First day with XP Goldmaxx Power!!!

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Got my Xmas pressie early, why wait for Santa to bring it, he may damage it on the way down the chimney.

I love my Cortes & know it inside-out but its not belt mountable & is slowly crippling me with the amount I do. So I wanted a detector which I could Belt mount & I choose a French make called XP Goldmaxx Power (UK version), it new (ish) on the market & it has great reviews.

I tested on the Winter Bean Field on land I have covered with the Cortes. I set it up as follows:
Iron Threshold - 7
Ses. - 12 O'clock
Ground - 12 O'clock
Iron Vol 10 O'clock
Silencer 'I'

(any XP users wish to comment on the above?)

I like to hear everything that's going on under my coil & decide myself whether to dig. I'm not one for pumping up the Disc so I dug many nails & coke bits & pieces.

After 1 hour or so, I found I had missed very little, so tried where the Archies had recently filled in the trenches.

Got hammered number 40 - Finally beat last years total

4 Roman coins - one large one, no idea how I missed this one!
late 18th century Pewter Military button

The most interesting thing happened today, I got a button which has been personalised. The amazing thing is that Wisbech is over 1 hours drive & the name Mappen I can't find when researching. More amazing this is my second personalised ever & its the same as one I found early in the year. Not only was it not in the same field as the other one but it was over 1 mile away! (see second picture of one I found before)

Overall a good day, for a first try of the new machine.

 

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I was just wondering how you hear those very faint signals when not using headphones

On my Cortes, its not a problem. I hear faint signals as my hearing is fine & the vol is good.

I only trialed it yesterday with no headphones & I did OK. I may have missed a few faint signals as the speaker vol is rubbish on this machine.

You convinced me enough yesterday to use the cheap headphones on my second outing today. Although Woody tells me this are a waste of time So one day when I'm feeling saucy I will get those goldplated wireless set.

Why is it a waste of time plenty of my freinds use the back phones provided with the XP with great success

Sorry, I put words in his mouth. It was implied in a PM to me. He likes to hear the full range of sound which only some headsets give. He said he had 20ish sets of one's which came with the detectors & they are in a box in the Garage.

I'm sure I will do just fine with the cheap ones & I bet others do as well. 'Horses for courses'.

As you know, I'm not that serious otherwise I would have expensive phones for my Cortes. I'm happy with the performance I get & anything we miss, we will mop up next year, or the year after that & so on until the fields are clear.

 

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