Explorer SE coming Tuesday.. Help

[Tom/Cocoa]

I hunt 100% beach hunting. Wet sand mostly but dry sand as well. I've owned most all the sovereigns and excaliburs in the past and loved them and thinking I will love the Explorer as well. Any tips from salt beach hunters would be appriciated. I know this is a different machine all together but have seen quite a few people hunt the beach with Explorers. Need to know if swing speed is about the same as the soverign? I know the Explorer is deeper but do you think it is over kill? Any thoughts will be helpful.
Thanks
Tom

 

[DukeOBass]

All I have experience with is the SE and just recently the Excalibur. I beach hunted with my SE in Alabama and got hooked! I found $25.60 in change, 7 matchbox cars, 2 rings and an ankle bracelet. I bought the Excalibur because I want to get in the water now. I've only had the thing for about 3 weeks and have already found a bunch of rings and earrings! I'm headed to VA Beach for 2 weeks on the 4th of July. Can't Wait!

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Thanks for your reply. I have a CZ-20 that I use at the beach but thought the SE would be great in the dry sand. When I had a Erick Foster PI machine I did a test with the PI and a Explorer and the explorer would go just as deep on a small gold ring as the PI so this is one reason I'm getting this machine. I want to hunt the dry sand more and I don't like using the CZ-20 in the dry sand. Just don't know what to expect but with other minelabs I have had a good experience . I guess I will learn the settings to use
again thanks

 

[DukeOBass]

As far as settings go.....

I was hunting in ALL METAL (no iron mask and no checks next to coins, jewelry, etc.)

Sounds: Conductive
Threshhold: Barely Audible
Sensivity: 16
Volume: 2
Variation: 10
Gain: 6
Limits: 10

I think that's about it.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Thanks Don, for the settings.
HH Tom