But that was 50 Years ago, in the summer of '68 after using home-built M/ML's for 3 years.
What we can get from White's today is a far cry from those early-era BFO's. I enjoy my oldish XLT and kind-of-older modified Classic ID, but definitely enjoy using my MX-7's!!
'Tips' are really going to be more of a personal decision after you've got some time under your belt with this device, and it also depends on what you plan to be hunting for and the ground environment and trash conditions you'll be dealing with. That said, my units are set to turn-on and start-up in the Coin & Jewelry program ...
(White's term that most folks refer to as a search 'mode') ... and these are my basic start-up settings. The nice thing about the MX-7's design is you can change things up as desired on-the-fly and it remembers those when shut down. Here are my choices:
Coin & Jewelry Program:
• GB 'Locked' as I do not use Auto-Tracking
• Volume at '
30'
• Sensitivity at '
8'
• Reject Volume at '
10'
• Tones, usually at '
4' but occasionally at '
2' ...
and seldom, but now-and-then for Urban Coin Hunting, at '8'
• Disc. is set to
Accept from
'-10' on up.
• Search Coil preference the '
Six Shooter' ...
The 6½" Concentric for 90% of my hunting and the other 10% I use the Detech 7" DD, especially in water.
I really like the MX-7, and the more I use it the more 'likeable' it gets to be.
Monte
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Metal Detector Evaluations and Product Reviews
'How-To' help for Coin & Jewelry Hunting, Relic Hunting and Useful Techniques.
My 'Regular-Use Detector Team' are various models from: Nokta / Makro,
Teknetics,
Tesoro and
White's
My 'Specialty-Use Detectors' are models from: Compass,
Garrett and
Teknetics
Pinpointers: Using
Nokta / Makro and
Uniprobe Pointers.
Headphones: Using
Killer B's 'Hornet' and
White's Pro Star and
Detector Pro's Uniprobe ... All w/'tank style' ear cups.
Recovery Gear: Using
White's DigMaster digging tool and Signature series pouch.
Note: Detectors are listed alphabetically by Brand. Models are chosen as desired based on search site conditions.
Some models are assigned for 'Regular-Use' and others are on-hand for 'Specialty Use.'
Additional search coils, mounted on spare lower-rods, are on-hand in my Accessory Coil Tote.
*** All working well today to make memories for tomorrow. ***
monte@stinkwaterwells.com .. or .. monte@ahrps.org
(503) 481-8147
