longbow62
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I did not know where would be the best place to ask this so I will try it here. I bought a Whites XLT new in 1998. It was pretty much state of the art at the time. I found stuff with it. Dug piles of trash most of the time though. I did find clad coins, a few silver coins, and one Indian Head. I never got close to mastering the machine, and it sat idle for years on end with me dusting it off occasionally only to get tired of digging mostly trash when I used it. I still use the stock programs to this day. I have taken up metal detecting again this time more seriously and while I still dig a lot of trash I am finding more coins now per hunt than I used to. I am now considering upgrading so here are my questions.
How much do I have to spend to get a detector considerably better than my XLT? I am pretty sure I paid more for it in 1998 than say the mid level AT Pro cost now. Even the MX Sport which I am interested in seems to have less features although I am not currently using the features on the XLT to my advantage. I will not be spending more than $1,000 just for a detector when I do upgrade. Are the mid level machines today leaps and bounds better than the old Whites XLT I paid about the same amount for? The XLT is the only detector I have ever used so I have no idea what the mid level machines today will do. Are they deeper? Do they discriminate better?
How much do I have to spend to get a detector considerably better than my XLT? I am pretty sure I paid more for it in 1998 than say the mid level AT Pro cost now. Even the MX Sport which I am interested in seems to have less features although I am not currently using the features on the XLT to my advantage. I will not be spending more than $1,000 just for a detector when I do upgrade. Are the mid level machines today leaps and bounds better than the old Whites XLT I paid about the same amount for? The XLT is the only detector I have ever used so I have no idea what the mid level machines today will do. Are they deeper? Do they discriminate better?