How Many Of You.....?

[MHirschmann]

also land hunt with your Excal? I have an E-Trac and and Se Pro, but there are times when I just like to hunt a land spot with my Excal. Sometimes I prefer a "tones-only, less-technology" approach. I love my other machines, don't get me wrong, but when I want a simple hunt, without all the bells and whistles, I really enjoy taking my Excal out to a park once in a while. Am I the only one that feels this way or are others of you having good luck with your Excals on land as well? I seem to never come home empty-handed with my Excal and it doesn't cause me to scratch my head nearly as much as my other machines do on "iffy" signals. The Excal is just so simple and straight-forward. Once you understand it's language, I can't seem to find an easier machine to "cherry-pick" with. HH -Marc

 

[Florida Keys Pirate]

I use mine on land pretty often. ( whenever I cant get to a beach or lake ). Mine seems to work fine. Went to a soccer field and found a really tiny soccer shoe with a ball on it's toe , about 6 inches down. Thought it was a silver charm. But, turned out to be cast crap. I love my detector. I'm getting much better at identifying the tones. Can pretty much tell a pull tab from a coin. But, still dig the tabs in case they are actually small gold. Really is a great land or water machine !
GL and HH

 

[MHirschmann]

Thanks for your reply. I also really like my Excals for land hunting. My Excal seems to do much better on small gold than my ET or Se Pro does, either that or I just always happen to swing my Excal over gold and always just miss it with my land machines. Your really good if you can solidly distinguish between pull tabs and good stuff. I have been using various Excals for 4 years now on a "every-couple-of-days" basis and I certainly can't resist digging a "pull tab" signal. I have dug too many gold/silver items that came through sounding like pull tabs. I don't dig much trash, but I think you have to dig every pull tab if you are looking for gold. If you are fairly certain there is no gold in the spot you are hunting, then I agree, you can skip over pull tab tones no problem. I just never skip them, period and this approach has paid off for sure. I skip over pull tabs all day with my ET/Se Pro, but I never skip them with my Excal, you just never know. Well, thanks for your reply and I am glad to see that someone else is using this machine on land as I absolutely love to do so with mine. HH and GL -Marc

 

[Neil]

Those bells and whistles are there for a reason on your Etrac and SE Pro as well as the meter and you dont have to use any of them, you can hunt by tones with those machines just as you do your Excal.

Same thing with the Sov, the meter can help and is a great addition but tone hunting only might be what what one prefers, definetly a more dig more approach.

Of the three detectors you mentioned, the Etrac is the best overall on smaller gold closely followed by the SE Pro then the Sov. They are all very close, your probably finding more because your digging more.

Sounds like you prefer your Excal so you can probably pocket some nice money selling off your Etrac and Explorer.

 

[MHirschmann]

Hi Neil, I actually like my E-Trac best. I was just saying that there are times when all the extras can distract me. On the Excal, I make decisions based solely on tones, whereas on the other machines, I sometimes find myself conflicted by what my ears are telling me versus what my eyes are telling me. I definitely won't be selling any of my machines anytime soon as they all have their place and I love them all. Its interesting that you say the ET is best on small gold, it seems my Excals are better on small gold than my ET, but maybe thats just me. I'll put some gold in my test garden in the coming days and see what my results are. Thanks for your input. -Marc

 

[Neil]

Hey Marc,

With the Etrac make sure you have no quick mask on from the left side and minimal on the bottom and on the SE minimal iron mask as well. Thats whats gonna open those detectors up. small gold is hard to hit in ground at depth.
I sure can appreciate the simple setup the sov/excal has and the tones are superb.

 

[MHirschmann]

Thanks for the advice Neil. I will try those settings when I do my test but I usually run both machines with a wide open screen anyway. I also appreciate the simple setup of the Excal and I also like the tones on that machine very much.

 

[Finderskeeper]

I hunt land with my Excalibur as it makes me a better water hunter. It isn't a lot of fun hunting in 40 degree water so land is where it is at in the fall & spring here in Ohio. Winter I'm in the water in Florida.

I've had the E-trac and it was nice....but I know there are more "Substantial Targets" in the water. So I sold the E-trac and stayed with the Excalibur.

I have heard Charles Garrett and several others say that there is more money in the ground than in circulation. I have to agree with that but there is more money in the water than in the ground!