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Excalibur-how good of a machine is it? Is it complicated to use?

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makahaman

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Hi I was wondering how good are these Minelab Excaliburs? I heard from some other posts that these machines are awesome but then there has been a few saying that these machine break down alot. I would really like to hear your comments because I currently use a Surfmaster PI with some success but have to dig alot of junk. I use my machine in the water and while going diving, it is a very simple machine to use and it is quite steardy in the surf. Any comments and suggestions would be awesome! Aloha
 
Basically a turn on and go machine once you make your settings. Like any type of machine.......it is all in how well you treat it. If you are very rough and careless it will break. And sometimes things do go wrong but with the amount of Excals out there being used I think the break down rate is pretty low. We are a 2 Excal family with no problems.
 
The Excalibur is a great machine. My dad and I both used pulses to start with, and now we have Excaliburs, and my brother does too. We havent had any problems with them. The knobs on my Excal did loosen, but that was a such a quick and easy fix, i dont know why people complain about it. I find the Excalibur a great advantage, it seems to get equal depth as the pulse units we used. Just the other day, i was in an area dense with Iron. Kept nulling every 4 or 5 steps. The Excalibur is able to pick up good targets next to iron. I got a silver bracelet, and when i went back over hole, it nulled over. Now, it didnt have a crisp, clear signal. So, if you get a target that sounds weird i.e. (chirps, breaks up, not constant) then its either junk, or possibly a good target near junk. A pulse user would eventually dig it no doubt, but they would have to dig all that iron trash, they might run out of time on parking meter, or get tired by the time they manage a good target out of all that iron. Which is why all of us in our family went to the Excal, tired of digging iron, and it lets us cover more beach since were not digging it. HH

Robert
 
I had an early first gen excal it had a couple issues, no big deal really, but with all the after market stuff now its a number one machine hands down. I just ordered a new one and its great.the HH PI (eric foster design) outshines it in depth but really can only be used in iron free areas. the excal is good on every beach! digging little bits of iron down to 20" or more is not a fun thing with a PI.

So I have to agree the Excals rule the day and night!....as my friend Gulf Hunter so aptly told me, Dont go cheap on a machine when gold is $650+ an ounce.the excals pay for themselfs in short order. Man that is sage advice from an expert hunter...heed it and watch your finds increase.
 
the 800 and 1000 are the same machine. 800 has an 8" coil that would be used in trashy areas for better target separation. 1000 has the 10" coil to cover more area quickly. I have put a 12" coil on mine because I hunt mostly the water in the summer months where there is very little trash.
 
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