Since you haven't bought a Detector so far. How about a Minelab. They will probably find more Gold if you do your research. Minelab Detector ,you will need a Bigger Treasure Chest ( S A F E ).goldnugget
Hi, I'm brand new here and I was actually searching for info on a good gold coil for my mxt pro and thought I'd reply to you because I do have both mxt pro and xterra 705.
The 705 is my ladies and the mxt is mine. When we go hunting in parks we tease each other on who's is better but honestly they are both pretty equal, at least in parks with standard stock coils. To answer your question, The 705 is awesome. I love it because it's fun to use. It's not hard at all to learn. There is a great video you can watch on the minelab youtube channel Google, "How to Find Gold - Quick Start Guide Minelab X-TERRA 705 Gold Detector"
Unfortunately I can't tell you the the small details while using gold coils because I have no gold coils for either detector. That's my plan though this year. But over all, These are two awesome detectors but I wouldn't spend anymore money on these already overpriced devices. What really made me wake up to the hype of some of these overpriced machines is the fact that my buddy has a less than $200 bounty hunter and he was pulling up deeper and better signals than both of my machines. lol $200 vs $7-800 I rest my case. This could be simply because the bounty hunter has a cheaper more boring screen, and you are paying for the more advanced screen and style and just need to upgrade coils but still kinda disappointing to see that a detector that cheap is keeping up with these detectors. lol
So point being, be wise with your money and get only what you really need. If I had to choose between MXT and 705, I'd go with 705 ONLY because it seems to be a little more advanced with the gold coil setup & system. I forget exactly but it automatically switches to the correct frequency when you attach gold coil, something to that effect. (cant remember) Plus it's super light weight, and fun to use. Other than that, they are equal and both fun and reliable MT's.
I spoke with Kevin Hoagland from Minelab, who has a few great teaching videos on the 705 I think you can view on youtube or the minelab website. He is actually one of the reasons I really like the 705. He convinced me this was a unique and very accurate/reliable machine. After using it I have to agree. I can't wait to use it with a gold coil. My problem is the rivers up here in the cascades (Washington State) Stupid black river rocks are a curse to finding gold near the rivers. I may end up getting involved in mini dredging and sluecing cause these metal detecors arent working in the rivers. Maybe I need to learn more about tuning the iron out or something but I'm not sure you can tune this signal strength out, I'm still a noob. who knows?
Hope this helps just a little at least
