New member checking in

antman · Jul 18, 2012

Hello all, I started metal detecting this last spring in Northern VA with a F2. I found some interesting finds and upgraded to a MXT Pro and found even more cool stuff. The heat's taken most of my enthusiasm away as of now but look forward to more hunts this fall, winter, and esp. next spring.

TNGUNS · Jul 18, 2012

Welcome antman.....started over 20 years ago but have done very little in the last 10. Recently gotten back after it and having a ball. The heat is the killer here in Tennessee as well. Still going for an hour or two about everyday but it will melt ya down in a hurry. Tore my butt up in a wreck a few years ago and broke my back pretty bad so have to walk every day. Can't do the treadmill thing so was coyote hunting. Found some really old homesites and picked the detector back up and got the fever again. Good luck hunting. Will learn alot from reading what the experts post here.

TN_INDIAN · Jul 18, 2012

welcome to this great site and courious y u upgraded from the f2? I just started mding this month and on my 2nd set of batterys with the f2 and love it. I kno its a beginner machine but y did u get the urge to upgrade and gl and thank u.

antman · Jul 18, 2012

The F2 had me hooked. I hunted all my relatives properties and found lots of cool stuff. I figured if I was having that much fun with a $200 I could justify buying a more expensive machine. The MXTs is a more solid machine and reads the ground better than the F2 IMO (the F2 seemed to be all over the place at times where the MXT will nail down what's under it). I thought about getting a DD coil for the F2 but used the $$ toward the MXT. They're both great machines. Now when I go out I can let a friend use the F2. or I use it as a backup. Now I want to get a pulse indictor detector for the beach.