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About the Explorer XS...
I am running with the following settings...
Sensativity: 28
Discrim: As IRON MASK -8
Audio: Audio 1
Gain: 7
Sound Variability: 10
Detection Mode: Deep
When I use this, I get a lot of repeatable targets that "bounce" all over the display, which is probably due in part to the sensativity level being so high.
I have dug a number of repeatable targets to a depth of at least 12 inches, probably closer to 14, and have gotten skunked on a number of them. This tends to happen when there are a multitude of nearby targets.
So, I have taken to digging only the targets that are fairly stable on the display and I have had good results. I dug three pennies ranging from 9 to 12 inches in depth. While they weren't old, it was still rewarding to get down that far with positive results.
So, my question is this... What makes you dig? Do you pass on the unstable targets, or do you get in there and dig anything that could be a coin?
Also, how do you pinpoint when they are really deep? I am using an X method, marking the center when the tone reaches it's loudest volume. The handful of DEEP but empty holes I have dug is why I am asking.
Thanks!
Tim
 
gotta be careful your not leaving coins deeper than your digging.. mostly its quality of tone that tells me to dig, I can almost always tell an iron false.. I do not run my senitivity over 26 ever, and dig deep coins.. more or less if I am getting a soft high tone from at least one angle in doth directions fairly solid I dig.. you should get an x1 probe, it helps with the iffy ones.. after digging a plug and sticking the probe in it goes null you can almost be sure its iron.. if your deep and the signal seems loud its either falses from deep iron or the target is off the side of the hole.. I run at 6 gain with the large coil as I can use the depth guage along with volume of the signal and pinpoint size to see if it all matches to what a coin at that depth should sound like
 
Jim -
Thanks for the tips. Everyone here sounds happy with the x1 probe. I had been considering an 8.5 inch coil, but it sounds like it might be worth investing in the probe.
I will try backing off on sensitiviy (from 28 down to 26) and I will bump the gain down too. I just need to get a feel for it, and making the XS easier to work with, but still in the zone, should help a lot.
Thanks a lot for your response!
Tim
 
I use the 8 inch and never have any trouble finding the target.And i dont use the probe.
 
Yeah, I am going to get an 8 inch coil at some point.
My real problem is with fringe targets. It seems like the 10.5 inch coil detects items that are not under it and when this happens it also isn't very good about IDing the item.
For example, today I was working a pasture. I kept getting a solid coin reading. I dug a hole. Still getting the signal, I widened the hole until I found a rusty chunk of metal. Once it was gone, I no long had a target. An it was not under the coil, being perhap an inch away.
In fairness to Minelab, we have gotten a lot of rain and I was running at sensativity level 25. Probably not wise. After that, I dropped to 22 and everything was good again.
Tim
 
When you get a signals thats iffy make sure that its fairly close in pinpoint to where your hearing it in disc,, they all tend to hit on iron off to the sides.. If I think its more than 3 inches off I dont usually mess with it unless it really sounds like a good target.. Sometimes if I het one that sounds good in disc, and in pinpoint a target is nearby I use pinpoint and dig the junk target out of the way then recheck the one I hear in disc to see if its still there.. large iron near coins will over power the pinpoint sometimes and make it seem like nothing there when there really is.. Its one of the reasons I wish the explorer had a motion pinpoint feature as well.. much easier to hear close targets in all metal
 
Jim -
Yeah, I have developed a different approach. As of late, I have been working around the target trying to locate and account for any additional targets.
If I have multiple targets, I work it until I get them all isolated and then I try to dig the good one. Since I am still a newbie, I then dig all the trash, just to make sure that I am not fooling myself.
It is pretty awesome to pick out a coin surrounded by 2 pieces of iron and a pulltab. I will be glad when I get to the point that I have complete confidence in knowing what the XS is trying to tell me.
Tim
 
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