On the subject of the bouncing cursor.....

[Steve(MS)]

I thought I would give a link to Mike Moutray's Explorer screen about the "bouncing". Some were asking about it earlier. Some bouncers are not as extreme as in his examples but it should give an idea of what it may look like.

http://66.51.97.78/coinist/xsscreens.html

 

[mattockman]

n/t

 

[Dan-Pa.]

On your ground and above all your settings..For instance FAST lets you work trashy areas but is not as accurate and does cost you some depth..Sort of give and takeaways..but after a while the path of the cursor should alert you to good finds. Mike sure gives some good tips that are time proven with time in the field and would recommend his tips and writings to anyone learning the Explorer...

 

[Steve(MS)]

I mostly go by tones anyway so the cursor movement isn't the #1 indicator for me. The best approach is to dig some iffies and see what they are for a given site then base decisions on results.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

I agree with you 100 percent as the audio of a silver dime or quarter should stop one in his tracks..Hoewer the digital number and cursor position comes into play after that..
Sure I dig iffies if its slow but exessive digging destroys the landscape and the Explorer is too good of a unit to not be able to tell to dig or not...in most cases..

 

[Steve(MS)]

I knew you were going to a different detector a while back, just wondering,
hope you have a great year.
HH

 

[Dan-Pa.]

I guess my favorite saying could be so many detectors so little time..Explorer sure has the best guts of the lot and although old age and diabetes can slow one down pull a nce silver now and then from some of the worked out parks we have even though those all day hunts are no more..yep back to an Explorer for the old deep silver and have adjusted to the weight and ergonomics quite nicely.

 

[Steve(MS)]

I have been thinking about making up a chestmount to use with bigger coils, I know where I can buy a extension cord, just need to make up a handle for the shaft, may not ever get around to it though, I really don't like being tied to the detector. If I am not steadily swinging the weight isn't too bad.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Explorers are tough to chestmount, might try that swingy thing if you have a good back..Believe me in my early years I hipmounted everything because of weight with older units..Haven't hipmounted in years as indeed your sort of tied to your detector in a way and you have to develop a knack for hipmounting as its just different and you have more freedom rodmounting ( sort of been there done that and not going back) might try the mods forum as I would bet might learn a few tricks the fellows use..Myself the stock coil serves me well but then again whatever works as many do well with larger or smaller coils..

 

[grumpyolman]

Hey Steve! I use the Swingy Thingy and have since I started with the Explorer. I have it hung so it's sort of like a heavy load on a crane. It just takes a little effort to move that suspended weight. As a matter of fact, the arm rest doesn't even get cinched up as it moves easily enough without having that hooked to the arm. A couple of days ago I put on the 12" Sun Ray to work the dry sand and also used the Swingy Thingy. Easy to trade to the other rod and worked just as good. In case you didn't know, the detector hangs from a bungee cord from a "D" ring in the middle of your chest. The strap that holds the "D" ring is anchored right above your left rear pants pocket like a suspender would hook. The weight distributes itself from your back pocket over your right shoulder and midway down your chest. The strap is wide enough that I don't even feel the pressure on my shoulder when wearing a light shirt. I've used it for hours and my neck is more uncomfortable from looking down than any problems with arms or back. The length of the bungee can easily and quickly be changed so the detector can just be sliding over the grass. After awhile I slump or the bungee stretches and in less time than it takes to read this sentence, you can pull on the bungee and adjust. A fringe benefit is if you have to do something with both hands, like blow your nose, you can just let the thing hang there. Hope this help. I am 65 so I need all the help I can get. Jim

 

[Steve(MS)]

Here is a tip for your swingy thingy, I made a homemade version and agree with what was written here.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,719959,720235#msg-720235