XP Metal Detectors GOLD MAXX Power User manual

Contents pages
Introduction...................................................... 2
Description ....................................................... 5
Assembly .......................................................... 6
Alkaline or Rechargeable Batteries,
Battery Life, Battery Low Alert........................ 8
Controls .......................................................... 10
Start I/0, Sensitivity ......................................................... 10
Iron Threshold................................................................... 11
Ground ............................................................................ 12
Silencer............................................................................ 13
FREQ. SHIFT. ................................................................... 14
Iron Volume...................................................................... 15
Multi Tones Informations ............................... 16
Detecting Techniques ................................... 18
Care Instructions............................................ 19
Trouble Shooting Problems............................ 21
Advice to Detectorists .................................. 22
Specifications................................................. 23
XP Accessories .............................................. 24
Warranty conditions
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INTRODUCTION 1
CONGRATULATIONS ON PURCHASING AN XP METAL DETECTOR
AND WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF RESEARCH AND
EXPLORATION!
You have invested in a high tech detector with extreme performance, designed and
developed in France. Therefore, you are taking part in the development of the
research in the field of metal detecting undertaken by our company, we thank you
for that.
Gold Maxx Power is an exceptional detector to find small targets in
difficult type of soil (mineralized*).
Its frequency (18 kHz), makes it a very sensitive to targets that are
usually very difficult to detect, like hammered coins, gold nuggets,
minims and all other small objects.
The development of the Gold Maxx, Gold Maxx Power has led to the
inclusion of a new circuit board with specially optimised
specifications. This new powerful circuit board combining
performance and choice – two aspects which are usually very
difficult to bring together.
9faster target detection through the use of new, more
discriminating analogue filters. It will therefore be easier for you
to pinpoint targets in iron infested areas.
9The transmitter of the wireless WS1 headphones is now
integrated on your detector's circuit board. You can therefore
now use your new optional wireless WS1 2 Channel headphones
without having to change parts to change channels.
9The IRON THRESHOLD potentiometer enables you to adjust the
iron level setting threshold to a low tone.
9The new FREQ. SHIFT switch gives you the option of choosing
between two working channels for the wireless WS1 headphones
– channel 1 or channel 2 – and between two detection
frequencies – Freq 1 or Freq 2 – for your detector. You can then
search for targets in the same area as another XP detector
without any interference issues.
With the Gold Maxx Power you will find more than gold !
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INTRODUCTION
You will find it much easier to adjust the controls to optimise your
search technique to the type of area you are searching in, thanks to
the Multi-Tone mode with setting of the low tone (IRON LEVEL) and
the rocker threshold.
We chose instantaneous sound signalling, rather than an LCD display
because of the extraordinary ability of the human ear to analyse
compared to an LCD display.
LCD displays cannot respond in real time and do not capture weak
signals that are too brief or too close to other signals
Gold Maxx Power sound signalling provides real-time output of
the most imperceptible signal.
Gold Maxx Power is fitted with a new DD 9” (22.5cm) carbon fibre
search head with a more robust coil cover.
Our high sensibility "double D" search coils, provide very good ground
penetration.
The optional elliptical 5” x 10” search coil will improve the selectivity
on iron infested areas,this is the best complementary coil for the Gold
Maxx Power.
The Gold Maxx Power search heads are not compatible
with those of other XP detectors
because of their specific frequency (18kHz).
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INTRODUCTION
You will appreciate the sturdiness and the manufacturing quality of our
equipment. Because a metal detector is generally used in extreme
conditions, we have given full attention to the most sensitive parts.
Gold Maxx Power is been developed and manufactured with quality
components and material, thus ensuring your XP detector a maximum
useful life.
•Connector XP : designed to resist movement failures,
moulded, completely waterproof, gold contacts (30 μgold
plated)
•New Cable, double electromagnetic shield, very resistant,
designed to resist movement failures.
•Robust, waterproof and lightened search coil,
•Very resistant polypropylene armrest,
•3 Piece stem
•Fibreglass lower stem.
•Provided with Hipmount bag, backphone and coil cover.
GOLD MAXX Power
is high performance detector specially designed
to give you greater ease of use.
Before using your detector for the first time, we
recommend that you read this instruction manual
carefully in order to make full use of its abilities.
* We use the term “mineralized” soil to refer to soil that is naturally iron infested or has
become infested due to intense human occupancy (ferrous debris or pottery). The term
does not include seawater (salt water) , which is not magnetic but is conductive.
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DESCRIPTION
1 - Robust, waterproof search coil. Diam.9” (22.5 cm), provided
with coil cover.
2 – Fibreglass Nut and Bolt
3 - Fibreglass lower stem
4 – Double Twist lock
5 - Comfortable foam handle
6 - Impact resistant polypropylene armrest
7 - Strong cable, designed to resist movement failures.
8 - ABS electronics box. For maximum comfort, the box is worn
hipmounted. It can also be fixed to the armrest thanks to slides
specially designed for that purpose or on the shaft thanks to the
accessory XP-100.
9 - Waterproof connector, metal and plastic.
10 - Headphones FX-01
11 - Hipmount bag.
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ASSEMBLY
The assembly of your detector will only take you a few seconds.
Put the shaft together as shown on the diagram.
1. Press the 2 shafts (3) and (5) one towards the other to help the
spring clips (4) locate themselves.
2. The twist lock (6) is used to stop the movement of the
fiberglass tube (7) inside the aluminium shaft (5). Release it
before inserting the fiberglass tube and then lock it without
forcing too much as shown on the diagram 9 once it is inserted
to the right length.
3. Put the 2 rubber washers on each side of the plastic end (8).
To facilitate the insertion you can dampen the rubber washers.
Insert the plastic end on the search head an screw the nylon
bolt through the hole, lastly attaching the nylon nut.
4. Wind the cable around the shaft.
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5. Le boîtier (1) se porte sous le repose-
bras. Pour le fixer, il suffit d’insérer les 2
ailettes du repose-bras dans les glissières du
boîtier prévues à cet effet (schéma ci-
contre).

ASSEMBLY 3
6. Once the control box in place under the
armrest, insert the connector (female) (2) in
its panel connector (male), lock it, the
connector is now watertight.
The control box is now fixed under the armrest
as indicated on the opposite diagram
LDisassembling
To remove the control box from the armrest, proceed as indicated
below.
Put your hands around the control box and
press slightly with your thumbs on the side of
the armrest 1.
Whilst you keep the pressure on, slip the
armrest off, and remove completely the
control box from the armrest2.
LOptional accessory
With this optional accessory (XP
– 100) you can fix the
electronic box on the shaft in
front of the handle.
The hipmount bag provided with your detector can allow you protect
your detector from rain when the electronic box is fix on the shaft or
on the armrest.
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ALKALINE OR
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY, BATTERY
LIFE, BATTERY LOW
ALERT 4
ALKALINE
BATTERIES____________________________
GOLD MAXX Power powered with 12 volts from
8 AA Alkaline batteries using 2 batteries holders,
4 batteries each.
Pay close attention to the battery ± polarity
before inserting the batteries holders in the
electronic box.
The metal rivets (3) of the batteries holder must
be on the right. Screw the nuts 1 and 2 to close
the batteries lid.
In the event of nonprolonged use,
remove the alkaline batteries from the detector.
BATTERIES
N I M H _________________________________
A rechargeable battery pack and a charger will allow you to power
your detector.
The insertion of the rechargeable battery pack is similar to the Alkaline
batteries pack.
Recharging the batteries can be done in a very simple way:
Always turn off the detector before recharging batteries.
Remove the search coil connector of the electronic box and
insert the charger instead. 12 to 18 hours are necessary to
have a full recharge.
Avoid leaving the batteries recharging for more than 20 hours.
WARNING! Before inserting your charger, check that you are not
recharging Alkaline batteries.
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ALKALINE OR
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY, BATTERY
LIFE, BATTERY LOW
ALERT 4
BATTERY
LIFE __________________________________
Alkaline batteries about 50 hours with headphones.
Batteries NiMh about 40 hours with headphones.
BATTERY LOW ALERT __________________________
When the battery voltage is too low to power the detector, you will
hear a series of beeps like an alarm.
You must change the batteries soon.
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CONTROLS 5
START
I/O, SENSITIVITY ___________________________
Turn the machine on with the SENSITIVITY I/O control.
You will hear some quick "beeps" which will tell you
that the detector is correctly operating.
Then you can detect.
Avoid testing your detector inside your house or in shops
because you can encounter a lot of metallic and
electromagnetic pollution (reinforced concrete, metallic girder
and fluorescent lights).
The control also enables you to adjust the sensitivity of your detector.
The sensitivity level determines the depth of detection and the stability
of your machine. It can be adjusted to suit the environment so as not
to be plagued with false signals.
Please note that this new detector has a more advanced
SENSITIVITY setting compared to previous GOLD MAXX model,
enabling you to make gradual adjustments to help alleviate false
signals.
The range of adjustments has been widened to offer more
sensitive adjustments at the top end of the range.
You should therefore not be surprised if you have to lower the
potentiometer settings on bad ground. The performance of the
machine will not diminish.
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CONTROLS 5
IRON
THRESHOLD________________________________
The Gold Maxx Power is still "multi-tone" detectors,
but users can now adjust the iron level setting by using
the IRON THRESHOLD potentiometer.
This potentiometer can be viewed as a detection
setting with a range only covering iron. It has fine-
tuning settings ranging from 0 to 20.
At 0, all iron sounds at medium pitch. The higher the
setting, the lower the pitch for detected iron.
This, for example, enables small nails just to be picked up at a low
pitch, whereas larger ones will be detected at medium pitch.
As you will doubtless already know, too high a level of
discrimination can hinder the performance of a detector.
This setting was previously only arbitrarily preset to be suited to the
majority of users. But most of the time, beginners do not want iron
to register on their machines, whereas more advanced users prefer
to have this detection option to make it easier to pinpoint coins on
difficult terrain.
Use the Auto mode if you do not wish to trouble you
about the parameter setting of this potentiometer, it will
allow you to have a comfortable rejection of ferrous.
By default, the Gold Maxx Power is a triple-tone
detector, but users can set it to double tone
mode using a SILENCER switch:
Switch the SILENCER from position I to position II twice
within the space of two seconds. Your machine will
then be in Double-Tone LOW / MEDIUM mode, or in
MEDIUM Mono-Tone mode if the IRON THRESHOLD
potentiometer is set at minimum.
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CONTROLS 5
GROUND______________________________
With this control you can correct ground effects
and more accurately reject ferrous minerals or any
pottery containing iron oxides.
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If you are prospecting on grounds loaded with
magnetic stones, it might be a good idea to keep
a sample of these stones on you to adjust your detector before
detecting this type of ground. You only need to move a magnetic
stone in front of the search coil turning slowly the GROUND
control from left to right so as to obtain a total rejection of the
stone.
If the mineralization is too scattered, sweep the head on the
ground and turn the control progressively from left to right in
order to get good stable detector. On mineralised grounds, these
procedures will optimise your searches.
For maximum depth detection, do not turn this setting
towards the right more than necessary. The red arrow
indicates a basic position suitable for most ground.

CONTROLS 5
SILENCER________________________________
The silencer can limit false signals caused by iron. Use
position I or II if you desired a quieter search. Silencer in
position II will allow to get used to Gold Maxx Power
faster and will improve iron rejection.
0 : Silencer OFF
I : Silencer (advised position)
II : Silencer X 2
Silencer in position O or I will enable you to find the decent targets
which are close to ferrous targets.
Position I or II is also a very useful setting in the Multi-Tone mode,
since it increases the detector's ability in the detection of ferrous
objects and reduces its differences between low and medium pitches.
By default, the Gold Maxx Power is a triple-tone
detector, but users can set it to double tone
mode using a SILENCER switch:
Switch the SILENCER from position I to position II twice
within the space of two seconds. Your machine will
then be in Double-Tone LOW / MEDIUM mode, or in
MEDIUM Mono-Tone mode if the IRON THRESHOLD
potentiometer is set at minimum.
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CONTROLS 5
FREQ.
SHIFT.__________________________
The FREQ. SHIFT switch eliminates
interference which would otherwise be
caused between two XP detectors used
within close proximity of each other.
It can act on two settings simultaneously:
the working frequency of your detector:
9Freq1 ou Freq 2
the wireless WS1 2 Channel headphone output channel:
9CH1 ou CH2
How to use the FREQ. SHIFT. switch.
If you are working ALONE without your wireless WS1 headphones:
it is better to use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on the middle setting: DETECT Freq1 / WS1 OFF position
The wireless WS1 headphone output will be switched off and therefore not
use up power. The detector will be set on frequency 1.
If you are working ALONE with your wireless WS1 headphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on a low setting: DETECT Freq 1 / WS1 CH2 position
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position
You should also consider adjusting the input channel of the wireless WS1 2
Channel headphones on the earpiece. Simultaneously hold down the ±
buttons for five seconds. See the wireless WS1 2 Channel headphones user
manual for more information.
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CONTROLS 5
If you are working WITH A PARTNER without the WS1 headphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on the middle setting: DETECT Freq1 / WS1 OFF position on
YOUR device.
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position on your
partner's device, even if they are not using a wireless WS1
headset.
If you are working WITH A PARTNER, with the wireless WS1 headphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT
9on a low setting: DETECT Freq 1 / WS1 CH2 position for YOUR
device
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position for your
partner's device.
In any event, please refer to the wireless WS1 2 Channel
headphones user manual before use.
IRON LEVEL____________________________
This control allows you to adjust the audio
level of the low tone (iron signals).
•Min. = iron detection is
deactivated.
•Max. = the low tone (iron object)
will have an equivalent level to the Medium/High tones.
•Intermediate levels will allow you to adapt to the various
ground conditions.
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MULTI-TONE 6
INFORMATIONS
In Multi-Tone mode the signal tones vary depending upon the object
found. The pitch of signal depends upon conductivity, the higher the
conductivity, the higher the pitch.
Iron has a very special signature that can be recognised easily. We
have assigned it a low-pitched sound together with a volume setting
(IRON LEVEL) so that you can make the tone more or less conspicuous.
assigned to iron).
This operating mode allows for improved analysis and understanding of
the detected area, e.g. in order to find areas of former human
occupancy. It also facilitates recognition of large ferrous objects (such
as old weapons). Everybody will find a use for it.
Certain types of moist ground with a low mineral content
may also trigger a low-pitched sound. The IRON LEVEL
setting may reduce or entirely eliminate that phenomenon
related to the 18 kHz detector frequency.
On certain types of ground, especially those contaminated by
copper sporting rifle cartridges or little pieces of aluminum foil, Gold
Maxx Power will can signal the presence of debris by means of a
medium-pitched tone, whereas as decent targets will trigger a high-
pitched sound. It is up to the user to decide whether or not to dig,
depending on how promising the area is, the type of target he or
she is looking for and the density of rubbish, since certain small
"decent" targets, such as very small coins, may also trigger a
medium sound.
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MULTI-TONE
INFORMATIONS
In addition to these three basic tones, Gold Maxx Power has
another advantageous feature : it can produce several different
tones simultaneously for targets in intermediate categories. Your ear
will eventually grow accustomed to this abundance of sounds.
Certain medium-sized ferrous masses that are usually hard to
identify are signaled by a simultaneous low/medium/high pitch
(except for very large ferrous masses, of course, which generate a
high pitch). It takes a little bit of practice to accustom your ear to
the various tones.

DETECTING
TECHNIQUES 7
Gold Maxx Power is a motion detector, which means that a target
detection can be carried out only when the search coil is moving.
When you detect an area, it is important to sweep with the head as
close as possible to the ground with wide movements, but not
making contact with the ground.
Keep the head parallel to the ground following the relief as much as
possible.
To pinpoint a target, use quick crossed sweeps,
with the coil over the target taking note of where
the strongest audio signal is received.
The exact location of the target is under the
centre line of the search coil from front to back
and can then be determined by ‘x ing’.
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CARE 8
INSTRUCTIONS
Our detectors are designed to be as robust as possible, however, like
any electronic precision instrument, they require some care.
The XP search coil cable has been designed so as to resist long term
movement. However you should take some precautions and prolong
the life of your detector :
Öto remove the connector from the control box, it is important never
to pull the cable but the connector.
ÖIt is important to leave enough slack at the bottom of the cable near
the coil to allow for adjusting the coil angle without placing strain on the
coil.
ÖIt is important not to replace the Velcro with tape as this will centre
the movement on one single part of the cable.
Öwhen the box is hipmounted, put it on your side or on your back in
order not to fold the cable of the connector when you lean forward.
(Diagram 1)
Öwhen the box is hipmounted, to prevent strain on cable and
connector, you should slide the cable through the hipmount bag belt
strap. Diagram 2
Schéma 2
Schéma 1
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