Newbiee

[Yohan Ryan]

My wife said she wanted a detector and myself enjoying gold prospecting I jumped on it. I got her an MXT Pro. Took it to the top of our street and found a bunch of old cans! lol Looking forward to advice and learning more, I feel like we are just firing shots into the air to see what drops.

 

[Odanscoils]

MXT My favorite machine.
Never owned the pro. Here it's the same.
Set it at the presets and go.
On each dial is a little triangle.
Set each knob there.
Start in coin/jewelry mode.
Learn the ground balance procedure.
Practice by laying coins on the ground one at a time and scan them.
Junk and nails too.
Especially crusty nails.
Jewelry too.
After all that's what you want to find.
Make notes of VDI numbers and the item.
Eventually you'll know them by heart.
I love how mine can tell a copper penny a Wheatie.
And Indian heads. Just two numbers apart.
The little black blocks that pop up across the bottom of the screen are confidence indicators.
When quarter to half. Not certain of target.
At full. Almost certain it's what the screen says.
All machines can be fooled by rusty iron.
Scan from multiple directions circling the target.
Size the target. Pinpoint.
Move coil away from target.
And not over another target.
Pull in trigger and hold.
Criss cross the target.
Notice the size of the signals.
With practice with all the information you'll usually no exactly what's under your coil.
Dig solid tones until you know the machine.
Many here love the MXT.
Watch these videos.
Really get you going with the MXT.

 

[Odanscoils]

My wife said she wanted a detector and myself enjoying gold prospecting I jumped on it. I got her an MXT Pro. Took it to the top of our street and found a bunch of old cans! lol Looking forward to advice and learning more, I feel like we are just firing shots into the air to see what drops.

Start around your home.
Never know what you'll find.

 

[Odanscoils]

I highly recommend you buy a pinpointer.
This is a great one.
If you find it for less than $120 it's most likely a chinese fake.
Rules here I can't show you where to buy it.

 

[Rick(ND)]

My wife said she wanted a detector and myself enjoying gold prospecting I jumped on it. I got her an MXT Pro. Took it to the top of our street and found a bunch of old cans! lol Looking forward to advice and learning more, I feel like we are just firing shots into the air to see what drops.

Looks like you are new to detecting, its one of the best hobbies there is. I got a MXT for my wife with the stock coil plus the smaller coil which is on the detector most of the time. I have used it too myself and it was very nice to run , as my detector is the Minelab Sovereign I use. On the MXT it was a pleasure to use and did well for what I used it. We are used to the relic mode for our coin hunting as we get 2 different tone and find it ourself it is easy to tell the good from the bad. Odanscoils does a good job explaining it as he is a season detectorist and always has good advice. I have bought many different detectors for my wife to try, but so far she like the MXT the best, the only problem is she beat me on coin she gets.

Great detectors the MXT and with a little use a patience you will see what I mean.

Rick

 

[Donna(NJ]

My wife said she wanted a detector and myself enjoying gold prospecting I jumped on it. I got her an MXT Pro. Took it to the top of our street and found a bunch of old cans! lol Looking forward to advice and learning more, I feel like we are just firing shots into the air to see what drops.

Time & patience and LOTS of practice !!! Watch the video's over and over. I stared in schoolyards and parks with tot lots. Usually loaded with coins and some jewelry. You can hunt with little discrimination as digging in wood chips or sand is easy. After awhile when you can pinpoint very well and dig smaller holes, preceed to the grass. Its probably loaded with trash, bottle caps, pull tabs, foil & rusty nails. Eventually you'll learn what's good and bad. But it take time. practice, practice, [practice.

HH
Donna(NJ

 

[Odanscoils]

Looks like you are new to detecting, its one of the best hobbies there is. I got a MXT for my wife with the stock coil plus the smaller coil which is on the detector most of the time. I have used it too myself and it was very nice to run , as my detector is the Minelab Sovereign I use. On the MXT it was a pleasure to use and did well for what I used it. We are used to the relic mode for our coin hunting as we get 2 different tone and find it ourself it is easy to tell the good from the bad. Odanscoils does a good job explaining it as he is a season detectorist and always has good advice. I have bought many different detectors for my wife to try, but so far she like the MXT the best, the only problem is she beat me on coin she gets.

Great detectors the MXT and with a little use a patience you will see what I mean.

Rick

Thanks Rick.
Though I believe you have more to give than I can remember.
Now if I could just get out of this house.