First Time Out with Excalibur 1000

[Neil in West Jersey]

I finally got a chance to try out the Excalibur 1000 I grabbed off Craigs List last week.

I thought the best way to test it out would be to go to a site I am very familiar with. One that I know what the trash signals sound like and what a good target sounds like.

I must say I was impressed with the Excal. I ran it with the Sensitivity around 11:00. Any more and it seemed to null out if I swung too fast. I was quickly able to learn what the different tones of good targets vs. foil. I got a bit nervous because after an hour I got a "pop" sound and the unit shut down. I simply checked the collar around the battery pod and it came back and was fine after that.

I did not find any very deep targets but the small button was more than 5 inches deep and had a solid tone. All of these buttons had good solid tones, but I noticed when one was buried on edge it sounded like two separate targets.

It is still a bit heavy even with the over/under rod, but not nearly as bad as the stock S rod.

No coins, but I did find a few nice 18th & 19th century buttons, a thimble, part of a shoe buckle(?) and a cool ESSO service thingy.

I can't wait to hit The Shore with it!

 

[OldBeechnut]

Nice hunt, and some good testing...Like the ESSO service tag...

 

[bootyhoundpa]

great strategy going back to spot you are familiar with....im actually a little suprised you were able to run the sensetivity so high inland.... but it looks like you are learning fast but judging by your past finds i knew you would.... its just a different machine with a different language....some times in trashy areas i run the volume at half 12 oclock as it seems the volume setting actually affects depth and if you run too hot you will actually lose dep th same theory rings true for the sensetivity setting.......in the end trial and error is the best teacher........

 

[EladSwerdna]

I don't know how you can resist going to the beach!! I would be there right now if I had your Excal.