MXT Tips

[mongoose2]

I am new to the whites MXT and would like to find tips on how to set it up to be successful.
Does and don'ts

 

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[airscapes]

If you don't get a response PM pescodore he should be able to give you some pointers. I always start out with the Users Manual and read it completely then use the machine. After the hunt I come back and read the manual again.. repeat till I don't gain any new knowledge from the manual.
From what I have been told it is a very simple turn on and go machine that is very deep without much need to make adjustments.
Good luck!

 

[gordonquixote]

Discrimination down low and sensativity +3.

The target I'D coupled with the certainty bar are usually dead on.

Ground balance then lock it.

 

[luvsdux]

Put the hours in - it's a great machine and you'll really like it when you get to know it well.
luvsdux

 

[Tom_in_CA]

mongoose, the MXT was meant to be a cross-over machine, for both nuggets (which are grain-of-rice sized or BB-sized) to coins/relics. As such, it will excel in neither arena. There will be better coin/relic/jewelry machines, and there will be better nugget/prospecting machines. However, the MXT is a happy compromise. And is an easy to use machine with pleasant sounds.

I take it you've read the instructions ? Then also try throwing some targets out on clean ground to see how the different things sounds. Eg.: a nail, a bolt, a nickel, a quarter, etc.... Also put a nail next to, and/or over various coins, to learn how things are going to sound when mixed up (2 or more items in a single hole).

I see you're from Oklahoma. So you are about as far from any gold producing regions as you could possibly be in the USA So you'll have no use for the prospecting features (unless you want to go hunt BB's or lead flecks for some reason). So you'll not use the prospecting portions of the control options.