auminesweeper

Ya welcome, Stick with it and you'll be cooking with gas in no time.

Well in that case I would say you need a DD like the 6x10 or the 10" Round one, But don't forget the 6x8 and the 10x12 S.E.F coils because they seem to work better than most Coils in hot soils,

You can still use the 12" coil in junk filled sites, The key to using that coil is to turn down the Gain to around 6 to 8 and give the Coil a chance to see whats in the Ground, Maxing out the Gain with big or Small coils is a bit like Driving in the Fog with your headlights on Highbeam, Dip the Power and trust the machine, The 12" coil is very powerful when used correctly Also never fret when you turn the Gain down on the MXT's because the Gain control does not work like any other detector, As you turn the Gain up on an MXT you will hear it click, I call it Changing Gears because every time it clicks it multiplies the Gain IE On Low it is 1X and the Next click it is 2X and the Next Click it is 4X and the Next Click it is 8X and on the 5th click it is runing at 16X, These Click are Boosting the return signal So never be affraid to turn the MXT around 6 to 8+/-. I know we all have our set/preferred ways of using Detectors but if you turn it down it stops the FOG and allows the Coil/MXT to see good Targets lying close to bad targets, Hope that helps, Good Luck.

If you do a search for the Whites TDI SL I did a 9 Cell Battery Tray Conversion to boost the Battery power over 12v, and If you get some NiMh 2800/3200s then that will give you a longer run time than the Whites Factory NiMh pack ever did, From memory I think the factory pack was around 2200/2500mah but don't hold me to that coz it's been a while since I posted it here, Ok. Good Luck.

I only noticed the price hike today because I just about gave up detecting and this thread coming back to life again, Now I have finished my little camper I might start going to a few rally's again. The MXT I bought has never been outside I just used it for mapping Coils detection fields in the House so it is as new and boxed, I also got out all the Coils and found I also have a pair of Covers for it and a new pair of Whites ProStar Headphones, After not using or even seeing the MXT for this last 7 or 8 years and seeing it today still says all is right with the world, It's hard not to like something that you have a history with, There's many a Good Story by Steve and Chris R here on the forum both of which had a real big hand in launching the first MXT E Series, And many members here have hit their first Gold with the MXT, Times change and things move on but despite it's 21 years ago since it's launch It is still as good as it ever was and still holds it's own, Much like the GPX on Gold or the Soverign Series on the Beach, We have been lucky to live and share the Good times with some of the most Iconic detectors in history,

G'day, The Original MXT you could buy a NiCad Pack for then Whites replaced that with the NiMh Pack But you could try and find the Battery Pack for the TDI SL because that is the same as the NiMh pack, BUT, I know they said the run time is around 35 to 40 Hours using ordinary batteries but the truth is the MXT will run for 57 to 65+++ hours on a set of Duracells OR you could just use ordinary NiMh AA'' and still get 20 to 35 Hours out of them, The MXT is voltage controlled so whether it is putting 12v or 9v the power output of the Detector remains the Same, So don't worry if you go out one day and the Voltage is reading 9.8v etc, I've seen mine go down to 8v+/-. Hope that helps, Good luck and let us know how you get On,👍

G'day Chris the MXT's being a simple knobs and switches Machine is simple to set up, Depending on the Ground as in how polluted it is with junk I keep it simple, 1) If there is a lot of junk I set the Ground to Track, 2) I Set the Gain to between 4 and 6 So when I Ground Balance it I lessen the Risk of Ground Balancing Out Metal or ground balancing to anything that could give me a false reading and pump the Coil 4 or 5 times and then Switch the Track Button to Lock, OR If you have the MXT Pro or All Pro then I leave the Ground Button set to Lock and just press the Grab Button and pump the Coil a few times and then release it, 3) For 99% of the time I use the Two Tone Relic Mode because it has a Slower S.A.T. Speed and it allows you to turn the Gain up Higher than any of the Other modes except the Prospecting mode and it Bleeps for Good and Grunts for Bad targets, 4) I set the Disc to close to 1.9 to around 2.3 MAX trying to keep the marker on the knob closer to the Number 2 as possible, 5) Then I turn the Gain up until it starts chattering and back it off a touch until you get to know the MXT so it smooths out the threshold, Once you get to know it then you can crank it up in to the noisey area of the Dial, 6) If the Ground is too Hot IE Minerals etc the MXT will make a sound like a Fog Horn and the Screen will say "Reduce Gain Lift Loop" so just lower your Gain a little until it no longer happens, Using these setting will get you up and running then it is just a matter of fine tuning the Gain to how you prefer to hunt, After that then you can practice the All Metal/ Prospecting Mode and well as learning how to use the 3rd Tone in the Standard Relic Mode as listed above then you will really see some depth, The MXT was / Is an old War Horse but it can still make good finds and will always put a smile on ya face and will put the fun back in to detecting, Sure we got all singing all dancing ones now but Old School still works Too. I still have a Brand New MXT All Pro still in the Box that I never used as well as a couple of Spare Battery Boxes, I also bought about 8+ Coils for mine from the tiny 4x6DD and the 5.3 Concentric right up to the 15" MXT Max Concentric Coil, It's a beast if you want to dig Monster Holes on larger target a few feet deep but even as big as it is, It can still see bits of lead weighing 0.02 and 0.03 grams, Anyways I hope that helps, Good Luck and have fun,👍

I still got a brand new never used Blue Box 5900 Pro, The person I bought it from bought it New and put it away pretty much like I have and It is still unused and they are extremely power for a VLF, and it has some good tricks up it's sleeve, You can ground balance out hot rocks or anything magnetic to where you get a slight whooshing sound and with a bit of fine Tuning you can make them Vanish, They are more powerful than anything we have today where what a modern machine can do with a 15/18" coil it will do it with the 950 coil so heaven knows what it will do with a 15" concentric fitted, The way we detech nower days you have either got to be power hungry to want the Blue box 5900 or have a spacific task for it to perform.