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Excalibur And Freshwater

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fsa46

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How is the Excalibur rated for freshwater hunting ? I hunted in the freshwater yesterday for the first and although I dug 57 targets in a 3 hour hunt, I didn't seen to be getting the depth I do if saltwater. I could be wrong though, as this was my first experience in the freshwater. Do you use different settings than you do in the salt ? I was hunting in Disc, auto most of the time., although I did try sensitivity settings from 6 -10, but settled on auto.

Any advice, input or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
There's your answer...hunting in Auto. Just because the beach is fresh water doesn't mean it doesn't have it's problems with minerals. I hunt the beaches on Lake Erie and a few of these beaches require very low sensitivity settings due to the microscopic iron and black sand in the sand. I like Auto on land when the ground is so bad that it requires a very low manual setting. In those situations where the machine won't settle down Auto can smooth things out. I've still dug coins 7 & 1/2" deep in Auto at some spots...But still you are better off trying to lower manual until the machine smoothes out. If you are a bit below 3PM and the machine still is giving you problems that's when I switch to Auto. Also, try slowing down your sweep speed because too fast can lose the threshold.
 
usually at the fresh water beaches i go to i can crank the sensetivity up to about 11 or 12 oclock no problem...the other reason you might not be hitting deep targets is alot of fresh water lakes only have 3-6 inches of sand till you hit clay or rock..... crank the sensetivity up until the unit starts falsing then gradually back it down to the point that it operates smoothly....
 
All I hunt is freshwater, mostly lake michigan which has a good amount of black sand. In the water, 7 or sometimes 8 is about as high as I can run for sensitivity, at that setting it will hit quarters pretty darn deep, auto will miss those same quarters but doesn't switch threshold sounds as much. Sometimes even auto won't keep the threshold sound and goes to the growl sound, I just keep sweeping over my scoop to switch it, or run in pinpoint.
 
I think Auto adjusts based on how bad the soil is and also if any RF noise is present. The worse those are the lower it sets it's self. I've hunted low RF/good soil in Auto and dug coins 7 & 1/2" deep, but I've also hunted mineralized soil or where RF was present in Auto and the depth didn't seem nearly as good.

My rule of thumb is that if manual is turned down 3/4ths of the way or more (like past 3:30PM to 4:30 or so on the GT) and the machine still isn't calming down then I might as well run in Auto. Before doing that, though, try going very slow with the coil and see if that keeps it from losing the threshold.

These SEF coils seem to handle mineralization and iron content better than the stock coil. They are very stabile coils that don't false as often. The detection field they put out is much tighter in the left/right perspective and so I think the signal is soaking in less ground matrix, making them able to run at higher sensitivity settings and still be very stabile.
 
Critterhunter said:
I think Auto adjusts based on how bad the soil is and also if any RF noise is present. The worse those are the lower it sets it's self. I've hunted low RF/good soil in Auto and dug coins 7 & 1/2" deep, but I've also hunted mineralized soil or where RF was present in Auto and the depth didn't seem nearly as good.

My rule of thumb is that if manual is turned down 3/4ths of the way or more (like past 3:30PM to 4:30 or so on the GT) and the machine still isn't calming down then I might as well run in Auto. Before doing that, though, try going very slow with the coil and see if that keeps it from losing the threshold.

These SEF coils seem to handle mineralization and iron content better than the stock coil. They are very stabile coils that don't false as often. The detection field they put out is much tighter in the left/right perspective and so I think the signal is soaking in less ground matrix, making them able to run at higher sensitivity settings and still be very stabile.
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Where can I find out more about the SEF coils, where to purchase one, & how to install it? Is this something my husband or I can install ourselves? We have 2 Excaliburs that are not under warranty. We currently have the 10" stock coil on both of them. (One of the units is an Excal 1000 & the other is an Excal II - if that helps.)
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc9ONIzoVH8
 
Thanks for the video, OldBeechnut!
We watch your YouTube videos all the time - and we BOTH subscribed to them as well. (Each on our own laptop. LOL) We've watched your videos multiple times and, like the previous guy said, we always get something new out of it.

Thanks, again.
 
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