? need help with mxt 300

[dasdigger]

just wondering if theres any way to know you are ground balacing your machine right, my manual says to pump a few times until you dont hear the ground respond, and i cant seem to do it right. oh by the way i just got this machine so still kinda figuring it out any help would be nice thanks

[dasdigger]

yes ive got it in the ground mode. im running it in the relic mode also with switch in the middle. and putting my gain at the preset

[dasdigger]

its the 300 12" coil it came with the md and yes i tried the coin mode also. the pinpointing idea sounds good ill do that next time. its just frustrating when your not sure its running right im in a good cw camp right now with my friend and hes diggin buttons and i cant even get a bullet out of the ground. its seems like everything im diggin is shallow

[dasdigger]

i run at a low threshold but not silent. its not running smooth at all i get all kinds of noise while im swinging im thinking thats not normal.im about ready to go back to the 5900

[dasdigger]

yeah gotta stick with it if i dont the old lady would be pissed because you know i had to have it thanks for the help

[bula]

I have never used the 12" coil but I do use a 6x10. When I first started to use the MXT I to wondered if I was balancing it right. After some time on the machine & reading many post on the forum I realized that the MXT balances it's self so quick that I don't even worry about it any more. Every once in awhile I will find a spot with no signal pull the trigger into pin point mode & pump the coil a couple of times, this works well and I have faith in the machine where ever I am hunting.

[Tin Nugget]

Once you have it balanced, lift the coil waist high, pull and hold the pionpoint trigger while slowly lowering the coil to the ground. The threshold should remain even, a slight increase is ok. I f this comes out ok then you may have another issue. Do you have the gain up to high for the ground you are hunting?

[ColoradoGoldman]

Got a few questions. What type of soil you hunting in? Do you have a DD coil to try? In Pospect mode what is the Ground VDI #? Is the ground that red iron clay? You didn't say what type of detector your friend is using is it a PI? Is he using a DD coil?
I would get rid of the 300mm coil and get a smaller DD like a 6X10 or a 10"D2 and use it in high mineralized soils they have better depth. Not many VLF detector will handle the soil in VA.
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