My first MXT finds!!!!

[Felinepeachy]

 

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[Felinepeachy]

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[azmetaldetector]

I've had my MXT for over 2 years now and I'm finding I'm still learning it. Once you think you've learned it, you'll find that there is more to understand. Try going to some of the White's forums and the MXT forum specifically..there is a lot of good information in it. One little hint I found useful is to hunt in relic mode. There is tone differential between iron and non-iron targets. Dig all non-iron signals NO MATTER what the screen says. If you rely on the screen, you'll miss a lot and if you dig all non-iron signals you'll learn what the numbers in the display are actually targeting on so one day when you feel you are in a really trashy place you'll feel a bit better about using the display numbers in choosing whether to dig or not.
Good luck...It's a great machine

 

[Dan W Wa.]

Don't get discouraged Peachy, I see rings in your future.

Dan

 

[Mona Lisa]

Keep at it, Peaches. For every 100 pulltabs you dig, there will be a gold ring for you. You have only 97 more pull tabs to go.

Don't give up!

 

[rammjäger]

I should say,
change your setting from "Pull Tab" to "All Metall"
HH.
Mike

 

[Felinepeachy]

Thanks for the encouragement!!

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

how long did u hunt?

 

[Paul in WA]

Those are really alien spacecraft parts. The government disguises them as pulltabs so the public won't find out the truth about Hilary being an alien baby. Al Gore was probably flying the spacecraft & that's why it crashed. Go back & see if you can find the fuel tanks, they look just like beer cans.

Paul

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Hey Peachy, I kicked some sand on pavement today and found a nickel and a penny. Not a pulltab to be found. . I'd still rather have a detector.

 

[johnnycat]

Is that all you found? Heck, I found about a bushel of them things my first week with my MXT. Not to worry, it will get better as you understand the machine better.

 

[kakcsdad]

looks like my first mxt finds last year about this time but when you heard the machine go off you got excited didnt you. lol
it will get better

HH

 

[CarolinaDigs]

LOL !! Well Peachy at least you were detecting I'm still waiting to buy a detector that pin points PULL TABS

 

[BioProfessor]

Peachy,

You don't tell us in your profile where you are but the Google map shows you living in a field somewhere that looks like Iowa. What I was going to recommend was to go to a place like a beach where the digging is real easy. Doesn't look like you are close to a beach but this time of year a plowed field isn't bad and a local beach on a lake is also good.

The reason I say to go somewhere where the digging is easy, is that I am going to tell you what most people say don't do and that is to dig every good signal. What I mean by a good signal is one that is clear and consistent when you sweep over it from 2 different directions. The tone stays the same, the VDI number stays close, and the Icon stays about the same. Make a note of what all these are and then dig the target to see what it is. It will be a lot of digging but if you are in sand or soft soil, it will be OK. Do this until you get a feel for what a good signal sounds like, what a rusty metal can or rusty bottle top sounds like, what the area the signal covers says about the target, what it means if the signal changes as you dig, what it means if the signal disappears when you dig (I'll tell you this one - the target is still in the hole most of the time. It's just not heard because of all the air in the soil you disturbed.), and other stuff. When you think you've got things figures out, you can stop digging it all.

Some other things, if you don't dig foil you won't dig gold.

You will always dig pull tabs and pop tops. Just the way things are.

If you don't dig low numbers that are clear and consistent, you will miss good stuff.

If need to dig some of the "iffy" signals. You'll figure that one out as you go along.

Trust your machine. A clear and consistent signal is worth digging.

Don't trust the VDI number as to what it is. It's probably close most of the time but soil, soil moisture, and target position will affect the number.

This is just the start. It takes quite a long time to truly get the feel for the machine. Just take your time and remember it's the hunt that fun, the finding of good stuff is the icing on the cake.

HH

Daryl

 

[Bridge End Farm]

looks like you found my hunting spot enjoy your machine it is a good one

 

[Nana40]

You're gonna love that MXT, Peachy! I promise! Keep going!!!!

Nana

 

[tsgman]

Mine is awesome, what mode are you hunting in? I hunt in the relic mode most of the time since i hunt CW relics. I always use the alt relic mode trigger forward.

 

[Old Dog]

Peachy,

Some times you win and sometimes the pull tabs win,
and sometimes you will hit it out of the park!

it will be just that much sweeter when it comes.
Good diggin and happy hunting to you.

Thom
OD

 

[TN-Joe]

Wow Great pulltabs,
How deep? what settings were you using? Got more photo's?
Tenn. Joe

 

[EDDE]

Don't get discouraged Peachy, I see rings in your future.

guiness batter onion rings

 

[Iskuli]

Hey there peachy, I'm on my 3rd year in the hobby. I've just now begun to find gold. Why? Because I have resigned myself to pulling poptops. To me there are 3 most important things to think about before a hunt: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Do your homework! When I need a pick-me-up, I like the tot lots. 1 - you will not get shut down! I ALWAYS find coins. Sometimes fun jewelry. 2 - It's a great way to learn your machine w/o getting discouraged. Also, go to old swimming holes that you know for a fact people swam. I have NEVER not found a piece of jewelry when I find these places. Another mistake I've made, not gridding out the hot spot. Try it! Do the other things I mentioned and then do the work! Go low and slow, overlap your swings and tah-dah, you'll be posting coins and jewelry! I like to make the pulltab finding a game. How many pulltabs BEFORE jewelry. The least number is 4 tabs. The highest was over 100. Totally worth it when you see that gold or silver in the ground. Hang in there and happy hunting. I attached a pic of rings vs. tabs! The ring won!