had concerning the new technology. As for me and I am sure many others, we all tend to look for that distinct edge to assist them out in the field, whether it is for relics, coins, as well as gold, it sounds as if this machine might just do the trick!