MXT Still THE BOSS

[Breville]

I wonder just how I can word this post so it doesn't get deleted. Lets see, maby I can say I bought a new other brand machine and paid 440 dollars for it, and maby I can say I also bought the new 5.75 DD coil and paid 110 dollars for it. And if I told you that it wouldn't detect a medium size gold chain laying on the ground from any angle would that get me in trouble? In case you are wondering what brand it is just think about the word treasure in a different language. Maby I shouldn't have said that but I bet I can say this,
My old MXT with the 3x6 DD shooter coil can see it from every direction, my old MXT with the 4x7 DD Excellerator coil can see it from every direction, and my old MXT even with the 10X6 DD coil can see it when scanned from side to side. THE MXT--DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.
Thank you very much.

 

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[OroGrande]

I'll second that!!! HH.....Orogrande

 

[Tin Nugget]

Amen to that brother. I have been swinging my MXT for a little over 5 years now and haven't tried another detector since that I have more respect for than the MXT and what it can do. Untill somebody makes a REAL breakthrough in technolgy I will stick with it.

 

[EasyMoney]

The only things I have ever seen that beats an MXT for finding small gold and super-low conductivity targets such as fine gold or silver necklaces or rings - are the following:

White's GMT (the original nugget-hunter forerunner of the MXT). It has the same basic circuitry.

Compass Goldscanner Pro and Compass Scanner R&C (both nugget hunters), but especially the Compass au2000 (with it's dual freq 52Khz and 13.77Khz switch) and a Compass au52.

Fisher GoldBug and Fisher GoldBug2

I like the MXT. The stock 950 coil isn't very good in really bad soil but that's why White's makes other ones for it. In fact, it is the best all-around detector currently being made. If I included the Compasses, they might land on top in many cases, and so might the Fisher cz-70, but they are no longer in production.

The MXT is a real dandy though. I really like it.

However, the detector that you speak of may well have something wrong with it. Even my old ones of the same brand do very well at the task you speak of, although not as well as a dedicated gold nugget-hunting machine like the GMT, GB, GB2, R&C, Goldscanner or MXT. From my detector repairing experiences it seems that your GB pot is operating in the negative voltage range, something easily repaired, a $5.98 part and an hour's shop time. Incidentally, the detector can be set to find the above elusive targets too, almost as well as the nugget detectors. All it takes is to install a pot of a different value, real easy to do. Currently, that brand is ALWAYS running a little iron discrimination, even in all-metal, just as are many other detectors. It's inherent in their circuitry, but most of them can be modified too. In fact, a man just PM'd me yesterday on here to ask how to do it.

Interesting post.

EasyMoney

 

[Kas]

Discrimination settings make all the difference when it comes to gold. Run it wide open. I'd check that on your new machine and see what happens.

 

[Breville]

Thanks, I tried it every which way, all metal, low disc high disc. The ground balance was set to no change as you raise and lower the coil and some times in all metal the audio will max out by its self no matter what you do on the ground or in the air.

Thanks