I know many people who have a one-track opinion of "Relic Hunting," and that is setting out to find-it-all, ferrous and non-ferrous. To them, it just means "dig-it-all" so using the All Metal [size=small](Prospecting)[/size] mode or an MX5, M6 or MXT/MXT Pro at Zero Disc. will accomplish that task. Those models have a true Zero Discrimination capability for all metal acceptance.
For many others, "Relic Hunting" is primarily searching any older-use site for any more desirable targets, such as coin, trade tokens, buttons, uniform decorations, jewelry items, or just any neat old artifact .... but NOT really out to find ferrous or non-ferrous 'junk.' That would include things like iron nails, rusty tin cans, etc. While there are times and places where I do look for any metal, the bulk of the time I "Relic Hunt" for things I want and deal with iron discards.
The MXT All-Pro [size=small](same as the MXT Pro as it is just a matter of stock coils making the difference)[/size] is my #1 all-purpose detector. Most of the time, like about 95%, when working urban places or hunting old towns, homesteads or any other "Relic Hunting" type of location, I search in Relic mode. I never use more Discrimination than just enough o reject iron nails, and often I search at Zero Disc. I also rely on both the VDI read-out and Iron ID audio.
Naturally, we can not always rely on hearing an 'Iron' tone or expect all magnetic ferrous based targets to produce a nice and proper Iron display. I am especially referring to things like rusty tin! I do rely on 'skill' [size=small](using functional search techniques I've employed and taught for about 35 years now)[/size] and a wee bit of 'best guess' [size=small](which also comes from experience)[/size] when hunting iron infested sites. I also use a smaller-than-stock coil, relying most of the time on White's 6
