new to forum and the SE

[keithinvestigations]

Howdy, I just got my spankin new SE in a week or so ago. I have about 8 hrs under my belt on the SE and am trying to get the hang of it. I have a few questions:

1) which display setting do you use? I find that if I use the digital number screen I am constantly trying to remember...say what is 7 FE 28, etc.

2) pinpointing is difficult for me, should I go to a smaller coil starting out?

3) should I dig on the targets that are unstable? ei, today I hit something with a conductivity of 28 which in my test is for a silver coin. However, I really have to go over the target area very slowly and sometimes it comes up differently like say 10 fe 28 an then I do it again and it is just 28. Argh! Maybe I should only dig the targets that lock on with a stable reading?

Please give me some basic advice to get the hang of this machine, thanks.

 

[cspene]

(Or digital numbers). I run in ferrous and listen for the high tones. Make a note that the lower right on the screen is usually some type of bottle cap. I would select the coin program first and as you get used to the tones, start opening up the discrimination and listen to more of what's in the ground, still listening for higher tones. You just need time with the machine. You can't hurry that. You've got a great detector. Don't give up before you learn it. It will repay you many times over for spending the time and getting to know it.

HH
Chris

 

[Relic$Hunter]

Hey Davy
I know just how you feel..when I first started I had the same problems with my Explorer 2.
Like the last post reads go with the good tones that are repeatable both directions of your swing. Sometimes you will get a good hit when first passing over but on the return nothing,,What that means is one of two things a bad target are a good target next to a iron target.you should then try slowing your swing down in a smaller pattern and rotate 90 degrees to see if you can get a good repeatable sound...If good sounding target found dig if not try turning iron mask off and swing again you probably have a piece of trash. The key to a mine lab FBS is 75% in the sound of the flute and 25% in you conductivity and ferrous readings.
I have always been told that air testing these units is the same as if it were in the ground but in trashy areas this changes the game a little.
I recently dug a Officers belt plate up in a cane field about 6 inches down and the reading was 00-28 but the noise fluted so nicely I was going to dig it on that along.
In saying that I also find buttons at 06-27 and when I see them numbers pop up I get excited right away...lol
Time will pass and you will get use to the sounds and probably only look at the screen half of the time.
But beware Iron mass on and it will block out a button are a coin most of the time if it is close to iron.
Some may say other wise but the Explorers are the best coin and relic machines on the market and go deeper than any other machines out there...I know I have owned and tested just about all of them in the last 4 years.
As for as the pinpointing the SE has improved from the x-2 and will be much easier to learn with a smaller coil like a 8 or 5 inch.
8 inch is a great coil for that machine and goes surprisingly deep.


Take care
Relic$Hunter

 

[expII al]

Chris is right. Take your time and read the manual. I've had my expII a little more than two years and I read it all the time. My best tip at this time is to keep the sens. at 16 or lower. The detector will run smooth and you will still have great depth. I set mine at 8 and had good tone on a quarter i buried at 10". This detector is unlike anything that I've ever used. I used to be a full line dealer so I had them all and the explorer is the best.But at first I wanted to wrap it around a tree. Now I love it!!!
Al

 

[keithinvestigations]

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I'm not giving up and it makes me feel better that others have had my same experience. I suppose it's some kind of right of passage or something with the SE.

 

[keithinvestigations]

Thanks for the advice John! Greatly appreciated. If you come to South MS, give me a ring and we'll hunt somewhere.

 

[goldenpulltab]

I can id iron and nails correctly about 90% of the time at least with my SE.

I do dig iron just to prove to my self that i know what iron sounds like
I pass over nearly all iron no problem. The se is just a little noisier over iron in the soil. Maybe even more than a little. Even on sites with hardly any iron the iron is very noticeable with the SE. The plus side i think though is the depth and sensitivity to nickels is really good and smooth sound. The se does take some getting use to though even if you have been used to using the XS and EXPLORER 2 models. Its a different machine completely.