Brand new excalibur II 1000 please help

[Snagglepuss]

I just bought a brand new Excalibur II 1000 before the price increase well i charged the battery for 20 hours and it warmed up to 50 here in Michigan so i took it out side in the yard to test and i think i have a problem when i turn it on and adjust the threshold everything sounds normal than if i go over a bobbie pin it nulls out but when i move off the iron the threshold is a real low pitch buzz and wont change back to normal till i go over a good target then the threshhold goes to normal pitch just like when the detector is first turned on.I tried all different sensitivity settings with no change.Do i have a problem as I'm new to this machine I'm going to post in several forums to try to get the most response before i call minlab so please don't get upset if you see this post in another forum thanks in advance for all the responses Darren Holz

 

[goodmore]

Your detector is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. The Sovereigns do the same thing. Some guys hate hunting with the low tone threshold and scan their scoop. The point being is if the threshold changes do some investigation as to why.

 

[Snagglepuss]

Thanks for the help i was just freaking out after all i could read on the excalibur i never read anything about the threashold changing tones thanks again take care,Darren Holz

 

[goodmore]

The threshold will also tell you if you are using too much sensitivity. It will change when you bump the coil on wet sand. Back it down a little.

The threshold will go silent if you are using too much sensitivity with a fast sweep speed. This happens in the dirt more often. But you need to maintain a steady threshold regardless of the tone it is making.

And listen for the whisper tones.

So you see there is a bunch of information in that threshold.

 

[EZrider]

Alot of people have trouble with the Excal. Coming from a silent search detector they have trouble. loyalty plays a big part in the EXcal. There is no one machine that can fill the void of a true beach machine. Beaches change and so should we. The last thing i need to do is listen to a threshold change on a busy beach. The EXcal is a great machine but it is limited to where it cant hunt.

 

[Jack Flynn]

Some guys hate hunting with the low tone threshold and scan their scoop.

Yep when it growls after a iron target I just get it about a foot from the scoop.

 

[bcoop]

I don't care for the lower threshold buzz. I drag my scoop on the beach most of the time, so I just swing my scoop close to the coil and keep going.


BCOOP

 

[Bobbie]

Your machine is doing what it is suppose to do. The Excal takes some getting used to with all the different sounds it makes. This is a multi-frequency machine and when it passes over something the frequency changes thus the different sounds. Take your time in learning, after a while you will know what all the different changes mean. This is not a turn on and go machine, you have to spend time with it.

 

[dewcon4414]

So... do the Xcal change threshold tones similar to PITCH HOLD on the Explorers? It switches to the LAST target it IDed. Ive used that on some beaches.

Dew