LOL, LOL, LOL
I have the big oval by whites that is a DD. It weighs a ton if you go all day and I made a strap to haul it around all day. Joke all you want about the AT PRO but I am not the only one who boasts of its superior performance in ID’ing bottle caps alone.
What do I need a -95 in iron ID and the ID wrap-around for? You have no feedback for IRON rejection level except a knob. I have a zero to 40 iron range. The small gold comes in at 35 sometimes and ranges up to 40+ on my AT PRO. There is no guessing about the target and thinking it is iron on the AT PRO. The MXT is a great machine but if you look for numbers like a 25 or better to dig gold, you passed up a fortune of little nuggets. You should try an AT PRO because the subtleties of the audio are not hard to learn and are very productive. Anyone with an AT PRO can be an ace on avoiding bottle caps by just pumping the coil ever-so-lightly on one and looking at the numbers. It takes a bit to learn the language but raspy audio is a clue on foil and bottle caps; retest at lower sensitivity if needed on foil or raise the coil. Iron audio is a push of a button with the swinging hand. If the thing only ID’d bottle caps it would be superior, but it is much more.
The new coil geometry of Garrett’s new DD is more than another pretty coil. When you dig on signals with the MXT that are good numbers clear up to your shoulder and do not ID as the iron it is until a Sunray probe or hotfoot coil is on it, you begin to wonder. Then you are out there not digging iffy signals because the machine with a -95 iron range has you at a loss. Big and I mean multi-ounce nuggets have been passed over because the ID did not read good. One big potato was negative numbers. It was over a troy pound! Keep the MXT for coins, because much gold has been passed up because the numbers were not there.
When your equipment fools you, you catch on real fast to another machine that performs with repeatability. The big nuggets are impressive and the MXT has scored many but you rarely see anyone in camp with small nuggets below 1/8 oz unless it was near the surface. Do you really think the small gold does not exist? There is more small gold than there is big gold. If you can find the small ones the big ones take care of themselves. Why swing when you cannot hear the bling?
It is okay if you do not like the AT PRO. It outperforms my MXT with one coil and I have four for my MXT.
I do not need SAT or auto ground balance if it makes the targets hard to find... I do not have to put a baggie on it when it rains or dry out the display when water rain invades (that alone has shut down TH’rs because they are totally dependent on their display while the AT PRO is all about the audio). I don’t have to reseat the plugs on the board or the IC’s when the connections get funky. I don’t need three times the batteries or their weight. I don’t need an in-line probe. All I need with the AT PRO is the small sniper coil and I am good with it all for less than the cost of a MXT. LOL!
There is nothing wrong being proud of what you own or liking it. Correctly identifying iron and adjacent target separation is where it is at for me. The MXT is a fast responding machine. A dealer sold me one when he said he had 25 machines in stock. After he processed my credit card he called me back and said he had a used one and a refurbished one for me to choose from. The refurb did not last three hours before I had to ship it in. I paid full price for it and since then I have had quite an education on what is good and what is better. The AT PRO and my new dealer are way better. White’s policy of letting dealers sell refurbs at any price is BS. Cancel any order from a dealer who delays or tells you after they run your card there is a change of delivery poblem. Do not get suckered into pre-release sales of new machines even if they give you a bag of bribes. If they don’t have what you want, wait until they do or find another dealer NOW! Compared to the AT PRO my MXT sucks hind teat in more ways I can tell you.
Garrett is a very ethical company to do business with. My new dealer would not ship what he himself was waiting for, nor would he ask for my card until I could order from him...NO PRE-ORDERING OF ANY MACHINE or SALES OF PRODUCTS NOT IN HIS INVENTORY.
.I'm in northeast Tn and I just don't think the ground is that hot.Seem like I had a little bit of falseing to and the sensitivity did not make a difference or the freq....Opinions??
