Tony N (Michigan) said:
Monte, Why don't you like the MXT Por with its sounds? It is super simple to set up and go.
[size=x-small]?[/size][size=small]?[/size][size=small]?[/size][size=x-small]?[/size] I guess I'm lost as I don't see where I said I didn't like the MXT Pro.
If you are referring to the list in my
Signature below, that reflects the models I currently have in my
Regular-Use Detector Team, then let me explain.
→ I have been trimming my Regular-Use models to those that I most often use and / or want to carry with me in my travels.
→ They are listed below in alphabetical order by Brand, and not in the order I use them the most.
→ These fall into one, or more, of three categories for me:
1.. My Primary-Use, get-serious Relic Hunting units I use the most of 'relic-type' sites where I most often encounter a lot of very challenging ferrous debris, building rubble, dense sagebrush, rocks, trees, weeds, etc.
2.. Models I tend to prefer for more dedicated urban Coin Hunting where I'm after modern coinage and lost jewelry, and where modern trash is also the main problem. This also includes quick work in tot-lots and similar places.
3.. One or two of these models is also on-hand to use as a "loaner unit" for friends and family, and especially to help gain access to private property.
→ I do not care to own every brand of detector, nor every model of every brand. I only own detectors
that I like and that work well for me, and that handle all the needs I might have or to complement the performance of another model(s), if necessary.
You asked about the White's MXT Pro and I only list one White's model in my
Signature and that is the XLT. Why it and not the newer MXT Pro? Very simple. The XLT was a well designed detector that offers a lot of performance and functional features for a lot of the places I like to hunt. Those are mostly urban, grassy, Coin Hunting sites, although I have used it in some older places, such as homesteads and around some outbuildings and barns, old dance hall sites, and other places where I am not encountering an annoying accumulation of iron trash. For the record, I keep the standard 950 and 8" Concentric coils in my Accessory Coil Tote and seldom use them. I keep the 6½"" Concentric coil mounted full-time because that coil does what I need it to do, where I need it to, and allows me to use a little better balanced unit and work at a bit slower sweep speed.
What about the MXT Pro? Like you stated, I agree that that model has a very clear, pleasant and workable audio tone. I was given an original MXT when they brought it out, and I enjoyed it for quite a few applications partly because I liked the bold audio response. It was a very good 'complement' at the time for the XLT as I was doing more urban hunting at the time where I lived. However, I do like to listen to a lot of iron trash, too, often working my Discrimination to just barely accept iron nails. The MXT did have an Iron Audio mode to allow a 2-Tone response, but I didn't care for the loud and blaring audio tones. I also had no use for the useless designed-in, preset Notch feature. When the next version was being worked on I was invited to take the prototype out for a couple of weeks to check it out. I noted a glitch, and also things I liked. When all was corrected and a few design changes made, the MXT Pro was introduced and I liked what I'd seen and immediately acquired one.
I tried an assortment of coils on it, but the best of them all, as a general-purpose search coil for urban and remote applications, was the 6½" Concentric. At the time, the MXT Pro then MXT All-Pro [size=small]
(which is the same detector with a sticker on the side decal)[/size] moved into my main-use detector spot with other models complementing it, such as an MX-5 and Omega 8000 for urban Coin Hunting, and a T2 Classic and F75 to handle
some of the trashier or confined places with their 5" DD coils.
That was up until the 8th of January of 2015 when I received a new detector, and doing side-by-side comparisons, using test samples and taking several detectors to a few old homesteads, sites of long-vacated school structures, and two ghost towns, I made some immediate changes in my personal detector outfit. I needed to thin down a lot of detectors I had at the time, and I needed to reorganize my personal detector group to better handle the iron challenged sites I hunted most often, but also keep some on-hand for the relaxing times I like to do urban detecting. In the next half-a-year I was able to thin down most of the excess I had so that by late June of 2015 I only had my Omega 8000 w/two coils left to go, and retained only a select few very proven favorites.
Gone were three White's modified Classic's, 2-ID's and an IDX Pro, a 5900 Di Pro SL and an MX-5. Also, a Fisher F75 and two F19's. Two Teknetics T2 Classics and a G2. Two Minelab Explorer II's and a Sovereign XS2a Pro. A Tesoro Bandido and Silver Sabre II, and perhaps one or two others I don't recall. Oh, and also gone was the MXT Pro. The only detectors I retained at the time were a very proven Tesoro Bandido II [size=small]micro[/size]MAX and Silver Sabre [size=small]micro[/size]MAX, a White's XLT, and the new detector I received in early January that simply out-performed all other models I parted with in a variety of old sites I hunt that easily presented a very 'iron infested' challenge. That was the Nokta FORS CoRe.
I also had the Makro Racer [size=small]
(original)[/size] that was just being introduced and it had very decent performance as well, easily on-par with the MXT Pro. I complimented my Regular-Use Outfit in January of 2016 with the FORS Relic, and I have had, or currently have, other new models that have come along. For reasons, some of the other detectors I own are in my
'Specialty-Use' group of detectors. And my
Signature only reflect the models I have in my
Regular-Use Detector Outfit that are loaded in my vehicle even now so they are ready-to go when I am. That doesn't count the additional detectors I have on the wall in my den. Those include my 2nd CoRe, Relic, Bandido II µMAX and Silver Sabre µMAX devices.
When folks ask
me about a detector they are considering, and if it is an MXT Pro, I tell them exactly what
I like about it and what I don't. It was my #1 detector and I know they can work quite well. It can fit the needs for many people who want to get serious in this great sport. But
for me and my dedicated needs, to own and use some of the best detectors available for places I love to search, the MXT Pro just isn't a good 'fit' in my arsenal. It was already out-classed. Very good detector, and one of the better models White's ever made, but today it is way overpriced and even out-matched by one or two of their own newer models, and at a lower price as well.
I do still make adjustments as desired if and when something comes along that I like and that works for me. I know that very soon I'll add one more Nokta / Makro unit to my daily travel group, and that means there will be one more coming out of my vehicle. I did make a change-up in my travel-team just two months ago when I added the excellent XP
ORX and I am very pleased that I did. Even more pleased that the XPlorer folks in France developed this new model which brings me everything I would liked to have had. Light weight, comfort, excellent balance, and all the Simplicity I desire along with the Functions & Features I desire in a nifty package of Performance.
There are quite a few detector on the market today that work quite well for a a lot of people and for many different uses. Many like a detector or coil because it has worked well for them in the past and does fine today, so they are comfortable with it and that's great. I'm very comfortable with what I have and changes I have made, and that's great.
This year I have added the
ORX, I will soon add a Nokta / Makro, and there's one other newish detector I plan to check out and see if it, too, has a functional 'fit' in my arsenal.
Monte