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Minelab XT 17000 tips, settings, questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Bluecurrant" data-source="post: 321980" data-attributes="member: 9605"><p>I'm after some advice on my xt 17000. I finally paned my first bit of gold. It is 0.01grams!!. <img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/9605/1491887189_rps20170411_150554_123.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I haven't picked up any gold yet with the detector accept junk. So I thought I would place the gold on the pan to see if could pick it up. It picked it up on 32khz. But not on 6.4 ghz. I also Burried it a couple of cm's down, only a little sound change on 32ghz but still nothing on 6.4 ghz. The settings are Sound normal. Soil difficult. Disc all metal. Threshold a little back from full colckwise. Sensitivity full. Volume full. I retrieved these info from the owners manual. The coil I'm using is a 8 inch minelab gold search coil. <img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/9605/1491887401_1491887371069-1905433485.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />. I'm only new to detecting. Is it worth taking it somewhere to see if it is working or is it my lack of experience understanding the detector. Any advice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluecurrant, post: 321980, member: 9605"] I'm after some advice on my xt 17000. I finally paned my first bit of gold. It is 0.01grams!!. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/9605/1491887189_rps20170411_150554_123.jpg[/img]I haven't picked up any gold yet with the detector accept junk. So I thought I would place the gold on the pan to see if could pick it up. It picked it up on 32khz. But not on 6.4 ghz. I also Burried it a couple of cm's down, only a little sound change on 32ghz but still nothing on 6.4 ghz. The settings are Sound normal. Soil difficult. Disc all metal. Threshold a little back from full colckwise. Sensitivity full. Volume full. I retrieved these info from the owners manual. The coil I'm using is a 8 inch minelab gold search coil. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/9605/1491887401_1491887371069-1905433485.jpg[/img]. I'm only new to detecting. Is it worth taking it somewhere to see if it is working or is it my lack of experience understanding the detector. Any advice [/QUOTE]
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