Learn Mode on Explorer

[Anonymous]

My name is Dave
I live in Northern KY.
I am a true rookie with this Minelab Exporer, I have had it about 2 weeks.
Been out about 4 hours and dug about 20 holes 18 pcs junk 1 clad dime and a penny
Not even a wheat at that. All I have done as far, as set up goes is to turn on the detector and let it start in factory setting, then I place an x next to everything except Coins and Jewelry.
Then press detect. This question is about letting the detector learn.
I probably have about every type of US coin available from half cents to $20.00 gold coins, so my question is, if I use the learn on this machine, and take the time to learn every coin I think I might find would this work as a coin finding program? And if I use this machine to learn this,
Will it detect in the same cross hair location on the monitor if different conditions
as far as ground composition please advise
Thanks in advance Dave ezcashh@aol.com

 

[Anonymous]

Do these few adjustments and then go try again being patient.
Set the detector toadvanced mode first. Go to main menu,options, and click advanced.under one of the menu headings is audio. Select volume and set the max limit at 10. Set the gain at 8.
Under the tone page set the variability at 10 and the limits at 10.
Under sounds set or make sure it's on conduct.
From main menu go to options and then to recovery. Set it on deep.
press detect and then iron mask. Set iron mask at -6. Now detect in the iron mask screen for a couple of weeks.
One thing I've learned is this machine is awesome when swept SLOW. I mean 3 seconds in each direction.
To start with dig only high chirpy signals that repeat. You'll experemement with iffys later, as well as medium and lower pitch signals ( indian heads,nickels, gold)
Look at the depth meter on every signal. It isn't accurate until it is at 6 inches or deeper. If it shows 3 to 4 inches it's probably in the plug. Dig all high pitch signals half way on the depth meter and deeper. Surface targets give a pulsating warbley sound. You're looking for the target box to be at the top for wheats and top with only 2 of the 4 quadrants showing for silver, and burried in the upper right hand corner for quarters, and right and down a bit for halves.
Give it a try and let me know how it works for you.
Remember the most important point is slow sweep. The opposite of the White's xlt.
Good luck.
Tony

 

[Anonymous]

Dave,
Being you are new to the Explorer I would stay in the quick start mode and just up the sensitivty a bit and go out and use the Explorer and go more by the tones than the crosshair as they are more accurate. Now after you have learn the basic than I would build patterns and such, but when you use the learn mode turn down the sensitivy as low as you can so it will make a clean pattern. These pattern you build will work for a quick check of a area, but if you want the deep and older coins I feel a pattern will do more harm than good as any coins laying next to iron you will miss, any coin with another coin you may miss as it will read in the rejected area. The best way is run iron mask at a -10 or so so you hear them all and by learning the tones and making sure they are repeatable from more than on direction will make you finds better. Now some places are realy full of trash and iron mask can drive you crazy with all the tones, so one of my programs I have blacked out the screen and went to edit and used the big cursor and cleared off the top of the screen other than maybe 1/4 inch on the left side. Then I went to learn mode and learned the differnt nickles with the medium cursor, now I have a coin pattern and willget the coins beside junk and dont have to listen to all the tones in a trashy area, just have to listen for the good tones.
Rick