mx5

[Brianpa]

I was wandering how the mx5 compares to the older machines like the xlt . I've used the xlt, and a few others but with the lack of parts slowly becoming hard to get for xlt I was looking at the mx5.
thanks for any input in advance
brianpa

 

[Hombre]

I was wandering how the mx5 compares to the older machines like the xlt . I've used the xlt, and a few others but with the lack of parts slowly becoming hard to get for xlt I was looking at the mx5.
thanks for any input in advance
brianpa

The XLT was my first metal detector, bought new when they first came out in the spring of 1994. It found me my deepest coin, a 2¢ coin at 11 inches deep, it just was never any good in the iron nail infested sites. I did not realize it at first, being a newbie, that the nulling of the threshold meant that I was missing finds in the nails. I soon realized that iron masking was a problem for the detector when my wife bought a Tesoro Toltec ll and was finding good coins in the iron nails that my XLT would not signal on. The Tesoro is a lot faster at recovery from bad target (nail) to good target.

...The MX5 is a lot like the Tesoro with it's fast response and quick recovery speed, it is easy to adjust, unlike the endless scrolling of the menu of the XLT. The XLT could have some custom programs saved and that is what I did with mine, just too much fiddling around with adjustments. The MX5 works great in the nail infested site in 2 tone audio and the 5.3 Eclipse coil, it has become my favored machine.

 

[Brianpa]

thanks for the input Hombre.I am leaning toward the mx5

 

[slingshot]

I really love mine. I feel like have an old TR detector in my hands but one that has ground balance and ID. It''s so fast I don't use the pinpoint button!