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    how to work salt mode?

    Been a while on this forum. love my MXT. i have the 950, 4x6, and 5.3 coils. two months ago i went to Jacksonville Florida for the wife to have tests at the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. i did a very very short beach hunt. it was sanded in i know, went to the beach every summer on Georgia coast...
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    just picked up an old Cutlass II Umax

    its working, has a 7 inch concentric coil stuck on it. not original, but works. i have used Tesoro since starting in 1999. Still have a Silver Sabre Plus with a slight mod internally. i do have two other brand more expensive units- a modern MXT and a xp350 Compass. i picked this unit up real...
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    the Doldrums....

    even living in Georgia Midstate the weather...rain or windy cold...sickness....flu, respiratory, etc.... old folks in the family having issues... cold weather dont help... this time of year stinks!!!!!!!! i feel for you snow folks.......... the forum dies this time of year for me.... its dark...
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    low signals produce on the MXT

    When using my MXT, no matter which coil, a signal in the +12 to +14 range that does not bounce around is definitely a digger. repeatable sound, dig it. outside a woodchip lot box, where the adults sit, a 10 kt with ruby. fit the wife perfectly. no damage needs a good polish. $3 bucks change and...
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    coils for original bandido?

    been using a friends original Bandido some. really like the depth when properly set. it has the flat white open hole coil, same as my Silver Sabre Plus. has anyone tried a 5.75 on one? i hunt some real trash sites. may acquire the unit and was wondering about coil choice. also the places...
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    what coil for a Silver Sabre Plus beside original?

    i have a Silver Sabre Plus all original. thin white flat open hole coil. i have acquired a spare unit minus lower and coil. those thin white flat open holes are hard to find and pricey. i know the 7 inch concentric will work and the brown open hole. any preferences or opinions? the 5.75...
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    Bandido went Gonzo!!!!!!

    took out a original Bandido and it went gonzo. it will start beeping nonstop rapid fire. changed coils changed locations tested at home, still does it. you can acquire a big target and it will stop, then the minute the swing starts again it goes gonzo. i can go all metal and it will do it, and...
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    prospecting mode for woods relic hunting?

    has anyone used this mode for this type hunting? i am hunting woods littered with rusty cans that are over half disintegrated. they are here and there, buried or half exposed. these are old old cans. in relic mode iron grunt it hits on them. there are good targets among them i have posted but...
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    tokens and Indians

    Been hitting a scrap in the woods before construction starts. small area eat up with old rusted out cans. was using another brand unit with success because my 5.3 coil has a bad connector, but i decided i would use the MXT with the 6x10 DD coil some. The bulldozer mixed junk all in. With brand...
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    the little lot gave up a little more with the Sabre

    The little demolition lot was stirred up again. this is a side job for a larger company and they are in no hurry. i found a 1915 coke bottle- the year they started the familiar shape, its marked with the Nov 15, 1915 date. got to know what you are looking at and where to tell the difference...
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    Halo Effect

    I have been hunting a schoolyard with a friend who uses a DFX. i use the MXT. we have both noticed a one to two number increase in some targets. for example a 83 is a clad quarter. an 84-86 is silver. a 79 is usually a clad dime, an 80 -81 is a silver dime etc, but we are seeing a one -two...
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    1812 Artillery Button

    Cant say enough about my Silver Sabre Plus. i have been hunting a demolition site of pure cinders, broken bottles, trash, iron, nasty stuff. i have found a few locks, Indian head, now two WW1 great coat buttons, a CW reunion fob and so forth. then this baby pops up. 1812 artillery button...
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    Rural Free Delivery

    I thought i found a common Yale lock on the lot with my recent finds i posted. I decided to clean it and there it was--- "RFD", and "Mail' on obverse, not Yale like i thought. still cleaning it some. RFD means "Rural Free Delivery" for the rural postal routes. I think its an Efraim lock...
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    another lock from the lot was surprise

    thought it was a Yale lock common one but when i decided to wire it off- United States Postal Service 'Rural Free Delivery" ---RFD--- on one side and "Mail" on the other. not valuable but kind neat. thats three locks recently. and a few keys recently- old type. always fun.
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    a few finds with the ole Silver Sabre Plus

    Great on the trash lots. a Civil War Reunion Fob from Macon, found there. 1912-- 5000 ole boys showed up and pitched a tent city and flew the Battle flag. the picture denotes the tent city and the armory. cleaning still but sadly pitted. Indian head 1889, locks, ROTC button WW1 Torch of...
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    a little more silver

    went downtown to escape for a while. few hours. found a rosie and too many undesireables walking around so left to other side of town and met elbie. now he had to use a Garretts Ace 250 he just got on a steal --used once. his Whites dfx was not charged. i used the MXT and cross checked for him...
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    a little pendant

    had not much time or luck lately, but the MXT likes silver things. hit a very small regular cladding park at lunch. soft wet dirt. another charm/pendant, St Christopher-- says 925 Italy. it rang up an 80. well thats different. i knew it was a silver something. thought at first a dime but thats...
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    First Eldorado Metal Box

    Does anyone else still use theirs? i took the old boy out in the park in a grid where i have hunted many times and pulled 4 dimes out of trash and a lot of nondescript brass and some deep lead sheathing good for muzzle loader balls. more clad. silver ring. the ole boy works great. Rusty...
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    when it says 50 cent...

    it just may be a 1908 O Barber half! and it was! old park in old town area between one way streets. i had to saw it out of the tree roots and a old bolt came up, and i said not with that signal.. something brass at least is there. i slipped with the gator broke the root and then the half...
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    how small again?

    This is a hollow silver plate stud found in the sand with the MXT. i had to chase it around with the bullseye and at one time it was stuck on it. just to show how sensitive the machine is.
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