Instructions – White’s Electronics MXT Pro User Manual

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Chapter MXT Pro Quick Start

Instructions

With the MXT Pro properly assembled and the batteries installed,

follow the instructions below to start finding valuables!

1. Set the Ground Balance Toggle to the Ground position for

normal dirt, Salt position for saltwater beaches or alkali desert

regions when wet.

2. Set the Trigger Switch (under the handgrip) to the center (Pri-

mary Search) position.

3. Set the MODE toggle to the position that best describes your

searching desire, Coin & Jewelry, Relic, or Prospecting.

4. Set the DUAL CONTROL to the DISC ring “ Triangle” for Coin

& Jewelry and Relic Mode or to the SAT ring “Triangle” for the

Prospecting Mode.

5. Turn the GAIN control clockwise until the power clicks “ON”.

Rotate the GAIN control clockwise to “Triangle”.

6. Adjust the THRESHOLD control until you hear a soft threshold

“hum” (faint sound).

7. Lower the search coil to the ground, then “pump” the coil up

and down 2” - 4” a couple of times and the MXT Pro will balance

or track out the ground mineralization, indicated by a steady

threshold hum.

8. Begin searching, swinging the search coil in wide sweeps that

overlap each other 50% as near the ground surface as possible,

scrubbing grass, a half-inch above rocky or ruff surfaces, listening

for solid repeatable “beeps” over multiple search coil passes.

9. Once a solid repeatable “beep” has been located over several

search coil passes; consult the display information, squeeze and

hold the Trigger switch (on the handgrip) and “+” the area (Coin

& Relic) noting the largest bar blocks and the shallow depth

indicates target center. Dig targets with good sound over multiple

search coil passes, good display indication, and consider (Coin &

Relic) depth as another likely clue as to target value.

10. If you experience instability (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 (counter-

clockwise) slightly and try again. It is normal to hear minor but

noticeable fluctuations in the THRESHOLD “hum” as the MXT

Pro tracks out the ground mineralization and rejects trash metals

particularly noticeable at higher GAIN settings.

When operating in the Prospecting Mode, if experiencing

instability false signals first try reducing the Gain and/or increas-

ing the SAT speed (DUAL Control). SAT speeds as high as HY-

PERSAT may be necessary in some ground conditions. If Gain

and SAT adjustments do not smooth performance, then switch to

the TRAC Lock position.

* SPECIAL NOTICE

If you attempt to demonstrate or test the

MXT Pro 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 Pro

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 at-

tempt 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 Pro with targets while

in TRAC Ground or Salt positions must

be done in or on the ground.