Explorer "IN" salt water...?

[rob]

I checked past Explorer posts but did not see where anyone discussed how the explorer operated "in" salt water. If you can get most land units in salt water, they go nuts. What about the Explorer?

Thanks for your comments,

Rob

 

[dewcon4414]

Ive used mine on several beachs and didnt have a problem. Just DO NOT lift the coil higher than the box once wet water will go down the shaft. After each outting wipe it down with fresh water, that ocean mist gets everywhere. Id recommend a baggy if you dont have a box cover as well as putting a sticker over the speaker. If it starts getting noisy... likely its sand in the coil cover. You can seal it, take it off, or deal with it. I thought the Explorer transitioned very well and handled the black sand pretty darn good. Multi and duel freq machines work well without a lot of balancing between the wet and dry sand and dont go nuts like a single freq does. I didnt take it for a swim for obvious reasons, but submersing the coil didnt seem to be nearly as bothersome as some detectors ive used. If you know your machine you should be digging some DEEP holes so bring a sand scoop.

Dew

 

[rob]

I kinda thought the Explorer was pretty good in salt water.

Thanks for your response...

Rob in Tennessee

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Explorers work well on salt water beaches, Explorer I and II style coils will leak and should not be submerged in salt water, this will eventually ruin the coil. The newer Explorer SE type solid epoxy coils work well and are waterproof. Wading around in salt water, doable but not advisable as the Explorer housing is not waterproof. On wet salt water sand, its important to keep the coil flat at the end of your swings, tipping the coil slightly may result in a false signal.

Some gold dug with an Explorer!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

What the others have said is right: Explorers work great in wet salt sand. Akin to what you might expect from the Sov, Excal, etc.... Naturally, if you get into very mineralized wet salt sand, you'll need to drop the sens. down to about 12-ish. Or for REALLY bad minerals, you'll have to go to auto sens. The way you'll know the mineral content (aside from the obvious chatter that will start when you move into zones), is from the color of the sand. In patches where the sand has a gunpowder grey or black-ish color, that is usually a sign of more minerals. Conversely the whiter the sand, the less mineralized it is. Cinimmon colored sand is about mid-way mineralized. At least that's the way it is on CA beaches with the colors.

Also, as the others have said, keep the box dry. The loop and rod are submersible (up to your sunray toggle switch anyhow), but the box is not submersible. Supposedly if you lift the coil up in the air, you risk droplets travelling down the inside of the rod, and into the box too. So keep it no more than perpendicular/horizontal, when you raise up your coil for any reason.

 

[grumpyolman]

Charles...who sent you that nice picture of all the gold? Nice of them to share it with you. Jim

 

[Brian(upstateNY)]

n/t

 

[AUDuke]

They may not be water proof , but i have never had one leak, and that's good enuf for me.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

From what I understand, the Explorer's were designed for beach work. Unless you use a PI machine, there isn't a detector on the market that will go deeper than an FBS or BBS detector (Explorers, E-Trac, Safari and Sovereign) in wet sand.
Mick Evans.

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Charles...who sent you that nice picture of all the gold? Nice of them to share it with you. Jim

LOL check out this honker 1+ carat diamond ring I found with an Explorer at the surfs edge, this baby has made a couple jewelers weak in the knees, both offered me $3,000+ on the spot for it.

 

[John-NC]

The Explorer is very stable in wet and black sand. The only change I make to my settings is to lower the gain from 9 to 6 or 7. This makes any falsing recognizable. I can't explain it any better than that seeing I only salt water beach hunt a few times a year. As far as taking it into the water and submerging the coil, go for it.

 

[kered]

They Work great in the salt enviroment, till you drop it or get caught by a wave, end of story and detector,beware
incidently the Etrac too

 

[bigeye]

Hi Charles,
Wondering what settings you use to find all the gold? I seem to do great with silver and clad, but not so good with gold? I plan to go hunting on the beach this evening if the weather is not too bad.

 

[rob]

n/t

 

[fedder]

I have found lots of stuff at the beach with mine. Once you make a find, other finds will sometimes line up with your first find as you walk down the beach. If there is an incline where the beach has been cut down by nice waves, especially after a nice storm you can find lots of GOLD. Unfortunately my coil just started leaking, so I will have to buy a different one. It still lasted through maybe a good 300 + beach days, so I am not complaining. Good Luck