How About This With The Excel

[Anonymous]

I have been playing around with my Excel and decided to try all metal in an extremely trashy spot. I hunted super slow and watched an abundance of negative numbers with an occasional positive number. When I got a positive number, I would hit the mode button and check it with some disc. I came to find out in my ground and in all metal, I stopped digging 13 to 16 numbers as they were almost always pulltabs. I dug four wheat pennies and one merc dime that were almost masked, but not quite. If you don't like alot of noise, stay away from this method. Also, I dug several coins at 8 or 9 inches. I had a Tesoro Tejon that has dual disc that could be checked with a flick of the toggle, well the Excel does the exact same thing with a push of the button. As I said before, this might be the best bargain on the market. Quick, simple, and deep! R.L.

 

[Anonymous]

Werks good

 

[Bill Ladd]

As you said, it's alotta noise to sustain & I can't do it all day.....but for certain trashy area's you know stuff is masked in.....it works! In that Civil War camp that had been "hunted out". There was an area full of iron junk that everyone of us avoided all day. Every brand of detector you can think of had been through there. Then at the end of the day, I switched to all metal & just watched the screen. Whenever I saw a + number sneak in I dug. I pulled out a couple masked bullets, a tent grommet, & a nice eagle coat button in like 15 min.....
It was just too bad I figured this out at the end.....

 

[Eddie Currents]

But, wouldn't you still get an audible signal on that positive ID if you were hunting in disc mode?

EC

 

[Anonymous]

But you just gotta try it to see what wer'e talkin bout

 

[Eddie Currents]

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[Anonymous]

EC, yes most of the time you would get a signal. What I am checking for is a high tone. The Excel is a single tone in all metal, but it is unique in that it still spits out numbers in all metal. I will quickly investigate a number that apprears to be a coin in all metal by hitting the mode button that puts it quickly back in disc mode. There are four tones in disc and I am hoping for a high tone in disc mode. this is one more tool to help me figure out if the target is a coin or rusty iron. Most of the 40 or so detectors that I have had are easily fooled by deep rust. The more gadgets that help me eliminate this, the better. Most people might feel more comfortable hunting in the disc mode and then checking the target in all metal. The Excel still gives a number in all metal which I find very helpful. The ability to switch between disc and all metal is not unique to the Excel, but it is extremely easy to flip between these two modes and double check targets. One more tool on the Excel is the pinpoint mode which I find super easy to center on the target. It has numbers that ramp up and drop off when you are slightly off center. I think this is one of the easiest detectors that I have ever used to determine the size of the target being pinpointed. When you add all of these features up, I still think that this is the best bargain on the market. I just got rid of a detector that costs twice as much and in my opinion is not one bit better than the Excel. R.L.

 

[Eddie Currents]

RLJ,
Thanks for the info. It helps. My ID Excel is my first detector and I just got it about a month ago. I did a lot of research before buying and it seemed like the most for the money. I'm enjoying it immensely. I like the way the pinpoint mode works too.

One question: you say the pinpoint feature determines the size of the target. How so? I know how to determine depth with it. Is that what you mean?

Thanks,
EC

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

you can size with pinpoint by paying close attention to how much you can move the coil and still maintain the largest or highest number. Let's say you find an object and when you pinpoint, you get a 30. If you see the number 30 for a couple inches of coil travel you know the relative size is bigger than a target that shows 30 but only maintains that number for say an inch of travel. A coin sized target will only maintain the highest (most accurate) relative depth reading for a very small amount of coil travel. Just a little practice and you'll know the relative size of the target easily. Of course this works the very same with the C$. Hope that's clear enough to help.

 

[Anonymous]

Brad, you did a fine job explaining the sizing. I have always had a hard time trying to pinpoint with audio only. The numbers make it easy to tell the difference between a coin and 2 inch nail. R.L.

 

[Eddie Currents]

Okay, thanks. I guess I already sensed that when pinpointing but never realized that's what I was seeing, if you know what i mean.

EC