Hey All,
I posted this to TreasureNet but am also a part of this community and wanted to post it here as well in hopes of getting advice.
As some of you may or may not know, I recently got myself an original Excalibur (with the horseshoe coil). I got some helpful suggestions on setting it up and went out today to do some beach detecting. Almost immediately I started finding coins. Pretty cool, (although all modern). But here's where the problems start...
I'm constantly having to play with the Threshold because it seems to raise in volume. I know that the Threshold should be set so that it is barely audible. It is. As I detect the Threshold seems to go up and I find myself constantly making minor adjustments. This may be normal as conditions and landscapes change as you walk, or the knobs just may be hitting against my jacket, but I am unaware of it. So, the first question... Is it normal to have to constantly tweak the Threshold?
Here's another volume issue (more to come too), whenever I turn the Excalibur on or off, there is a huge audio pop - and it's damn painful. Now, you'd think it would be easy to remember that I have my headphones on, but sometimes I get caught up in what I'm doing and just want to hear silence, (again, the Threshold issue mentioned above), so I just click it off. Also sometimes I want to get going and put my headphones on but do not turn on the Excalibur until I get to the place I want to begin. Is this normal - the pop, not my headphone habits?
Also every minute or so there is a loud sweeping sound as if I found a target. Is this possibly the capacitor discharging? I think I have heard this sound while watching Old Beechnut's videos on YouTube.
And now the reason I am screwed...
As I mentioned I have to make fine tweaks to my Threshold to make it barely audible. I did this on my initial outing with the Excalibur. Today about an hour in to hunting, the Threshold could no longer be adjusted. It stayed on consistently and was quite loud. Having found items and enjoying my day, I continued on. It was annoying but I did not want to stop. And now....
...and now, I am having a hard time hearing. Talk about the ultimate tinnitus. This was pure stupidity on my part. You'd think after being in the music industry for 20 years playing out live and in the studio that I would be more aware/concerned with my hearing. Damn. I sure hope it goes away.
Could the Threshold/Volume issue today possibly be a sign that the batteries need to be recharged? I'm going to do it anyway and will find out shortly, but thought I would throw it out there. I was told that one way to know that the batteries are getting low is that the machine will start acting intermittently.
Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated!
Chris Jett / LI Digger
PS: An update to this. I just turned on the Excalibur and the Threshold knob was working fine once more. This makes me believe that either sand got into it today (I cleaned it off with fresh water when I was done), or it is just another sign that the batteries need to be charged.
I posted this to TreasureNet but am also a part of this community and wanted to post it here as well in hopes of getting advice.
As some of you may or may not know, I recently got myself an original Excalibur (with the horseshoe coil). I got some helpful suggestions on setting it up and went out today to do some beach detecting. Almost immediately I started finding coins. Pretty cool, (although all modern). But here's where the problems start...
I'm constantly having to play with the Threshold because it seems to raise in volume. I know that the Threshold should be set so that it is barely audible. It is. As I detect the Threshold seems to go up and I find myself constantly making minor adjustments. This may be normal as conditions and landscapes change as you walk, or the knobs just may be hitting against my jacket, but I am unaware of it. So, the first question... Is it normal to have to constantly tweak the Threshold?
Here's another volume issue (more to come too), whenever I turn the Excalibur on or off, there is a huge audio pop - and it's damn painful. Now, you'd think it would be easy to remember that I have my headphones on, but sometimes I get caught up in what I'm doing and just want to hear silence, (again, the Threshold issue mentioned above), so I just click it off. Also sometimes I want to get going and put my headphones on but do not turn on the Excalibur until I get to the place I want to begin. Is this normal - the pop, not my headphone habits?
Also every minute or so there is a loud sweeping sound as if I found a target. Is this possibly the capacitor discharging? I think I have heard this sound while watching Old Beechnut's videos on YouTube.
And now the reason I am screwed...
As I mentioned I have to make fine tweaks to my Threshold to make it barely audible. I did this on my initial outing with the Excalibur. Today about an hour in to hunting, the Threshold could no longer be adjusted. It stayed on consistently and was quite loud. Having found items and enjoying my day, I continued on. It was annoying but I did not want to stop. And now....
...and now, I am having a hard time hearing. Talk about the ultimate tinnitus. This was pure stupidity on my part. You'd think after being in the music industry for 20 years playing out live and in the studio that I would be more aware/concerned with my hearing. Damn. I sure hope it goes away.
Could the Threshold/Volume issue today possibly be a sign that the batteries need to be recharged? I'm going to do it anyway and will find out shortly, but thought I would throw it out there. I was told that one way to know that the batteries are getting low is that the machine will start acting intermittently.
Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated!
Chris Jett / LI Digger
PS: An update to this. I just turned on the Excalibur and the Threshold knob was working fine once more. This makes me believe that either sand got into it today (I cleaned it off with fresh water when I was done), or it is just another sign that the batteries need to be charged.
