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Any advice to a new Explorer user...

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I'm getting ready to order a new Explorer 2 and I'm looking for any advice someone could offer me. I've hunted with a XLT for the past 10 years, just recently had a bad deal with a new DFX, so I sold the DFX and I'm going to buy an Explorer...
Thanks for any advice...
 
Don == I own a EXII that I bought this spring. Today, I had it out in a field that was once an Indian village and colonial residence. The detector drove me CRAZY. Every time I did my swings from side to side the EXII would worble, screech and go into contorsions. I tried every setting to get rid of the problem of its weird behavior and really started to think that I was under an old indian or colonial curse for detecting this site. Well, I finally figured it out--------- I just bought a new pair of rubber boots (it just stopped raining) And I was detecting the internal (metal) arch and toe guard of my boots at a good distance away from the coil. Really, I really like the EXII very much and have been doing well as a newby. Last week I found a real colonial era handwrought ax head.
 
Hey Fred...that's funny about the boots...but I know what you are talking about....A few years ago I had found a really hot spot for relics, I had got off work early one day and rushed home to get my detector and in my rush I forgot to change boots...this spot was about a half mile back in the woods, when I got there I had the same thing happen, the detector was picking up the steel toe boots...have you ever seen a guy back in the woods detecting in his socks...lol...I took the boots off and hunted in my socks, I found some nice relics that day though... <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
 
I remember Doc saying that with some coils it will even pick up your watch, rings or even you keys in you pocket. He was saying in those case where you want the max depth with no interference your best bet would detect naked. I dont know how long you could do this before the guys with the white coats put you in a rubber room.
Now about the Explorer. It take some time for some to understand the Explorer, so you will have to have a little patience like you did with the DFX. You will also have to learn what settings work the best for you and your area, but to begin with run the factory presets untill you understand it a bit as they will do wonders too.
Rick
 
To this permanent question I think we have to compose some LETTER TO NEWBIE with all main advises and link/publish it in a blogger or somebody's site. Hope Cody could do the main job as the most enthusiast here and we will add our comments and publish final result.
Regards/Dok-Ath
 
Don,
I was also an XLT user for 10 years and still have it, but have not used it since I got the Explorer II. The Explorer is a very powerful machine. It does have a significant learning curve and some are more suited for the challenge than others. In my case I was more than willing to dedicate the time an effort that is paying off for me. It is a heavy detector and could be a problem for some.
HH,
Glenn
 
Don't go out and hunt the old sites just yet. Go to a playground/park and hunt clad for awhile so as to get a little use under your belt. Also as some mentioned, use the factory preset. And you won't be
able to swing it as fast as the XLT. Slow down some
especially where the older/deeper targets are..
Have fun, Richardntn
 
Thanks for posts...I appreciate it. I'm picking up the Explorer on Thursday... <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
 
When I buy another EX II, I will get it with the 8" coil. Too much info a lot of times going on under the 10" coil. The 10" is good for relics but not so much so for coins.... Have fun, RichardnTn
 
Richard, Thanks for the advice...I'll probably be bothering you guys asking some dumb questions after I get it. I'am getting a 8" Sunray coil with it also. I relic hunt mostly and the camps I hunt are full of iron so I thought the 8" coil would be better for those areas.
I did find this coin yesterday while hunting a old house site with my Tejon with the 5.75 coil.
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The most important part of your detector is the portion betwen your ears. This takes time and practice but this will give you a great headstart
Take some fairly stiff cardboard, cut to identical sizes (~3"x5" but something stiffer than index cards).
Collect as many different coins as you can find. Even buy a couple older coins and tape them individually on one side of the cardboard. Find some poptop tabs, bottle caps (flatten a screw-on type), a rusty nail and other junk debris. If possible, find some gold objects to tape on to a card.
Also tape on some combination objects (like a dime and a nail with some seperation or a dime and a lead sinker) to hear what they sound like together. Use one card as a blank (nothing taped to it)too.
Shuffle the cards and spread them out on a clean piece of ground and learn to identify them by sound.
Buried coins and other ground conditions will alter some of these sounds but this drill will provide many of the basics. I will do this drill every now and then even though I have been hunting for a while.
HH Kestrel
 
IVE ONLY HAD MY EXPLORER II FOR TWO MONTHS. HAD A WHITE'S BEFORE THIS. YOUR IN FOR A SOLID ADVENTURE LEARNING THE MACHINE FIRST AND THEN BECOMING AWARE HOW MUCH BETTER THIS MACHINE IS TO OTHERS. IT ROCKS....I COMPARE IT TO TRYING TO SHOW MY MOM HOW TO SET UP THE VCR....
 
Just read the manual and watch the video supplied with your Minelab Ex2 and practice, practice, practice. And do come to the various forums for info and you'll be mastering the Ex2 in no time. I love this machine for it's versatility. Like one of your repliers said. This machine ROCKS!!!

Russ :shock HH
 
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