crosshair speed

[Anonymous]

How long does it take for the crosshairs to update after you sweep a target. Mine seems to take way too long. Same thing in digital mode, when I'm hunting in trash and I get real good tone it takes some major skill and patience to get the crosshair to catch up with me.
Other detectors Ive used were instant, I mean when you got an audio signal BOOM meter hits, but this Explorer seems to take too long. Anybody else notice? or is mine tore up?

 

[Anonymous]

mine is the same way, I will get a low tone, the crosshair is low on scale then get a couple high tones, and the crosshair is still low on the scale, it takes forever, but if the tone is good, I take the time and waite for it. not sure if it is suposed to be like that but mine is.

 

[Anonymous]

Mine also moves the same way on week targets or mixed targets

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks I guess this means that it's not flawed.
Sure wish the processor was a little faster. Man, what a machine it would be if it would I.D.
like an analog

 

[Anonymous]

till the threshold returns. They will eventually go from low to high if you keep swinging the coil over it. So basically, in my opinion, I think you are swinging too fast for the cross hair to catch up. The heavier the trash, the slower you need to swing to get deep and for the cross hairs to catch up. If it is that trashy, use fast recovery. Less accurate, but great for trash. I never use it though, just my personal preference, if it is that trashy I just slow down that much more. And what I call trashy would be at least 10 hits per swing.
Anyway, slow down and see if that helps, if you are going slow and can't keep a threshold, then you are running too much sens.
All my opinion of course. I am sure you will get several opinions on this. Try them all and do what works best for you.

 

[Anonymous]

The Explorer is such that you must go over the target slowly! So after hearing the initial tone hit, slowly find the target tone and then take the coil off the target and the bullseye will lock in now.
I agree with Ric that you are probably passing your coil to fast over the target. Slow down.
Place a dime on the ground and wave the coil at various speeds over the dime. You will be surprised how far past the coin the Ex will beep if you are going too fast.. Slow down and let the machine do its thing..
Jim Vokes NY

 

[Anonymous]

I should not have used the words "catch up". My mistake it sounded that way. I do know the advantage of slow coil swing. I'm talking about, ok say you have a signal in clean ground only one target, if you only sweep once, the crosshairs won't appear, but if you hit it again, they will give you I.D. On the other hand if your in a lot of trash and get a good signal, but their is trash right next to it, and you try to get a decent reading it's like pulling teeth. I thing it happens because the meter works after you hear the tone. So if you get a tone and then threshold it I.D.'s for you, but get the tone then a null and nothing. I guess I could try getting the tone to sound and then lifting the coil straight up. What do you think? This is only a problem if their is junk RIGHT next to the target on both sides and you only have that narrow window to swing back and forth to get the tone to sound good.