Help Please...DFX and xlt spectrum???

[MD'ing Zombie]

To me they look like the same machine... whats the big difference between them

 

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[hanoverdigger]

The DFX has more "bells and whistles." A longer learning curve also. The MXT or the MXT PRO are good detectors. Easy to set up and use. I bought a used MXT and have done quite well. Good luck in your search.

 

[Sky Pilot]

True, but the biggest difference is that the DFX (both models, DFX Spectrum and DFX 300) uses two frequencies (3kHz and 15kHz) simultaneously to search with and the Spectrum XLT uses a single adjustable one, from about 6.0kHz minimum to about 7.2kHz maximum with the ideal setting of 6.5kHz being the preset.

One of the DFX's premier features is the "Best Data" and "Correlate" feature, basically they compare the result of the two frequencies to see what the best guess is as to the target's conductivity.

An interesting thing to point out is that both Fisher and White's pay Minelab a licensing fee to use the "multi-frequency" feature.

Hope this helps!

Sky Pilot

 

[Frankn]

It all depends on how you look at it. I tend to think dual frequency is a sales pitch. I think my XLT will find anything the DFX can find without the complication of dual frequency. The XLT is turn on and go with fixed programs or you can set anything you wish to. I lost my first one in a fire and bought a new one 10 years ago and had no problems with it. It will go down over a foot for large objects and can find small objects in the ground at lesser depts. It works on the beach and the highly mineralized soil of the south west. Although the DFX is much newer, I see no practical advantage that it has. I think Whites was pressured into bringing out a dual frequency unit for sales appeal. Frank

 

[Sky Pilot]

I personally don't like the DFX much at all. It's my opinion that White's screwed up by pushing it in a way that replaced the XLT, actually.

I wouldn't buy another DFX, nor would I trade my old (like 15 or 16 years old) XLT for one.

The reply wasn't meant to be an endorsement of the DFX in any form, but MD'ing Zombie asked what the big difference between the two was, and that's why I posted the above, Frank.

Heck, I feel pretty much the same way you do about them!


Sky Pilot