No Depth?!

[Anonymous]

I've used the XS for about a year now, but still haven't gotten any significant depth, either with the stock coil or the Joey. I have found some wheat pennies down to about 4-5", but nothing deeper, and no deep silver. I seem to be pretty good at finding the deeper rusty nails and some deeper aluminum caps, but not much else. Any particular settings that I should be using, or is there something that I am missing?! Perhaps having used the XLT is working against me and making the Minelab seem more difficult, because I'm not sure what a deep signal would look or sound like on the XS, whereas the XLT would at least offer a "whisper signal" that would often mean deep silver. Are deep signals supposed to register similarly to signals that aren't so deep, and should I expect most silver to be upper right hand corner on the smart screen? Let me know how to set the machine up, if you would, and "thanks" for any replies...

 

[Anonymous]

Hello Mac ,
I have been using an Explorer since 8 months now
and I feel very happy with this machine -
What sensivity level are you using ? On my Explorer , the sensivity is always set at 32 - Manual - The machine is a bit noisy but I get very good depth perfos ...
email me if you want
Regards
Alain ( from France )

 

[Anonymous]

Set threshold at 7 and run Sens up until sound starts to break up, lock on Manual. This is the best Sens setting for the area you are detecting. Back the Threshold down to where you like it, I use 5 to not hear the threshold. Check under Audio,Gain and set it to 10, this will make deep targets sound like surface targets. Also set to deep and not fast. If this still still does not yield deep targets, go out detecting with someone else with an Explorer and compare signals. I guess you may not have any deep signals. You could call Minelab in Navada and check with them if all else fails.
Bud Kaczor , Ohio

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,
The other day I was getting a signal in discriminate mode but at 18" I lost it but it still showed in pin point(all metals mode)so I kept going at 24" I called my son over with his Whites XLT who got no signal at all.I borrowed his bigger spade and at 30" out came a medieval
bronze kidney key ring about 1" long and 1/2" wide.
Just Keep digging.Jerry.Bristol UK.

 

[Anonymous]

How fast are you sweeping? An XLT requires a fast sweep speed for maximum depth..the explorer is the total opposite. Pretend you are painting the ground..nice and slow...

 

[Anonymous]

Wow. Great find. Do you use the probe too?
Rick

 

[Anonymous]

I believe the reason you have to use a very slow sweep with the explorer is that the deep signals have a short response and you will miss them if you are speedy gonzales. once I hear something I shorten my sweep to plus or minus a half foot. Then a good target gives a solid responce.

 

[Anonymous]

During the last few weeks here, ground conditions have gotten steadily drier and we were about 3" behind on rain over the last two months.
With both an Explorer and a Fisher CZ-70, the best depth I managed with coins was about 4" or so and I recovered over 200 coins. In the past, I have dug pennies at 11", so I know that I can get the deep ones if conditions permit.
Anyhow, once I figured it out, I stopped going to "good" spots and started working new sites - may as well dig the clad in abundance.
The point here is that the Explorer is a heck of a lot deeper running with some moisture in the ground. I don't know how fequently you got out or how wet or dry it was, but moisture is a consideration that can easily be overlooked.
Tim