Rick Schroeder and Nancy Fillman will moderate this forum. Rick has been around here since its inception and Nancy got started with a Radio Shack detector. She has upgraded detectors and has been with the Whites MXT since its introduction and knows it and the hobby well. Nancy teaches metal detection techniques to the Law Enforcement community and Crime Scene Investigators at her local college. Thanks to both of you for helping out here.http://www.findmall.com/list.php?25Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:47 -0600 Phorum 5.2-dev http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1094313,1094313#msg-1094313 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1094313,1094313#msg-1094313I do frequent trips to Alaska for work and want to get out and look for nuggets.
I've purchased the EXcellerator concentric 6" and was still thinking I'd need another coil for prospecting.
Is that true do you think? If so would you recommend a particular coil for prospecting with the MXT?
On Kelly's web site I see specific prospecting coils but are they honestly needed over what I have?
If they are I'll get one but interested in opinions from you good folks.
Thanks.]]> mdunn Whites MXT Users ForumFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:18:42 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1094193,1094193#msg-1094193 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1094193,1094193#msg-1094193
I finally ordered a DX-1 from Larry on Wednesday since my Bullseye was on the blink and I had heard many good things from folks here about the DX.

So, after talking with Larry, I went out for a quick hunt after work at some abandoned military housing dating from the 1940's. About thirty minutes in got the quarter signal. Was thinking scrap illuminum (plenty around the old housing) or hopefully a silver Washington but was pleasantly surprised to see the eagle. When I pulled it from the hole, the date was covered by dirt and I figured it would be a 'no-date'. Flicked the dirt away and was very pleased to see the date but an 'S' mintmark was too much to ask for! No complaint here, only my 2nd SLQ and the first with a date. VDI was initially a weak 81/82 at 5" but after a few (SLOW) passes got a full bar.

Not sure what the silver shield design is...possibly a knife/fork insert?...but it's stamped Sterling on the back and has "Livorno" (city in Italy) printed above the design on the front. Rang up as a solid 74-75 at 6" and I was thinking wheatie but was really surprised to see this when I cracked open the clod. Sadly rinsing obliterated much of the design. Any clues as to what it is are apprecitated!

The dime was only about 3' from the quarter and was mutilated before I got to it (VDI 79). Also, managed four wheaties (1934, 1941, 1944, 1952) and a copper disc (VDI bouncing from 50-57) that matches a LC size but is slick. Pretty aggravating since I've never found a LC so all I can say is I have a...copper disc!!! Soaking in hydrogen peroxide now but I doubt I'll see any detail.

Overall, probably my best one hour hunt. Gotta thank Larry for the good Karma! Hope it lasts!

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THANKS FOR LOOKING BOB TN :detecting:]]> 1954streetrod Whites MXT Users ForumFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:38:05 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1093345,1093345#msg-1093345 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1093345,1093345#msg-1093345 millingtime Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 19 Nov 2009 08:40:09 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1092966,1092966#msg-1092966 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1092966,1092966#msg-1092966[attachment 145340 CIMG5556.jpg]
Nancy]]> Nancy-IL Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:07 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1092069,1092069#msg-1092069 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1092069,1092069#msg-1092069 dwmedic Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:47:42 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091718,1091718#msg-1091718 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091718,1091718#msg-1091718 bswift35 Whites MXT Users ForumTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:38 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091663,1091663#msg-1091663 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091663,1091663#msg-1091663 arizonaames Whites MXT Users ForumMon, 16 Nov 2009 18:39:51 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091327,1091327#msg-1091327 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091327,1091327#msg-1091327JOE in MD]]> JOE in MD Whites MXT Users ForumTue, 17 Nov 2009 17:26:04 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091294,1091294#msg-1091294 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091294,1091294#msg-1091294


THANKS FOR LOOKING 1954 STEETROD]]> 1954streetrod Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:19:04 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091272,1091272#msg-1091272 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1091272,1091272#msg-1091272

THANKS FOR LOOKING :wave: BOB&RONNIE]]> 1954streetrod Whites MXT Users ForumMon, 16 Nov 2009 10:26:45 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090679,1090679#msg-1090679 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090679,1090679#msg-1090679Spent a little time there and moved on ......

Then towards the end of the day I went to a socer field.
Worked the sidelines and found a few quarters,
a nickel, a a few pennies.

Alone the way I found my share of pull tabs!
Darn those things anyway.

Well ....almost made enough money to
hit the dollar menu at McDonalds ..........lol

Correct me if I am wrong.

I would assume that the socer fields won't bear much in
the way of old coins......just need to be patient and
try to haul in some jewely to make it worthwhile.

Called Nancy while I was in the field for some
advice. She was most helpful ......"thanks Nancy" !!

Larry]]> larryk56 Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 23:03:25 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090319,1090319#msg-1090319 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090319,1090319#msg-1090319spend some serious time with my MXT.

Here's my game plan.

I'll use Relic Mode
Forward toggle -
Gain set to 3
Ground - Track
Other setting at 9

Hope to hear those high tones.

Sure would be nice to find more than pull tabs ....lol]]> larryk56 Whites MXT Users ForumSat, 14 Nov 2009 19:38:36 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090310,1090310#msg-1090310 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090310,1090310#msg-1090310
Those who use the MXT all say they love it!

After the reviews, I purchased the MXT
Now I notice there is a MXT 300

What's the real difference in these two machines?
My MXT says e-series on it?

How much better is the MXT300
Kellyco has it about $100 more than the MXT

Should I quickly upgrade while I am in their 14 day period
to upgrade without penalty?

Thanks for your imput]]> larryk56 Whites MXT Users ForumSat, 14 Nov 2009 00:18:53 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090298,1090298#msg-1090298 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090298,1090298#msg-1090298 Curt_in_W.Mass Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 20:01:14 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090090,1090090#msg-1090090 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090090,1090090#msg-1090090 bswift35 Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:22:52 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090037,1090037#msg-1090037 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090037,1090037#msg-1090037I posted a few days ago about buying a used MXT. Well, I just picked it and now I need to accessorize.
It came with the 9.5 eclipse and looking for recommendations for another coil for general purposes. Maybe I dont need another one?
This summer Ill be hunting nuggets in Alaska while on my annual 6 week journey but no hurry on that coil now but interested in input for that as well.
Also I need new headphones. I have a kind of cheesy set for my Fisher 1236 but looking for opinions on what people like for the MXT.
Thanks!]]> mdunn Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 17:15:13 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090034,1090034#msg-1090034 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1090034,1090034#msg-1090034(This message does not contain any text.)
]]> ohio fred Whites MXT Users ForumSat, 14 Nov 2009 11:46:07 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089706,1089706#msg-1089706 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089706,1089706#msg-1089706
The old detector still works but the oscillator tends to drift and has become an annoyance to constantly re tune. So after some (lots of) research, I put the old A.H. Pro to rest and bought an MXT-300, Eclipse 6 X10 DD, 10" DD, Sunray Pro Gold headset, Garrett Pro Pointer and Predator Digger.

All I can Say is - Get outta my way I"M ready to go.:usaflag:]]> redjet Whites MXT Users ForumSat, 14 Nov 2009 19:03:38 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089406,1089406#msg-1089406 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089406,1089406#msg-1089406

Full Metal Racket
The perverse thrill of metal detecting, the world's worst hobby.
By Emily Yoffe
Posted Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, at 10:42 AM ET
Listen to Emily Yoffe discuss this topic on NPR's Day to Day.

I brought my metal detector on our summer vacationwe drove from Washington, D.C., to Mainehoping to add fun and profit to our holiday. As I packed it in the trunk for the trip home, my normally considerate husband had this to say about my latest pastime: "Now that your metal detecting is overand believe me IT'S OVERwe will think of it as a hideous family episode, like something out of a Pat Conroy novel, that we must put behind us and never discuss again."

It's true that I had come to think of metal detecting as the world's worst hobbyfrustrating, solipsistic, potentially felonious. But I had to admit that each time I turned the power dial on my Bounty Hunter Tracker IV and swung it over new territory, I understood how Bill Bennett must have felt before pulling that $500 slot: This time, baby, I'm going to hit the big score.

I started metal detecting for the latest episode of Human Guinea Pig, the column in which I do things people are curious about but wish someone else would do for them. But metal detecting was something our family actually did want to do, even without Slate's encouragement. It was my daughter's idea, actually. She requested a metal detector for her 7th birthdayshe had seen a TV commercial that promised diamond rings and other amazing treasure. My husband and I thought it was an original choice, and even somethingbesides sleeping latethat we could all enjoy. After all, what could be more universal than the desire to find and keep a valuable object that doesn't belong to you?


After being completely confused by the detectors offered on the Web, my husband called one of the retailers. He explained that we wanted a detector that would be easy for a 7-year-old to use, but that would be suitable for finding Civil War artifacts, since we live close to some known encampments.

The salesman found this hilarious. "Believe me, you're not going to find any Civil War artifacts. I've been doing this for three years and I've never found anything valuable." (Presumably, after this conversation our salesman enlisted and is now in Iraq leading the search for weapons of mass destruction.) The salesman also said not to worry about getting a metal detector that would be easy for our daughter. "She might go with you once, then she'll get completely bored and not want to do it again." Instead of taking this advice, my husband insisted on purchasing one, so the salesman recommended the $130 Tracker IV. Then, perhaps remembering what line of work he was in, he said, "You'll have fun," which turned out to be the equivalent of saying "bon voyage" to the passengers boarding the Titanic.

You've seen metal detectors in action. They are the long poles with the dinner-plate-sized coil on the bottom held by men with Bermuda shorts and atrophied calves who are scanning the beach looking for jewelry and coins. There are millions of metal detectors out there. Debra Barton of First Texas Products, manufacturer of my Tracker IV, estimates the handful of domestic producers sell a half-million a year. Rosemary Anderson, editor of Western & Eastern Treasures, a magazine for devotees, says the hobby really took off in the '60s when the machines became lighter and easier to use.

Anderson pointed out that people who do it call it a "sport." The industry loves to tout the exercise benefits of metal detecting. But metal detecting would most likely constitute a real workout only for those recently released from solitary confinement. I also learned from Western & Eastern Treasures that people who metal detect are called "metal detectorists." It was gratifying we had our own "ist" like numismatists, philatelists, or contortionists.

The modern history of metal detecting is ignominious. Alexander Graham Bell used an experimental model in 1881 in order to locate the assassin's bullet lodged in President James Garfield. Unfortunately, no one remembered that Garfield was lying on a mattress with newfangled metal coils, causing the machine to emit a continuous whine, resulting in failure to accurately locate the bullet. Garfield's heart gave out when doctors cut into him. (Read more about that here.)

The beep of the metal detector, like the car alarm, the busy signal, and the colicky baby, belongs in the catalog of irritating sounds. The booklet that came with my Tracker IV instructed me to study the different tones emitted by the machine so I would know the kind of metal being indicated. But I could never keep straight whether the chirp that resembled a dying sparrow meant iron or the drone like that of a truck backing up meant copper.

It was time to find Civil War artifacts. The three of us trooped off to a wooded area behind a public school near where I knew Union soldiers had camped. A man who lived a few houses down told me that a workman once asked if he could metal detect on that property and had found belt buckles and eating utensils. The woods were muddy and swarming with mosquitoes. I turned on my Tracker IV and it started emitting chirps and beepsit sounded like I had discovered a satellite outpost of Fort Knox. But every time I dug I turned up a hole filled with rocks and worms and roots. Occasionally there would be the pop-top of a beer can. As the salesman predicted, within minutes my daughter was begging to be allowed to go to the playground. She and my husband abandoned me to my attempts to contract West Nile virus.

After this episode I realized I needed help. I turned to my neighbor, Philip Dobak, a retired physicist and known metal detectorist. He told me one of his latest neighborhood finds was a 2,000-year-old Hebrew coin. I had a sinking feeling that I was now going to have to tell his lovely wife that Phil needed a neurological exam, when he ran across the street and returned with the coin. I was relieved to see it was hanging from a chain and mounted in the center of a silver Star of David. I asked to look at the rest of his treasures and he brought out a 4-inch-square box spilling over with a decade's worth of found objects.

It had the talismanic power of a shaman's chest. There was an 1879 U.S. silver dollar, British pennies from 1928 and 1938, a Chinese toy soldier circa 1940, a 1931 coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the McCormick reaper, a class ring, a gold watch, a silver heart-shaped locket shot repeatedly with a BB gun, a wedding ring (I wondered if these last two were a set). The box filled me with a desire to release such lost things from their unwitting graves.

Phil said his favorite place to detect was the grassy strip that runs along the street side of many D.C. sidewalks. He called them a "renewable resource" constantly being refilled with dropped items. We went to such a strip next to a nearby park. Phil adjusted the arm length on my Tracker IV, resulting in the immediate relief of what was becoming a debilitating case of metal detectorist elbow. When the detector beeped Phil took out his knife, peeled back a divot (which he later carefully replaced), and revealed a piece of metal. In a half-hour we found a bottle cap, a piece of fence, a fist-sized mass of iron, and 53 cents. As we dug up our last quarter a woman opened her front door and held the collar of a straining dog.

"Are you from the city?" she called out.

"No, ma'am," answered Phil.

"Then I hope you're not digging up my yard."

"No, ma'am."

The confrontation exposed the underbelly of metal detecting: You have to do it either on public or private property, and neither the government nor the property owner necessarily wants you digging around like a colony of monkey-pox-infected prairie dogs.

Despite my newfound expertise, without Phil my further forays were a bust. A trip to a friend's yard where my daughter had dropped a ring the year before resulted only in the discovery of the sewer pipe. An attempt to find my editor's wife's lost engagement ring at a playground turned up one rusted nail. By this time my daughter was not only bored with metal detecting, she was appalled. On the way to the car from the playground I tried detecting on the grassy sidewalk strip.

"Stop it, Mom, someone might see you," my daughter said.

"But you're the one who wanted a metal detector," I said.

"I know, but I don't like it. Please stop. This is your last beep, Mom. I don't care if it's the world's best beep, just stop."

But I couldn't stop. I had to find just one good thing. I told my family I was going to metal detect on our way up the East Coast. My husband greeted this with the same enthusiasm Sony Pictures would bring to distributing Gigli: Part II. Our first stop was Manhattan, where my brother-in-law and 13-year-old nephew were eager to become detectorists. My brother-in-law recommended searching in Riverside Park, and the five of us set off. He also suggested I limp a little, making the metal detector look like a crutch. When we got to the park my husband took my daughter's hand and started putting disavowal distance between us. "Someone has to be able to bail all of you out," he called over his shoulder. As soon as I began swinging my Tracker IV a beefy man in a green park police T-shirt materialized. I turned it off and limped away. It went that way for an hour. I found one bottle top.

On to Maine. When we got to our bed and breakfast on Westport Island, I immediately saw that the living room sideboard was tauntingly laid with colonial era hand-forged four-sided nails that clearly had been dug up on the property. There was stuff here! The next day we went for a hike with the metal detector. But on every sixth tree was a "No Trespassing or Else" sign, and I began to fear we might find ourselves in some Down East version of Deliverance if I started detecting. I did do some in the sand of a little cove and found a nailnot hand-forged and not four-sided.

My husband begged me to give it up. When I refused he said, "Maybe you need to put yourself in the hands of a higher power."

"Yes, the Bounty Hunter Sharp Shooter II," I replied.

We arrived at my last hope, the home on Deer Isle of my sister-in-law and her husband. Their house had been built by a ship captain in the 1880s. They could see our family was in extremis and agreed to let me start detecting immediately. I walked across the yard, and at the point where field turned into woods I got a strong beep. I dug and found a large, semicircular handle for a kettle. It looked old and the turned-up corners of the handle were four-sided. Eureka! Of course, now I couldn't be stopped. I plunged into the woods, which had obviously been a longtime dump. Broken glass and trash were everywhere. There were piles of metalbed springs, a bicycle wheel, car parts. So much metal that my detector was uselessit was like turning on a silicone detector at the Miss Universe Pageant. My brother-in-law, taking pity on me, got a big shovel and starting digging. We turned up wonderful old bottles and some pieces of china that the captain had probably picked up in China. I was satisfied. I agreed my metal detecting was over.

When I told my daughter, she was ecstatic. Then she said she had a message for other children who might have seen the commercial that seduced her into asking for the metal detector in the first place. "Kids, your birthday only comes once a year. Don't waste it on a metal detector."

In Human Guinea Pig, I take strange jobs, sample peculiar therapies, pick up odd hobbies, and generally try the activities that my colleagues have always wondered about but don't have the guts to do themselves.]]> crabby Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 14:48:00 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089375,1089375#msg-1089375 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089375,1089375#msg-1089375
"MXT gets Merit Badge"

I just wanted to let you know that your story is going to be posted on our website! You can go to www.whiteselectronics.com and click the "Stories" tab and in the December stories yours should be listed. Stories will be posted on December 1st. Happy Hunting! White's Electronics, Inc.]]> waterboy Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 23:19:33 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089350,1089350#msg-1089350 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089350,1089350#msg-1089350 Bill_S Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:25:15 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089343,1089343#msg-1089343 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089343,1089343#msg-1089343 bswift35 Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:23:38 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089060,1089060#msg-1089060 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1089060,1089060#msg-1089060

Gil]]> Gil Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 08:44:16 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088850,1088850#msg-1088850 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088850,1088850#msg-1088850
While doing some detecting........
I had the following settings.

Ground Trac
Coin and Jewerly mode
Low Hum on Threshold
Gain set to the arrow #9
Dual Control Set at 3

Wow! Wisconsin must be the litterbug capital on the world.
Pull tabs galore. Was getting alot of Hot Rock, Iron
Just hoping to get some nice big blocks, not too many.
Mostly iffy signals but managed to get 11 cents and a hose
sprinkler!

How do these settings sound? That's pretty much what the
book says,

I'll be making a test garden this weekend so I can learn the
sounds.

Larry]]> larryk56 Whites MXT Users ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 18:56:27 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088830,1088830#msg-1088830 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088830,1088830#msg-1088830 Bearharold Whites MXT Users ForumWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:52:09 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088790,1088790#msg-1088790 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088790,1088790#msg-1088790This week I came across an opportunity to buy a one year old MXT for 350.00 and am jumping on it. Logistics are such that it isn't happening until Friday but I downloaded the manual to study and then found this website which looks to have a wealth of information!
Just wanted to say howdy and introduce myself.
I'm sure I'll be back with lots of questions!
Cheers!
Mike]]> mdunn Whites MXT Users ForumWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:23:31 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088735,1088735#msg-1088735 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088735,1088735#msg-1088735
Then I headed to another park by a shelter house that I had detected before too. I knew there would be tons of pull tabs and aluminum trash. I managed to find some more coins that were missed from before because of masking....I think I am going to like this coil.]]> Bill_S Whites MXT Users ForumWed, 11 Nov 2009 21:30:06 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088583,1088583#msg-1088583 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088583,1088583#msg-1088583Thanks for looking and HH
Jon]]> jcooking Whites MXT Users ForumSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:27:07 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088107,1088107#msg-1088107 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?25,1088107,1088107#msg-1088107
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