Coin Digger
Sr. Member
- Jul 13, 2008
- 328
- 47
- Detector(s) used
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Whites Classic 3 SL
Fisher F2
Bounty Hunter Platinum
Whites XLT
Nokta Legend
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I've used the MX5 pretty hard for the last 2 weeks and so far I would say it's been a disappointment. I've used the stock coil, 5.3 and 10x12 coil from my M6.
1'st time out with it I had troubles with the threshold constantly gaining volume forcing me to constantly turn it down, plus I would have to turn the sens down because of the constant sputtering and static in the threshold.
The next several days of hunting I had no problems with it, and it preformed well, then out of the blue it acted up again. That pretty much seemed to be the norm, ok most of the time and acting up once in a while.
I never found anything past 6"-8" and I really don't think I would, because it had a hard time locking on to copper pennies at 6". It's lousy at finding nickels. At 14 kHz you would think it would be more sensitive to nickels.
Some might say I got a bum unit and maybe I did, but at $500+ it's been a disappointment. You can go to the Whites forum and there's a few threads concerning problems with the threshold.
As of right now I'm not sure what to do with it. I should probable contact Whites customer service.
For now it will be staying in the closet.
1'st time out with it I had troubles with the threshold constantly gaining volume forcing me to constantly turn it down, plus I would have to turn the sens down because of the constant sputtering and static in the threshold.
The next several days of hunting I had no problems with it, and it preformed well, then out of the blue it acted up again. That pretty much seemed to be the norm, ok most of the time and acting up once in a while.
I never found anything past 6"-8" and I really don't think I would, because it had a hard time locking on to copper pennies at 6". It's lousy at finding nickels. At 14 kHz you would think it would be more sensitive to nickels.
Some might say I got a bum unit and maybe I did, but at $500+ it's been a disappointment. You can go to the Whites forum and there's a few threads concerning problems with the threshold.
As of right now I'm not sure what to do with it. I should probable contact Whites customer service.
For now it will be staying in the closet.