OK ALL YOU EXPLORER OWNERS

[king-ghidorah]

Shambler,

Your avatar is scaring me,heehee.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

I'd swap him in a heart beat. I had reservations about it at first. even played around with one just after they came out. I couldn't see a huge difference in performance, but from reading the E-Trac forum and playing around a bit with it a second time, I would be quite happy to own one.( The balance is just superb.) Almost certainly would when the Explorer dies. I may get another year or so out of it, but in the mean time, I'm quite enjoying the Explorer.
Mick Evans.

 

[NealNoIN]

n/t

 

[Ron (CA)]

n/t

 

[James N.D.]

It would be tough to give up a machine you know so well and start out with something that is a bit different than your old Explorer. This would no doubt = less finds on outings thus getting discouraged shortly after. I would have to pass, unless of course, I had another XS, then I would go for it just to have a new tinker toy to play with. Good Luck and HH.

 

[mascard1]

AHHHH........Took the SE today for three hours some clad and a 1909s penny and a 1910s barber.....Man it felt like ...my extra arm was back!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me and the E-trac , just dont get along.....don't know why?...My buddy had his E-TRAC out today with me. It just seems like when I hear something ...I cant go back and pinpoint(with the SE)....turn off pinpoint and do the PRO COIL WIGGLE....And it there and it's not ...DIG.......It's there.........AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

[LilloEsquilo]

Not necessarily. I came from the Explorer too and still have one, and with the E-Trac my first find was a silver dime in a park I hadn't found silver in for the last 20 years.

With that logic, you could never switch to a new machine even though over the long haul you'd find a lot more coins once you got over the initial curve, so we should all be hunting with our BFO units Just food for thought here. the learning curve is truly not that dramatic.

 

[DrBobinMO]

I have an Explorer XS as a backup to my SE Pro. I would not mind trading that for an E-trac. This way the E-trac would serve as my backup

In all seriousness they are both great detectors. Anyone here with just a little skill can do great with either one.

 

[mascard1]

I could switch to a new machine....it is just the e_trac does not work for me....let me tell you I tried.....do you think ,I would spend 1,400.00 and not try?
I have a buddy that hunts right along side me with the E-trac.....and we both do good!!! And I know the ground in california is not the best!..I still have the e-trac not going to sell...I will probally take it out and use it every now and then....I don't think there is that much of a learning curve on it(E-TRAC)? Shoot I have a f75 that I think was harder to learn..besides my SE is my third arm! opps there goes that one way thinking again( OK BANG I"M DEAD ....I WON"T THINK LIKE THAT AGAIN)!

 

[MINELABMIKE]

i have used Explorers for 8 yrs, i have the Explorer SE professional and i would never trade for an E TRAC. my freind bought the e trac brand new in jan 09 and could not understand it so 3 weeks later , mind you he paid $1,500 for the e trac he traded straight up for a 2006 model SE i know was not worth more than $750.00

 

[mascard1]

yeah ..I still have the E-trac...but always take the Se first...I tell you my buddy does great with his e-trac....I just can"t for the life of me get it to work for me..I THINK SE STANDS FOR .........................SUPER EXPLORER!!!!!

 

[DrBobinMO]

..I THINK SE STANDS FOR .........................SUPER EXPLORER!!!!!

I always thought it stood for Sith Explorer with that nice black look and all. I call mine Vader

 

[James N.D.]

I have seen things that I don't like about the E-trac, since a friend has one. One is that the E-trac finds a lot more junk than my Explorer XS and the other is the ID on it can be totally off. I would give the E-trac a chance to prove itself but I surely wouldn't trade my Explorer XS for it since I can find every target the E-trac has found. We have done side by side comparisons many times over and I can get what the E-trac gets every time, that is when it's something like a coin. I also think the E-trac is way too fast in my opinion since the ID seems to fluctuate too much, unlike my XS. Remember, this is only my opinion on the E-trac and if I owned one maybe I would see a difference but as long as my XS is up and running, I feel no need for an E-trac in my arsenal at the moment. Good Luck and HH.

 

[Great Republic]

n/t

 

[digitrich]

Hey Ray the new SEF is 6 x 8 not 8 x 10. If it was 8x10, I would think the 11 pro would overlap it's use (like the 10x12. At 6 x 8, there is no coil that is that size excluding the 8 inch circles. An 8 inch coil with a thinner width just may still get enough depth, that the thinner width might get better separation, magic word is might. Just because of it's dimensions: 6 x 8, it may warrant a closer look. I don't like SEF's larger coils what so ever, other than the 10 x14 BUT that's an Excelerator coil. Wish MineLab or SunRay made oblong coils.

 

[johnnywilliamson]

Thanks, but no thanks. JW

 

[DanRoss]

digitrich, your buddy finds a lot because he has learned his machine. Someone who really knows a machine with half the capability of the SE will do very well because at least half of this is the art of knowing when to dig.

I am still wrestling with learning the sounds of the SE Pro. I hunted a White's XLT for ten years, and found a lot of good things. I also have not yet found a capability on the SE that gives me the sounds of the discrimination processing without cutting any out. Will all metal do this? The XLT had an autio pass through where the sounds of silver came through very well when mixed with other targets but all sounds were passed through in this mode and after a half hour your mind was mush. Still a lot of good finds in trash this way.

I moved from the XLT for two reasons. One, I felt the Minelab had demonstrated better depth than the XLT for those who knew their machines, and Two, I figured that 10 years of technology improvement should give me something.

I am disappointed in the 'lack of separation' between the wheat pennies and silver. If the Minelab engineers merely assigned random FE and CO numbers rather than using a true conductivity and FE scale, then they should have spread it out (something I hear the ETRAX does but I haven't seen one.) I also find it frustrating to dig so deep into hard ground, especially for what often turns out to be false highs from rusted iron. I was counting on the iron mask to be more effective than I have found it so far.

I am also beginning to believe, however, that the desert southwest soil is partly to blame for not being able to really crank up the power of the SE in my area... I guess I could have gone to a Bounty Hunter.

 

[DanRoss]

Digitrich, I am guilty of posting without seeing pages 2,3,and 4. Although my comments regarding the difficulties I am having adjusting to the SE are still valid, I am sure your experience transfer from the SE to the Etrax was sufficient to be valuable if the Etrax was up to snuff.

Maybe you can offer some suggestions on my SE challenge?

Oh, I did get the SE from a dealer down in the gulf area who swore by the Etrax for beach hunting over the SE, but told me that for the kind of hunting I would be doing, he didn't think the Etrax would offer much improvement over the Explorer series (he apparently has vast experience with using the Explorer series in the field and on the beaches).

 

[jamesmuzzy]

I wouldn't trade my EXII for my wife...If that hostage situation should ever happen
Just kidding, I love them both. and I keep a spare. Explorer that is.