Very easy to use. Turn on and set signal at preset mark. Turn the ground track on and bob coil up and down off the ground for a balance. Turn discrimination to what you desire.
When I balance, I lock my setting, I dont leave it on tracking,later I will balance it again. I use just enough discrimination to disc out small nails. Tones.... I hunt in single tone mode,when I find a target and want further investigation after I have looked at the screen, Ill flip into tones and sweep target again. You will find some people hunt strictly in tones.
The M6 is a fast responder which means you can sweep slow and work a target with trash close by. Of course if you are hunting nasty sites with iron,pull tabs,aluminum in abundance you will probably want a smaller coil. There are many available since the M6,MXT and DFX all use the same coils. Me, I use the 5.3 concentric coil for trashy areas. Here again, there are other smaller coils than this one and you may want one of those. If you have highly mineralized soil you may need one of the smaller DD coils which handles the mineralized soils better. I hunt in pretty mild soils so the concentric coils do well for me.
Also ,even tho you can sweep the coil slow, the M6 isnt sweep speed sensitive, which means you can sweep a bit faster or slower.
My M6 is my backup machine, and its so easy to use, I keep it for friends or family.
Want to have some fun, find some tot lots in your area that havent been hit and hunt them using the tones mode. Though!!! It can be used for much more than that.
Hope this helps,
John
