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Cody, What can you tell me about audio 1?

Well i aint cody but i can tell you that i have used audio 1 and i definitely dint like it, i much prefer normal audio. The signal in audio 1 seems too long and stretched for my liking . i like the smoother "normal" audio personally i have done very well with normal audio and now its the standard hunting audio setup for my explorer 2. It seems to make target id that much easier (at least for me anyway)because its softer and smoother on the ears. On silver normal audio Rocks as far as i am concerned.:smoke: :)
 
well i ain't cody or ring P, but i have used them all

i hunt the beach - damp sand and water ONLY

audio II is all i use now................i will really lock on a target in the sand and never have to use pinpoint

my 11cents
 
Corey,

I don't use it all the time, but find when targets are not close together or trashy it seems to give a better signal on the deeper target. As you know in normal sometimes the deep ones are a very quick signal and then back to a normal threshold, but with audio 1 it will make that signal bigger sounding so it will be easier to hear the deeper targets.
One case I remember I was using audio 1 where it wasn't so trashy and got a decent signal I knew was deep, switched to normal and I have to say it was very hard to hear it and I probably would not have heard it if not for audio 1. When dug it was a round part of a light fixture about 3 inches in dia. that was between 15-17 inches deep. I was using my relic shovel to dig it and was surprised it was that deep. Next time you get a iffy deep signal switch to audio 1 and you may be surprised how well you will hear it.

Rick
 
I began using Audio 2 at the beach and, like Max says, it's really great for the wet sand (where there's not a lot of targets). It most definitely locks in and holds a tone, smoothing it out.

However, my big mistake was using it all the time. While I got used to the wierd tones, I wouldn't recommend using it unless your area is really clean (if such a place exists) I've only just switched to Audio 1 for digging dirt and have had immediate success. The last 3 times out I've hit some silver and a gold ring. 2 mercs I found were deep and I don't think I would have heard them in Normal Audio (although I didn't try). I'll try flipping back and forth from Audio 1 to Normal the next time that comes up; that's a great idea.
 
I like audio1 much more than I do normal. As a matter of fact I don't use normal. Most of you know I like to do a lot of testing when I hunt so will try different settings. Audio1 will clearly indicate the presence of an ultra deep target when it would be very easy in the effort of hunting to miss those very deep tiny sounds. When I saw this in the filed I switched to audio1 and have used it since that time. I also switched to the smaller coil because I like to hunt in trash. Just as a matter of convenience I use a DFX or Sovereign when relic hunting so I don't have to switch coils.

I also use Audio1 in conjunction with Ferrous sounds simply because it makes more sense to me. I mean the Ferrous makes more sense to me. We don't actually measure conductivity if what I see and hear is correct but what we measure is conductance. I say this because conductivity does not change with size. A ton of silver has no more conductivity than a silver dime. However, we will detect the ton of silver at a greater distance due to the surface area (size) and we are told in the Owner's Manual it is conductivity and size. I think in terms of ferrous and non-ferrous so that fits my way of thinking and in conjunction with audio1 is how I do best.

Ferrous makes more sense to me since the axis is based on the most ferrous iron to the least ferrous which for us is a silver coin. The tones follow nicely from iron as a low tone and silver as a high one. This in conjunction with Audio1 and with other settings works very nicely for me.

I always try to indicate "what works best for me" since I know different settings work best for others. I have no desire to convert anyone to any particular settings. Instead I think it is well worth the time when detecting to stop on targets of interest and try the different setting and see which ones give the best hit and then work with that and see what happens.

Have a great day,
 
I experimented using audio 1 in my test garden and the deep signals were much louder than normal setting. I am a new Exployer user and will continue using normal setting until I get more familiar with the machine. At this time I can't handle audio 1 in trashy conditions.
 
I too hunt in ferrous and audio one as I feel that gives the user a lot of info. I always thought anyone hunting in only the conductive mode wasn't using the Explorer to it's fullest capacity. After all, EVERY other detector works on that principle alone pretty much, why not take advantage of this unique feature? I also notice that normal mode has a tendency to clip the sound of good targets next to iron or trash and I see much more threshold nulling as well. I guess all the years of Sovereign use have conditioned my ears for more "drawn out" and "smoother" tones. Just my opinion but I have experimented with all the settings and that is always what I settle on. I love the innovations that Minelab has brought to the table. Pioneers for sure and operating systems that will set the future trends of the other detector manufacturers I would bet. Time will tell...HH George Fatizzi
 
Ever since the my first Explorer XS about six years ago I have used normal and used Audio-1 only when I went to the gulf coast where the targets are few and far apart. Well, now the parks around here have almost dried up, so I started using audio-1 with a coin program where the upper right corner open and the nickel spot open and I start swinging away until a get a coin hit then I shorten my swing over the signal. I am realy enjoying this way of searching and this is with my new 14" Excellerator, most of the time I have a threshold but even in the nulls I slow down and still get hits. In the past two years I have switch over from ferrous to conduct and have found more silver coins in two years then the prior 4 years in ferrous. Yes I know iron can have a high tone in conduct but in conduct I use iron mask -14 (only in ferrous can you use -16) or a coin program which would equal -12 across the top of the screen, this will kill most iron high tones and a iron high is different then high tone of a coin. Try this, take a small piece of iron and set it right next to a silver coin, in ferrous the high tone of the coin sounds mixed up but in conduct it still sounds the way a silver coin should. Two summer ago I found 19 silver dollars mixed with iron pieces bigger then the dollar itself and I was in conduct and I did try ferrous there to see if I could find more but the tone was way off...
 
I use audio 1 exclusively and like it in trash especially but it takes some intial getting used to, like others have mentioned I feel that normal clips the signal way too fast, I don't like the fast reset of normal but many run normal and are successful with it so I guess it is a matter of preference. Try both out on buried objects at different depths and see what you like better.
Steve(MS)
 
I see that same problem and think that is why Minelab suggest Audio1 in trash. Although the sound is drawn out it is better than the fast clipping. I have found that I will adjust to a detector no matter how they have it designed and be comfortable after some use. It is nice to have these adjustable functions instead of just being locked into being required to adjust ourselves to what the designers think is best for all of us. I guess I should have said that the designers think is the best compromise of the options.
 
I have a Sovereign and that is one I have no intentions of trading or selling. It is one amazing detector in heavy trash with the small coil. I have found nothing that will outperform it, for me, for picking through trash. A primary interest in the Explorer is all those 1024 notches we can adjust. I think an Explorer with about three frequencies optimised for coin and relic hunting would be a great detector but it looks like they have gone with single frequency and the X-terra series instead. This also addresses the weight, balance, and noise problems inherent with such a wide band of frequencies processed. One cannot help but notice that all the machines Minleab markets are exceptional performers.
 
Here is the story----One of my hunting partners had a treasure story in which he had found two silver Morgan dollars, and he had told me this story for two years about hunting an old lot near his home town that had a saloon back in the late 1800 but now is a large vacant lot on a corner. Finally the day came that my friend had to go back to his home town to sign some papers, so about 6:55 am Saturday, Charles (Saamdigger) pulled into my driveway and I jumped in with my Explorer II and we were off for a 1
 
I've always hunted in ferrous; sometimes -16 but mostly I'll be in -12 to -14 and switch to a clear screen to check targets. I'll give conductivity sounds a try next time I go out. (I'm still trying out a new X-12)
 
at Iron Mask -14 and adjust up to remove just enough high tone coming from iron. Any iron that is not cancel out, it will have a non-fluty high and shows up as 31 in digital and if your not sure of a signal you can set-up the ferrous tone on your back button then flip back to conduct(make sure you are center over the signal), a low-low tone you walk away a mixed tone in ferrous the odds are on your favor. Remember Big Mike the best I have ever seen in finding silver every weekend, well he used conduct at -10 iron mask, I am glad he got married otherwise there would be no silver left to find.. my 19 dollars after cleaning the soil was hard on them but the gold was like new.
 
Big iron has its own high sound, my partner after finding two of them had gone back many time with different brand detectors (but not an Explorer)before he took me there, it just took the right detector. I and others have gone back and only a barber dime has been found by another person using an Explorer II.
 
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