navydad721 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Having used this machine for years, I am curious if anyone here has experience with any settings other then presets, The places I hunt in are older and I would suspect more silvers should come out of the ground. Yes its a older machine and I dont drive much due to age. I just cant justify the expense of getting a new machine. Thanks in Advance !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 To many people tend to underrate old detectors. Your detector was one of the best in it times. All I can say is it will not be too much of a handicap in finding deep silver coins in the non discriminating mode, it did have the "bees knees" of discrimination of it's time and still worth using it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navydad721 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Thanks, it has served me well over the years. Good luck to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Talk to Monte. He knows this detector inside and out. This is his forum. https://www.ahrps.org/forums/list.php?2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locator Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 8:55 PM, navydad721 said: Having used this machine for years, I am curious if anyone here has experience with any settings other then presets, The places I hunt in are older and I would suspect more silvers should come out of the ground. Yes its a older machine and I dont drive much due to age. I just cant justify the expense of getting a new machine. Thanks in Advance !! Hello. Maybe that will help you a little. XLT sheet.pdf Good Luck & Have Fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pest Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 8:36 AM, Rick N. MI said: Talk to Monte. He knows this detector inside and out. This is his forum. https://www.ahrps.org/forums/list.php?2 Just my 2 1/3 bits.... For Me... Monte has been the greatest wealth of knowledge for many of the older lines of detectors... And he has a good grabb on the newest Tech as well... If memory serves me... Monte favors the smaller coils on the XLT... better target separation... and it goes deeper... There are custom programs galore for the XLT... Iv'e tried many over the years... used different sized coils... and adjusted the programs to suit... You know what I found???? Deep Aluminum.... Lol....(it's a west coast jersey thing) The best luck I've had finding good deep targets here in Jersey... with any of My XLT's... has been to choose "Coin and Jewelry" Don't adjust anything... and dig Everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 FSA - Unfortunately, Monte recently passed away. https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/forum/4-detector-prospector-forum/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geologyhound Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Look at preamp gain. I generally am only able to bump that by a couple notches before my XLT starts getting very twitchy. You can also look at mixed mode. That will give you the depth of the all metal mode and the discriminatory response of the AC mode when a target is within a depth range which can be discriminated. Otherwise you will hear the DC mode tell you there’s a target and no corresponding tone from the discriminating circuit may mean it is too deep to discriminate. In such instances, definitely check in pinpoint mode to see if the targets are larger than a point source. Also, slow down and overlap your sweeps by at least 50% because the shape of the detected area is a cone which narrows with depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pest Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 22 hours ago, Chase Goldman said: FSA - Unfortunately, Monte recently passed away. https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/forum/4-detector-prospector-forum/ Monte V. Berry passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, at age 73. https://www.lindquistmortuary.com/obituaries/monte-berry Good Lord... This happened so fast... his last post on his forum was April 12, 2023 08:28:PM... He was just telling the tale of his treasure boxes... https://www.ahrps.org/forums/read.php?4,31285,31285#msg-31285 I see many long time adventurers posting condolences https://www.ahrps.org/forums/list.php?25 I am absolutely stunned... I feel like its not real... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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