Digital mode on XS.

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Sorry fellows.............I didn't mean to open up a can of worms on this subject. I do appreciate all the replies you all posted. Like I said, I have never done this experiment before and wasn't aware that being in the conductive or ferrous mode that you would get the same digital reading. Now I am confused about the double digital screen on the Explorer II. I do understand that one is ferrous and the other is conductive. I also understand that the Explorer II has a new circuitry system and hence the different readings on the dual screen. Sense I am not very smart on electronics, is that why the digital reading is the same on the XS verses the Explorer II because of the circuitry? HH.

Eddie

 

[Jeff in Pa]

Hi Eddie,

The XS also reads both ferrous and conductive, its just that the EXII now shows a separte number for both... so I guess the answer is yes. I like the dual display, its what I use but I only had about 20 hrs. on the XS before I got my EXII. Both are very good cuz when it comes down to digging the deep targets its more about sound than anything and so the EXII really isn't a great improvment over the XS but if your gonna come out with a "second generation detector" ya gotta have something extra on it right?

Just my 2 cents.

Jeff

 

[Don in SJ]

I doubt if I had the EXII that I would use the digital numbers, afterall, sound is number one and I am so used to knowing the crosshair positions on the XS that I am sure I would just do the same on the EXII.
I have one digital detector now and do not like the number system. Even if it had ferrous and conductive numbers, that still would not be a benefit for me.
If you go by numbers alone, you will miss digging up coins and good relics.
I always had a gut feeling that most who like the digital displays are former White's users and the ones who don't most likely used other brands before they got a Minelab.
Whoa, how is that for a discussion. Just kidding on the discussion part.
Seriously, experience with the Explorer is number one, knowing the sounds is number two, and then either the crosshair displays or digital numbers would be number three in determining a good diggable target.

In my colonial hunting, there is no such thing as a exact number for a lot of the coins. Since so many colonials are counterfeit, underweight, not as pure copper, they all can vary quite a bit on readings, but usually the sound is there.

Would you dig an aluminum foil digital reading at an old site, well, I would say you would not since you are using digital, well, my son's aluminum foil reading on his detector (Fisher CZ70) and on my XS turned out to be a very thin 1595ish French Douzain SILVER coin!

Too much emphasis is put on what it is in the ground before digging rather than putting emphasis on, is it a diggable target, which yields a lot more surprises, yes a lot of not good finds, but when you get that great surprise find it makes up for all of it........

So, there is some of my 2 cents worth also.

Don in SJ

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks Don. It makes a lot of sense to me what you have said. I do not use the digital mode exclusively on my XS although I have to admit that I have a pretty good idea what the coin is or trash for that matter just by the number. I was only playing around with it and wasn't sure why I was getting the same numerical number in both ferrous and conductive modes. I am really trying to just go by sounds and use the smart screen, but I also have to admit that I still dig a lot of garbage and I have quite a few gold rings to show for it. Now, if I lived back in your neck of the woods I would have a heck of time trying to find civil war items since the war never got out this way in Washington state. Thanks again for your comments. It was very good reading.......... HH.

Eddie

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks Jeff. Man, you didn't have much time on your XS before getting your Explorer II.............. You must have caught on pretty fast with your XS. I hear the learning curve is a lot easier on the Explorer II, but that may not be the case for everyone. Maybe someday when I jump to the II I'll see just how easy it will be to catch on to it. HH.

Eddie

 

[GaryM]

Don, you are probably right about the past White's users using digital numbers on Explores. I was one of them too. I found out early in learning my XS that the numbers are not accurate, they jump around to much. The soil condition, type of soil, angle of the coin in the ground all tributes but using (sound) never changes. Since learning my XS by using sound I can hunt areas (trash) I never could have with my White. I'm not saying that one is better that the other. I perfer to use my White is certian areas ( coin shooting in school yards. ) and my XS in a different area. I love using both detectors.