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[sutphin]

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I am having a problem with my mxt pro and I think this question has been asked before.I was hunting yesterday in relic mode got a nice signal non ferrous and when I brought it out the ground it was a piece of iron.This has happened a lot lately.The coil is a detech sef 8x6 coil .I have tried everything and makes no sense to whats going on.I have ask whites by email and never received a response,the mxt pro was traded to me for my mxt 300 that they could not fix.Out of there excellent customer care they sent me the mxt pro.I have had the detector sent back twice for similar problems and the detector was recalibrated and sent back to me.I have tried different coils and had the problem happen with them.I think I have a few months left on the warranty yet but I don't think I will have a new detector sent since they have done this already.Damn near sold it on ebay couple months ago for what ever I could have got very frustrated and now do not know what to do.Any suggestions? vanzutphen

 

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[BosnMate]

I have an MXT and never had that problem, don't know what to tell you. I know White's are good people and will make it right.

 

[Sandigger2]

I'd ask your question directly on the Whites factory forum. Factory people monitor it and are very helpful.

 

[Frankn]

First off, the ID is an 'educated guess' based on metallic content and size. It is not a God given fact!
Second all steel metal is an alloy, not just iron.
Third put the stock coil back on. It was designed for it. Why would ask Whites about someone eases coil?
Now think about it! Frank...-

 

[sutphin]

Hey frank it does it with the stock coil that it came with and I have 3 other whites coils besides the 8x6 sef.I will say the sef is the best coil I have used even on my mxt 300 and pro.I hunt 2 different sites 4 miles apart and never happened before until I started detecting at this other property.Whites said after I sent it back twice that it was a calibration problem.??/vanzutphen

 

[BARKER]

Hi sutphin; Couple of pointers. First is that you say you are hunting in the RELIC mode. The RELIC mode WILL sound off on iron. The majority of RELICS are IRON. Second is that you may be in an area that has a high rate of frequency interference where you are searching. Radio Interference does throw off your detector. Lastly you could check for high ground mineralization ok. Good Luck. PEACE:RONB

 

[Coin Digger]

You might be experiencing the wrap effect. That's where a rusted iron object will wrap around from the -95 to the +95 and sound of like a high tone target. I sometimes have that happen with my M6.
It usually a real rusted target with a strong halo and moist soil.

 

[Frankn]

Hey frank it does it with the stock coil that it came with and I have 3 other whites coils besides the 8x6 sef.I will say the sef is the best coil I have used even on my mxt 300 and pro.I hunt 2 different sites 4 miles apart and never happened before until I started detecting at this other property.Whites said after I sent it back twice that it was a calibration problem.??/vanzutphen

What precisely is the problem? Is it the fact that it IDed it as non iron and it turned out to be iron? How deep was the iron? Your ID looses accuracy below 6" or so. I usually dig everything anyway unless I have dug that ID# before and it proved to be junk. Frank

 

[sutphin]

By golly we have a winner here.Frankn this is exactly what is going on with the pro.ID ,say maybe between 4 and 6 inches.But I have experienced this problem at home ground also and that was less than 4 inches.I have had this problem a lot.That is why they recalibrated the detector twice and said that was the problem.Detector was fine when sent back but damn it finds more iron than coins and even put coins on the ground and it did this off and on.Maybe the ole gray mare aint what she use to be?Or maybe after 7 years with the mxt im still not finished learning it.Man this one location had camps all over it and I know for certain that I have missed a lot because of getting tired of the iron signal.THANKS FRANKN,VANZUTPHEN