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Chapter 3 MXT Quick Start
Quick Start
Instructions
With the MXT properly assembled and the
batteries installed, follow the instructions below to
start finding treasures!
Set the Ground Balance Toggle to the
Ground position. "
▼
"
Set the Trigger Switch (under the hand
grip) to the center (Primary Search)
position.
Set the MODE toggle to the position that
best describes your searching desire,
Coin & Jewelry, Relic, or Prospecting.
Set the DUAL CONTROL to the DISC
ring "
▼
" for Coin & Jewelry and Relic
Mode or to the SAT ring "
▼
" for
Prospecting Mode.
Turn the GAIN control clockwise until the
power clicks "ON". Rotate the GAIN
control clockwise to "
▼
".
Adjust the THRESHOLD control until you
hear a soft threshold "hum" (faint sound).
Lower the search coil to the ground, then
“pump” the coil up and down 2"-4" a
couple of times and Fast AutoTrac will
automatically balance or track out the
ground mineralization.
Start swinging the search coil in wide
sweeps that overlap each other as near the
ground surface as possible.
If you experience false signals or constant
beeping or popping and you are not near
common sources of electrical interference,
set TRAC to LOCK and/or reduce GAIN
(counterclockwise) slightly and try again.
It is normal to hear very slight fluctuations
in the THRESHOLD “hum” as the MXT
tracks out the ground mineralization.
When operating in the Prospecting Mode,
first try reducing the Gain and/or increasing
the SAT speed. SAT speeds as high as
HYPERSAT may be necessary in some
ground conditions. If Gain and SAT
adjustments do not smooth performance,
then switch to the Trac Lock position.
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* SPECIAL NOTICE
* SPECIAL NOTICE
* SPECIAL NOTICE
* SPECIAL NOTICE
* SPECIAL NOTICE
If you attempt to demonstrate or test the
MXT by waving targets in the air in front
of the search coil, it is ESSENTIAL to
have the GROUND BALANCE toggle in
the Lock position, NOT Ground or Salt.
This is necessary, for when the MXT is in
the Ground or Salt positions, the search
coil must SEE ground while it is passing
over the target or it will think that the
target IS ground and will attempt to track
it out. This is the case in all MODEs.
You may, however, demonstrate the fast
ground balancing feature of Ground or
Salt by waving or pumping a mineralized
rock in the air in front of the search coil.
Testing the MXT with targets while in
TRAC Ground or Salt positions must be
done in or on the ground.
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