Be honest - Have you ever..............:unsure:

[LFarthing42]

I hadn't...until I started reading this forum more and paying attention to what Bryce was posting about sounds and little things to listen and watch for in most of his posts. Bryce you have helped me a lot with tips and hints you post. Thank you.

Thank you to others as well who give bits of hints on their posts. You are all appreciated.

I still haven't dug a 10" dime yet but I have found one at 9" and it was very distinct although not a "textbook" signal so if I pass over one with the coil I think I will be able to pick it up.

Thanks to you all on this forum for the good reads many of you post.

 

[Marc in Va]

I have been swinging my trusty Explorer XS since 2000 and I have learned everything there is to know and every sound it makes. Yes I have dug many dimes and other coins at 10+ inches. As many people have stated, there are many factors to consider. My deep coin finds have come from the best non mineralized ground. In many areas the soil conditions just dont permit coins to sink that deep or the mineralization reduces the Explorers depth capabilities. I have heard many people complain that they cant seem to dig deep coins and these are two a good reasons why. I know this next statement goes against common belief but I swear that my XS picks up coins deeper when the soil is dry. I have seen many subtle mistakes by Explorer users. I cant stress enough that you must swing very slow. Another reason many people dont hear the deep coins is they swing with the coil too high off the ground. You must scrub the ground to get the best deepest results. The Explorer simply does not like air space. This is why coin finds tend to be deeper on the beach. You dont have 2, 3, or even 4 inches of grass seperating your coil from the actual ground. Thats 2, 3, or 4 inches of lost depth potential. This is why I scrub the grass. I actuall like to put a little down pressure on my swings when swinging in grass. Yea it isnt easy and can wear you out after a long day of detecting but the rewards are real deep coins and relics. The other factor is the settings a person uses. You should never run in semi auto because you will loose depth. Set your sensitivity to manual and run it just below unstable. If you have it set up just right then you will hear a small amount of chatter or falsing but the nice "round" deep coin sound will be unmistakable. Other settings I use are Deep on, Fast off and I run as little discrimination as the site will allow. Most of the time my smartscreen is mostly wide open. If there are alot of nails then I will add some discrim to blank out a little of the screen on the left. Everything else should just be left to the ear and then the cursor on the screen. And finally, headphones make alot of difference when after the deep coins. The Koss phones are OK but they let in too much outside noise and do not enhance target signals. I use Grey Ghost Backwoods. If you dont hear a signal with these headphones then there simply isnt a target there. Everyone has their own way of setting up and swinging their Explorer. After 12 years and several thousand hours with my Explorer, this is what works for me.

Marc

 

[EtracTom-AdirondacksNY]

Marc your exactly right I forgot about that just assumed most know to hunt with the coil to the soil. Very important points made there.

 

[sgoss66]

Guess that's why everyone who is an Explorer "expert" says "slow and low..."

Interesting thread for sure.

Steve

 

[Hollywood]

No kidding, I found a silver rosie at ~ 12". After I was down to around 8" I lost the signal, nothing on the probe. I kept digging, and 2 more inches I got a hit with the probe at the bottom of the hole. I measured with my shovel, and it was around the 12" mark. I have the EX2. Only got one at that depth. I have dug some copper pennies around 12' before.

Hollywood

 

[Markdb61]

I have found an honest 10" deep 1942 washington qarter but have not found a silver dime that deep. There are plenty of people who have though because I have witnessed it. All kinds of things can keep a person from getting the needed depth though as the other guys have already stated. Good luck

 

[sgoss66]

hey raweppler -- you said earlier in the thread you were detecting in "northern West Virginia." Do you live in that area? I grew up in western PA just a few miles from the WV panhandle/PA border. I travel back often, and will be doing some detecting there this summer...

Steve

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Explorer SE Pro hole dug with a 6x12 inch scoop, this is after the hole filled in with water and sand. This coin was deeeeep.

 

[DaugBiscuit]

Hi everyone... I started this thread becasue so many people talked about pulling a dime 10 inches or more with the SE Pro but I couldn't even get mine to hit on one that deep; I had never pulled a 'dime' or any other coin that was 10 inches deep with the SE Pro but today that all changed.

I had about an hour this afternoon; the weather in VA was fair with temperatures in the mid 40's. I drove to a public boat launching ramp alongside the "New River" and there I dug a dime just deeper than 10 inches. My Lesche (which is the black handle model) measures 11

 

[sgoss66]

Don --

I think that tells you one other thing...your soil in VA is rather "hot," no? I have not hit a 10" dime in my irony red clay here in OK -- but others do it routinely, in other states/other soil. Bryce for one, does it routinely, and I know he has nice, fertile, mild, midwestern soil. I have thought for awhile that these machines will do a little better, depth-wise, in milder soil -- and I think what you experienced today, proves that.

Thanks for sharing!

Steve

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Ever think coins may not sink that deep in your neck of the woods....In N.E. Pa. they sink deep and have gotten 10 inch silver dimes although the average one is probably 6 to 8 inches in most cases. I like the slow and low tecnique by one of the posters as explorers hate air and usually scrub my coil on ground which helps with the weight problem... Explorers series are deep units but a medium slow swing is needed and certainly not for those fast swingers....

 

[sgoss66]

Hey Dan -- you bring up an outstanding point, and it's the OTHER reason I think some folks haven't dug dimes at 10". In some places, they DON'T sink that deep. In many of the sites I hunt, the clay is so dense, there's no WAY a coin is "sinking" to 10" deep. In that ground, I find 100-year old coins 2-3-4" deep. Only in softer, loamy soil (or in areas where fill dirt has been spread atop the native clay) do I usually find them deeper than about 6" here.

Excellent point, Dan.

Steve