HELP,Problems with EXP2 shutting off

[kaintuckman]

I'm a new Exp2 user and I'm having trouble with my machine. Even though I have put brand new energizer batteries in my machine, it has been shutting down randomly. It does it if I pick it up quickly or sit it down carelessly. I'm not dropping or jerking it. I've removed the battery pack and reset it....? Has anyone else had this problem?

I'm using it in the factory quickstart mode and I'm not really finding anything deep and alot of nails. My Ace 250 was giving me better results! I've read the man.,watched the video, and read alot of posts. I understand the basics. I'm not getting repeatable deep siginals. I buried a silver 50c piece at 5" and had trouble recovering it. I've tried different parks and yards but I'm just getting clads at 2" and trash. I know the silver is there, I'm just not finding it. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it just because I'm new?

 

[Dok-Ath]

All what you said is 90% normal for any new user of this "h&7_-8" but good machine.
1.Try to use rechargeable battery pack and also clean the contacts on it and inside Exp. If the problem will remain ask your dealer. Clean contacts of the alkaline batteries and check the current of each battery ( should be 3-5 A within 1-2 sec. ), or change all your batteries because one of them could be weak or damaged and not giving full current.
2.Just for the beginning try to hunt in

 

[AK in KY]

I had the same problem with mine. But, I only had trouble with the rechargeable battery pack. The contacts in the detector may be having a contact problem. My problem went away when I stopped using the batteries that came with the detector.
As far as finding the silver, if there is any silver where you are hunting you will find it if you swing the coil over it. You may be having the same problem I did which is thin king because a place is old it has to have old deep coins. Not the case at all. My two best finds have been less than 3" deep. If you can keep the thing runnig the more time you spend with it the faster you will pick it up.

AK in KY

 

[Dan-Pa.]

I would agree with Dok as somewhere along the line your battery supply may be loosing contact..Do check out and clean out all areas...A standar eraser does a great job in cleaning them all and the old pencil secretary type lets you get into the contacts in side the unit.
Perhaps I was lucky, but my first time out got 10 keepers 6 to 10 inches deep using the quickstart. I read a lot before purchasing, had a 3 hour talk on the phone with a young fellow that I broke in who has since become a Explorer Guru( really helped)and have years of experience with many units..Luckily the area was far off the beaten path as I sure had a heck of a time pinpointing until I finally became proficient at it. Seems learning periods vary, but find an experienced Explorer user and it will shorten learning period..
Do swing slow, don't get fancy with settings and all will fall into place..

 

[kaintuckman]

I have checked the contacts and they are clean, the problem has persisted thru 2 different sets of name brand alkalines. I am searching slow, slower than the guy in the video, and keeping the coil to the ground. As for the lack of silver coins, I understand that it has to be there to find but I'm not finding the wheats and deep trash either. The other day I got a very weak signal, hard to repeat but high conductivity so I dug it. It was a brass fitting the size of a walnut at about 4". That thing should have blown my phones off. And there is the issue of the silver 50c piece I burried at 5" and had trouble recovering. I gave a very weak signal and if I moved the coil faster than 1/2 foot sec. I got no signal at all. I've switched to the 8' coil with no change in performance. I'm losing my confidence in this machine. I'm traveling to New Orleans in a few weeks to help some of my friends there with their houses (lucky me...sold my house there last summer and moved back to Ky), and I'd like to hit some vacant lots in my old nieghborhood. I'm reluctant to send it in for service and then be without it when I go, but a defective unit will do me no good so...? Defective unit or defective user? I'll try some of the new settings that were posted today and get back with you.

 

[Cody]

The contacts often have oxidized and are clean looking but should be bright silver. Oxidization has a very high resistance even if it looks clean. I have also found oxidation on the contacts and springs in the batter pack which has to be cleaned. The rechargeable are sealed so I am talking about the spare pack. I clean them with steel wool but care is needed as the wool can make contact with the negative and positive battery contacts and burn the wool rather quickly.

I would give this a try. Go to the turn on an go Coins program. Turn on Iron Mask -16 which is all metal. Set the sensitivity between 26 to 30 in manual. Set the Audio Gain to 10 and now noise cancel. The EX2 should be so hot to all metals that you will have no doubt if it is working as it should. I think I read between the lines that the coins program is going into null from a lot of trash. Another thought comes to mind and that is if the battery pack is going down you will hear a series of descending low notes and a low battery indication on the face place. Also, be sure the batter pack SNAPS into place. The yellow snap on the back of the battery pack must be activated to remove the battery pack. Push the battery pack in and push the pack down to seat it and the yellow tab will click into the locked position.

 

[Dok-Ath]

n/t

 

[Bulletman777]

I had the same problem with the machine just turning off on its own.Look inside the battery compartment, check the two contact springs,one of mine was slightly bent and was not contacting battery correctly. Straighten with long screwdriver.Good luck.