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NEW Dectector minelab explorer II Pro NEED HELP PLEASE!

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I just bought a minelab explorer II Pro and I have been told it is a very good machine. But I cant figure out the settings, and have not been able to find anything worth while. I worked a very unknown beach (for dectionists) and hugh for teen beach goers, and came up with .88 cents at the end of five hours! Not the best day for sure. These kids lose all kinds of gold and jewelry and I could not find any of it. Anyone that has this machine and can find things, could I please get some help? PLEASE????
Thank You, ken
 
First REAL detector! LOL No I had a (what I called a point and shoot) cheapy model garrett. It was the only thing that I could afford at the time, around $200.00, I found alot of newer coins, some wheaties. But NO GOLD, or any old coins. Now that i can afford a better detector, I cant figure out how to use the thing! LOL I am pretty much stuck on basic settings and I am not finding anything but trash. Andy emailed me and is going to walk me through some settings, etc. I cant wait! Any additional help from anyone that has had good luck or good settings would be of great help and very appreciated. I want to find that elusive gold for my wife, and an old coin or two to bolster my spirits. I spent almost 1900.00 total and now have my original PLUS my three new detectors and one pointer. I am stoked and ready to find the stuff with no idea how! I am going to the library tomorrow to search out old schools and the like. Hopefully I will find some!
Thank You, Ken
 
Ken,
A good place to start with the XS II is run the factory presets untill you understand the tones and how this detector will work. I have one guy using a XS and now a XS II that is running the preset for the first 2 years and now starting to change a few settings the last 2 years and he does well. Too many get caught up with all the programing and settings without learning what they all do and dont know why they cant find much. Untill you understand the Explorer it will be confusing, after that it will be easy to use.
Just because you got the best detector, dont mean you will find the best finds, but when you know it your odds will be more in your favor.
Stick with the factory setting other than maybe adjusting your sensitiviy to the area you are hunting. If beach hunting you want to dig all the signal as gold will read as trash, If a coin hunter you want to dig those high pitched signals that are repeatable and read in the upper right of the screen. To begin with you may want to dig all repeateable signals to see what each item sounds like and where they will read on the screen and soon you will know which ones to dig and which ones to pass up. It will take some time and patience and remember to go slow.
Rick
 
Gold hunting is probably the hardest thing to hunt for because so many targets hit in the quite large "gold range". Coinshooting is a snap with an explorer because the range is much smaller, but if you're hunting for gold too you're basically digging everything so don't expect your coin count to be too high.
The Explorer is a very sensitive detector and digging for gold means you'll be doing alot of digging period. So like Rick said stick to the basics, maybe crank up the sensitivity a bit and start paying close attention to the target ID and real close attention to the tone ID as it is the key to Id'ing a find before you dig it.
Time in the field will be the main thing when it comes to learning the XS.
HH and good luck,
Greg
 
or it could be that the local detectorists don't hunt there because they seldom find anything of value--or maybe they only hunt the wet sand at low tide or water hunt, if the gold is usually lost in the water at that location.
As others have mentioned, if you want to find gold at the beach, you will have to dig everything except iron. Gold falls into a very broad range--from foil all the way up to coin range. Skip foil and you'll skip some gold. Skip pulltabs, skip some more gold. Why? Different shapes, sizes and alloys equal different conductivities.
You have a detector which can detect gold, but your coil had to pass over it in order to do so.
The "magic formula" for beach hunting <u>is</u> to dig it all, but it takes patience and persistence.
Keep in mind, too, that you must swing slowly for the maximum depth and sensitivity to smaller/lower conductivity items. Swinging fast will get you only shallower finds.
If you're not using the 10" coil, you should. More coverage per sweep is important at the beach.
There is also a beach forum on this site. You won't find Explorer-specific tips, but you will find good how-to advice in the archives and if you ask questions.
 
you cant get cought up in what you see others posting on the net <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">... take your own speed and go with it... learn everything about why when and how it reacts for your area and to the sites you huunt and the finds are endless <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
 
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