1st week with XS

[Anonymous]

Well after 1 week Ive managed to dig a few things with my explorer. I've hunted with both the 8 and the 10 1/2 coils. I been using advanced setting, audio#2, Ferrous, with sen. set to 25, gain 7,variability 10, iron mask @15. Ive managed to get 8 flat and 2 eagle buttons, a scabard tip,numerous wheat pennies and my first Conn.1786 copper. I used a XLT for several years in mixed mode and found a lot of stuff.I must say I've been real impressed with the discrimination with the explorer and dont dig as many bad targets as with the whites. I mainly relic hunt for civil war items, since I live by South mountain and Antienam Any suggestions for a good relic program? I believe I prefer the 8 to the factory coil. Any suggestions for better relic settings?

 

[Anonymous]

Seems like you have had it a week and have tried
all the settings, well your running at full speed
and don't know where you are going...My advice is to use quickstart for a month or so until you get the hang of it, of course minor changes can be made to your program to fit your needs. Not a relic hunter so can give you no advice along those lines..My feeling for relics the stock 10.5 coil would give you more depth and coverage. Of course maybe you are a quick learner and the above advice is not applicable, but I am sure most would agree, being in the advanced mode after a week is a bit quick. Again do whatever works for you...as maybe I am slow....

 

[Anonymous]

Herb -
You aren't getting responses because your settings look pretty good.
DEEP Recovery mode shoud be on if it isn't already
Sensativity should be set to MANUAL. The auto mode really can cost you some depth.
Why do you like the 8" coil better? Just curious.
Tim

 

[Anonymous]

Deep mode is on, fast off, Sen. is set to manual. Usually a lot of Iron and trash in the places I hunt so just better target separation with the 8 in coil. I plan to hunt the areas again with the 10 1/2 just to be sure. Man is that 10 1/2 heavy.

 

[Anonymous]

I have been trying to use Manual more of late,but,Thought I would tell you,Golddigger uses Auto 32,and has 391 silver coins this year,so far,which you probably already knew that.
I have found on some coins,when I get a decent signal in Auto,I have switched to Manual and the signal breaks up.If you (Not you,I mean in general)try and use too much manual Sens can reduce depth in certain conditions.

 

[Anonymous]

Ric -
I just don't trust it. At least not yet. Here, in part, is why... You will need to do an air test.
Run your sens down to 1 with auto on. Check how far way it will identify a penny.
Now kill auto and go to manual sens - check the distance. If your results are like mine, it is apparent that the auto setting doesn't play by the rules; it is clearly exceeding the maximum (1) level of sensitivity.
Using the 8" coil on manual, I can detect the penny at 1.5 to 2 inches or so. When I use auto, the range is more than double that.
I don't know why the XS does this. I do know that it makes the LEARN mode a real pain in the behind <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="">
I do agree with you, too much sensitivity will ruin your day. I have scaled way back, and tend to run at 24 sensitivity. The depth meter is accurate enough and the depth is super. The x1 doesn't go crazy, either, so it has become my preferred level of sensitivity.
There are two other reasons that I stay in manual. First, if the XS would at least report the level of sensitivity selected (and I know it changes), I would be happier. It would let me evaluate what was going on which would in turn let me make an intelligent decision about how to handle things. I mean, it would be somewhat nice to know that the XS has reduced sensitivity to 10 for some reason - I'd at least know to concentrate on an area that wasn't so noisy.
The final reason I prefer manual mode is because I like every thing to be the same. I have gradually come up with a range of settings that seem to perform very well for me.
Yeah, 391 silver coins is pretty hard to argue with. However, I don't think that switching to auto is going to net me many more silver coins, certainly not enough to rival that total!
I am out in the rural Mid-West. The largest town in the area, Columbia, has a no digging rule in all their many parks. The University of Missouri has doesn't allow it all. It is about a two hour drive to any place with a population in excess of 50,000. More people = more money and it is as simple as that.
Anyhow, it has been a long time since I have used auto. I'll give it a go again next time out. I left it on after making sure my air test information was still the same.
Tim