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Is this normal for the explorer?

shuptyler

New member
After three hunts at the hunted out grove I found 13 very old wheaties 3 indians 1 1942merc and 1 1950rosie all in an area of about 25x25feet. Now what my question is that on almost all of them which depths varied from 3 to 7 inches,I heard a high pitch beep BUT it wasnt repeating all the time,I really had a hard time finding the beep at times after I heard them,but I was sure that high pitch sound was a coin so I dug and it was a coin (or old rusty nail). Is this beep supposed to be like that or is something wrong with my SE or the 11 pro coil on it. Either way I know the sound pretty good to know to dig but I was just courious because I was reading some other posts and they stated it was a repeatable beep on them coins. Now at least 3 of my coin digs I found pieces of trash in the hole also,the one had a big old rusty bottle cap of some sort an inch above the indian and that still amazes me! Im thinking that since the indians and wheats were very green it might have had something to do with the non repeating beeps. Im still learning this machine and I know its gonna take many many hours before I really understand it but I think im doing pretty darn good so far.:crazy:
 
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shuptyler -- tough question to answer, since it's tough to know what was going on for sure not being there. A couple things...YES, if there is trash, the "repeatability" of the target's response can -- and often will -- be less consistent. Secondly, if you are running too high OR too low of sensitivity, that can affect the tone (depending upon the amount of trash in the ground, and the amount of mineralization in the soil). Being new, I assume you are running semi-auto sensitivity? If so, that's good, but deeper targets won't be quite as repeatable often times, when running semi-auto. When you learn the machine well enough, running manual sensitivity will help the deeper targets to hit more consistently -- but will also result in more "falsing," so it's a tradeoff. It's best to stick with semi-auto for awhile, until you gain enough experience at understanding how a "good" target sounds, vs. a "bad" target.

Have you learned to do the "Minelab wiggle" yet? Obviously, when hunting, you will hit many targets on your "normal" sweeps of the coil that catch your attention. Once I get a signal that interests me, and I have narrowed down the location of the target, I then begin to "interrogate" the target using the "wiggle"...meaning, I cut my sweeps down to little, short, fairly rapid, back-and-forth swings -- like maybe 4-6 inches on either side of the target (i.e., the "Minelab wiggle"). As you do this, repeatedly, the machine will either tend to "lock on" to the target (if it's a "good" target), and start giving a good, consistent tone, OR, the tone will remain more choppy and inconsistent (if it's a "bad" target -- or occasionally also if it's a good target, but one that is almost undetectable due to co-located trash). When doing this "wiggle," rotate slowly around the target 360 degrees, while constantly maintaining that "wiggle." THIS, to me, is the key to deciphering targets with the Explorer. I consider it a two-step process...regular, slow sweeps to give you that initial hint that a potentially intersting target is under the coil, and THEN the "Minelab wiggle" while circling the target, to "interrogate" the target and make your dig vs. no-dig decision. LISTEN CLOSELY to what you are hearing while circling the target while "wiggling" it, and then make note of what type of target you recover. Over time, you'll learn what types of information you get from this process that mean "good target," and what types of information usually mean "trash target."

Hope this helps...

(and yes, you are doing VERY well, so far!)

Steve
 
Very good information! I am still using the factory settings with the semi auto sens. And also where I have been hunting it is very trashy as I remember from using my fisher,I couldnt even get close to the area I am finding all this great stuff. Actually I just came home from this grove a little while ago and in this same 25 sq foot area I found lead canoe charm thingy that was in the same hole as an old nail,3 more wheats and a "1914 Barber dime"!! Only 4 inches deep,the look of silver popping out of the ground is just beautiful! I just cant believe the coins im pulling out of there in that little area.As far as the wiggle goes I actually tried that tonight without reading your reply and I am starting to see how to do it.And I also see that you almost need to do it in trashy areas. Now like I have mentioned before this grove is more them heavily hunted out even myself have hammered it.This place is like the place where everyone has gone and I have still seen people there throughout the years.But obviously they dont have the SE animal like I do!! And im not giving up there either.Thanks for your input,you guys (and girls) are very helpful for me learning this machine. The only trash I mainly dig are mostly very old nails and a few very old pulltabs when I feel like digging for nickles or gold rings. No luck "yet",but I am going to atlantic city this summer! Thats another thing I need to learn to program when the time comes.
 
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