Programs - White's MX Sport User Manual

Display & Controls, cont.
Boost feature, which amplifies the audio responses of small
signals. Audio Boost is intended to achieve maximum precision
on weak signals, and is not well-suited for general searching.Re-
duced sensitivity is often needed to search bad ground conditions
or high electrical activity areas.
When the ground is highly mineralized (typically high iron), re-
duced sensitivity often increases detection depth. Finding the
level that provides for smooth, stable operation and easy target
identification is important to maximize performance. Few areas
will allow maximum sensitivity settings.
1. During normal searching, press the + button to increase
sensitivity; press the - button to decrease sensitivity. The MX
Sport provides quick and convenient up or down sensitivity
during use without accessing Options. The current sensitiv-
ity setting shows briefly where the VDI number normally is
displayed.
2. Sensitivity adjustment is not featured in Options, but only with
the + or - buttons when not in the Options mode.

PROGRAMS

A program is a complete selection of options for specific or tar-
geted metal detecting.
To select a Program:
1. Press Options and use the up & down arrows to select Pro-
gram.
2. Press + & - to select the highlighted program.
3. Press Options again to return to normal searching or wait for
it to time out (10–15 seconds).
Coin & Jewelry: This is the primary search program used for
general-purpose searching. When searching typical soil for coins,
jewelry, or any other precious metals, and trash metal rejection
is needed, Coin & Jewelry discriminates against (rejects) ferrous
(iron) objects and light foil. Discrimination can be customized in
the Coin & Jewelry mode; see Discrimination.
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Beach: The Beach program has features built in to ignore con-
ductive wet or salty soils. Use Beach anytime you are searching
a salt-water beach. And because many fertilizers are conduc-
tive when wet, heavily fertilized farm fields may also require the
Beach mode when they are wet. The Salt Track feature can be
added to any program using the Options feature. One may need
to add the Salt feature to the Relic mode in highly fertilized wet
fields, and/or to the Prospecting program when searching des-
ert alkali (salt) areas.
All Metal: Use the All Metal program to detect all metal types,
including iron/steel. Finding property markers, clearing nails
from a driveway, locating lost tools, relic-hunting when iron is of
interest are examples of when All Metal would be used. All Metal
is a superior search program compared to locking in the Pin-
point mode, which has electronic aids to help pinpoint that are
not ideal for general searching. All Metal does have optional VCO
audio so target size and strength influences the audio.
Relic: Optimized for searching encampments and abandoned
homesteads. Very little trash metal rejection.
High Trash: Some areas (especially public areas) have high
concentrations of trash. To productively search high trash areas
requires a higher degree of Discrimination (trash rejection). If
trash becomes an issue using one of the other programs, try
High Trash.
Prospecting: For gold nugget searching. Also great for prospect-
ing for other types of naturally occurring metals: copper, silver,
nickel, etc.
Pinpoint: Once the choice has been made to dig, press the
Threshold can be defined as a steady continuous background
hum. √/X button accesses the Pinpoint mode. Pinpoint is differ-
ent compared to an All Metal mode in that special features are
activated to aid in target centering. Pinpoint can be toggled in the
hunting mode with a quick press. Alternately, the button can be
held to keep the detector in pinpoint until the button is released.
Pinpoint mode is not recommended for general searching.
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