I got my X-5 about two weeks ago, and have been able to get out several times. First thought, man is this thing small. I can see why some may not like it. You have to slow way down, or you will miss a lot. To get through this mentally, I had to picture small areas as squares. I would then grid that square, and move onto the next one. I felt this made it easier rather than randomly searching around.
I was quite impressed with the depth. I was digging targets in the 4-5 range as a rule. I dug one solid copper penny at 7.5 I was very happy with those #s In an old farm field I dug an iron nut about the size of a half dollar down 10.5
Seperation was good, although I'm not sure I can totally comment on that now. I do feel like I had an edge over the 6X8 SEF and 11 pro coil.
I am able to run it much hotter than my Pro coil in the same area. I think this will be a nice trade off, as far as depth is concerned. When I found that big iron nut I was at 30 manual sens.
It did seem to iron false a little more ( I'm not sure if is because it locks on to smaller targets) i'm hoping this is the case when it comes to small silver.
The VDI #'s seemed a little skewed higher. On one target, I was totally gooned. I was getting a hard 11/12 47/48 Thought it was silver....ended up being a solid copper penny@ 4. I rechecked the hole thinking spill....nothing.... That only happened the one time.
All in all I like it. I hope to get out more this week, as our temps are rising and most of the snow is gone. HH, Dan