tabman
Bronze Member
I woke up super early this morning and decided that I'm going detecting regardless of the heat. We did get some rain late yesterday afternoon that was badly needed.
I arrived at the first site and it was still dark, but I could tell from the street lights that the grass really needed cutting and was wet from a heavy dew, so decided to search for another site.
I ended up at an abandoned house just about daybreak. I was finding plenty of wheat pennies that weren't all that deep due to the hard clay ground around the large oak tree. I almost didn't dig the Kennedy Half Dollar, it sounded too big and loud.
I finally corned my first silver coin near the sidewalk, a 1939 Mercury Dime. It wasn't all that deep and the ground was dry as a bone. By 8:30 I was headed for the house.
I had the MX5 set up in the 8 tones, I discriminated out everything below '0', sensitivity was set down 2 bars from the top. I never used the pinpoint button, because it wasn't needed.
The Garrett ProPointer and the MX5 don't get along at all. Luckily, the MX5 has a standby button. But still that's a lot of trouble to have to deal with. That may be a deal breaker for me, since I have 3 Garrett Pro Pointers.
What impresses me the most about the MX5 is how hard and deep it will hit a tiny gold ring. It loves low conductors.
tabman
I arrived at the first site and it was still dark, but I could tell from the street lights that the grass really needed cutting and was wet from a heavy dew, so decided to search for another site.
I ended up at an abandoned house just about daybreak. I was finding plenty of wheat pennies that weren't all that deep due to the hard clay ground around the large oak tree. I almost didn't dig the Kennedy Half Dollar, it sounded too big and loud.
I finally corned my first silver coin near the sidewalk, a 1939 Mercury Dime. It wasn't all that deep and the ground was dry as a bone. By 8:30 I was headed for the house.
I had the MX5 set up in the 8 tones, I discriminated out everything below '0', sensitivity was set down 2 bars from the top. I never used the pinpoint button, because it wasn't needed.
The Garrett ProPointer and the MX5 don't get along at all. Luckily, the MX5 has a standby button. But still that's a lot of trouble to have to deal with. That may be a deal breaker for me, since I have 3 Garrett Pro Pointers.
What impresses me the most about the MX5 is how hard and deep it will hit a tiny gold ring. It loves low conductors.
tabman
