Excaliber 2 and coins

[desmond]

Hi there. I've had my Excal about a month. Very different from the Beach Hunter. Just wondering if I could be missing coins with the Excal. Usually the beach I go to always gives up change, but I've only gotten one quarter with the Excal. I did pick up a nice 14 ct women's ring with the Excal. There are times when I get a real high noise with the Excal, dig and dig, but don't find the target. Suggestions? Des in Buffalo

 

[Gold Nuggets]

I'm no expert with the Excal by any stretch of the imagination, but I can offer
some things to try. Lower your sensitivity to about mid-range, decrease your
discrimination to the 2-3 range and slow down your coil swing/sweep speed.
You will probably start hearing more targets and they will not be that shallow.
Then start listening for those higher tones for coins and the lower tones for
gold. Good luck Gold Nuggets

 

[old lobo]

I have the Sovereign GT, which is the same insides as yours, just not water proof, and I have no trouble finding coins at all. I've only used it 5 times, the first 2 times in the dry sand just to dig a lot of trash so I could get used to the sounds, the next 3 times in the wet sand. During those 3 times, I've found 1 tungsten steel ring, 2 sterling silver rings, 1 14k white gold ring with 3 diamonds, 1 platinum ring with 1 diamond, and over $15. in various change, some of it deep. I know you were asking about coins, but the reason I brought up the rings is because they were each made from a different material, yet my machine picked them up with no trouble at all, as well as all the coins. I'm thinking another detectorist was there between when you were there last time and this time, and you found something they missed or a recent drop.

 

[kered]

Maybe you havn't walked over more than 1 quarter, try some coins at home to make sure it picks them all up. Maybe you have your disc up too much and are cutting them out, most use disc on the minimal setting

also i would rather find a 14ct ring than dozens of quarters so its finding the important stuff

 

[Des D]

Des,

Try these:

1. Discriminate - Off (listen to mostly everything but iron will cut the threshold and revert with a low growling sound)
2. Sensitivity - Auto
3. Volume - FULLY clockwise (this is the depth control really)
4. Threshold - just a slight buzz (like a mosquito by your ear...but even lower)
5. Disc Mode


Rule of Thumb - if signals don't repeat with a definite 2-way signal on L > R > L swings...don't dig.
Those 'real high' sounds you described could be iron not completely rusted thru so leave 'em be?

Good Hunting

Des D

 

[OldBeechnut]

And when you get a target , switch to discriminate to check, if there is nothing in discriminate, clear some sand away..if your hunting the wet sand, good chance PP mode will get you more depth. And cover up those 4 little drain holes on the yellow headphones with silicon, so you can hear the faints.

 

[Maxwedge]

The loud high tones you couldn't dig up were probably deep beer cans. They were probably just as loud on the surface as they were down in the hole. I had a couple in water the other day that I finally gave up on. Using no discrimation, in discrimate mode, you should be picking up any coin and anything else except iron. That's how I use my GT, and mostly dig everything. Cya-Mark

 

[Critterhunter]

Man Old Lobo, you are tearing it up for only using your machine a few times thus far! Good job.

And as with the Etrac or Explorer, slow down with the Sovereign or Excal. The slower you go the better you'll do at finding the deep stuff.

 

[old lobo]

Desmond, are you using a dry sand type scoop, or a wet sand type scoop, (the kind with the long handle and that is braced so you can push down on it with your foot). The Excaliber is much deeper than your Beach Hunter, and, as MAXWEDGE said, it may be all or the top or bottom of an aluminum can, which will give a strong coin signal even though it is deep, because of it's size. The last time I was detecting (3 days ago), I dug a number of those. I would get a strong coin signal, dig down several inches and still have a strong signal right in the middle of the hole I was digging, so I knew what it was, but I have a stainless foot scoop, so I kept digging until I got it out, because I don't want to waste my time hearing those same junk signals every time I go back. Those cans are deeper than most people want to go with a dry sand scoop.

 

[element]

lead fishing weights are the same.. 6oz ones sound real nice and you usually come to realise you are trying to dig one out after a foot or so..

 

[desmond]

Thanks so much for all the advice guys! Keep you guys posted. Des in Buffalo