Steve in PR
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I knew this was going to be good as soon as I heard the tone......
8.9 grams of yellow and white 14K.
8.9 grams of yellow and white 14K.
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Luv my Excal!
- Thread starter Steve in PR
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Tony
Member
Steve.....that must have sounded good. I just love it when the sand melts away in the waterscoop to reveal something nice like a ring.
Speaking of Excalibur's......my new Excal is about 3 hours away from landing on my door.
..according to the internet trace on the package.
The PI will be my backup machine.....
Regards,
Tony
Speaking of Excalibur's......my new Excal is about 3 hours away from landing on my door.
..according to the internet trace on the package.The PI will be my backup machine.....
Regards,
Tony
Steve in PR
New member
Good luck with the new machine. I am sure the PI is great machine but what made you consider adding an Excal to your stable?
Tony
Member
Steve,
I just needed to maximise my time in the water, especially when perfect water hunting conditions don't last long. The amount of bottlecaps was taking up too much of my precious time and energy....these were the main culprits to my PI and some of them do sink down deep and then lose their iron "harsh audio".....the shallow ones I can usually ID okay.
Also, I've done extensive tests (depthwise) between a friend's Excalibur and my high-end PI and to tell you the truth, the depth performance was just about the same and on many gold rings was neck and neck.
I placed items in lengths of PVC pipe (one end capped) and then filled them with dry sands, wet sands....the pipes were then buried into the beach sand perfectly flush with the top of the surface. I then detected over them, changing between detectors, different lengths of pipe, dry sand, wet sand....and so on. I know myself that the tests were a good indication of the detector's ability. Tests on another beach may produce different results but on my local beaches the results were an eye-opener to me. The PI may pull in front on items that have been buried for a while (halos, etc), but most of my summer finds are recent drops. During winter and after the iron targets have disintegrated to nothing (and are not being replenished) then I may reach for the PI only if I'm satisfied that their is a depth advantage.
Again, all of this if for my local conditions and personal experiences.
I know the Excal will do the job as well as the PI even in moderate black sands.
Regards,
Tony.
I just needed to maximise my time in the water, especially when perfect water hunting conditions don't last long. The amount of bottlecaps was taking up too much of my precious time and energy....these were the main culprits to my PI and some of them do sink down deep and then lose their iron "harsh audio".....the shallow ones I can usually ID okay.
Also, I've done extensive tests (depthwise) between a friend's Excalibur and my high-end PI and to tell you the truth, the depth performance was just about the same and on many gold rings was neck and neck.
I placed items in lengths of PVC pipe (one end capped) and then filled them with dry sands, wet sands....the pipes were then buried into the beach sand perfectly flush with the top of the surface. I then detected over them, changing between detectors, different lengths of pipe, dry sand, wet sand....and so on. I know myself that the tests were a good indication of the detector's ability. Tests on another beach may produce different results but on my local beaches the results were an eye-opener to me. The PI may pull in front on items that have been buried for a while (halos, etc), but most of my summer finds are recent drops. During winter and after the iron targets have disintegrated to nothing (and are not being replenished) then I may reach for the PI only if I'm satisfied that their is a depth advantage.
Again, all of this if for my local conditions and personal experiences.
I know the Excal will do the job as well as the PI even in moderate black sands.
Regards,
Tony.
Steve in PR
New member
Excellent points. I like the test methodology. Thanks for the opinion. I had originally thought about buying a PI machine but the junk in the water here would have driven my mad. Local conditions must dictate.