salt water

[Anonymous]

Question,
Does the explorer function properly when hunting in shallow salt water. Are there effects such as reduced signal stability, falsing, loss of accurate target id, etc.
I currently use a White's IDX and while it is great on dry sand, salt water causes constant falsing. Wondering if the FBS system eliminates these types of problems.
Thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

the explorer and Sovereigns both actually work better on salt water beaches, at least as far as depth and stablity

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry about the double post, I hit a wrong button. I have to admit your answer was the answer I wanted to hear.
A machine with effective id and complete stability in salt water, I love it. A Minelab machine is in my future.
Thanks again, hh

 

[Anonymous]

Then come into the light.....

 

[Anonymous]

Get "The Scoop" or an equal because you'll be digging deep and a hand scoop doesn't get it

 

[Anonymous]

I had a white's xlt and loved it but I couldn't go near salt water without greatly reducing sensitivity etc. It tended to drive it crazy. Anyway, I bought an explorer and it is great at the ocean. It also masks iron targets way better than White's. The only negative thing for me, is that I think the Explorer's sounds are nowhere near as clear as the White's to me but once you get used to it, who cares? I'd rather get the greater depth, better iron masking, and great salt water & mineral properties that the Explorer offers. -Dave

 

[Anonymous]

I am walking towards it. I had no idea that this level of technology had been achieved by any manufacture. A target id machine for land and also effective for non submersed salt water use. Most everything I had read placed the Explorer in the hype category.
I only stumbled onto this site by meeting up with another detectorist (using an Explorer) on a beach. It is either ignorance or a conspiracy that the Minelab's unique qualities aren't better known. Many web sites ignore Minelab or slam it.
Glad to be here, HH.

 

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[Anonymous]

I found the Explorer to be very stable about 95% of the time.... the only exception being every once in a great while, right at the surf line as the waves break and then recede under your coil, I would get a few falses in the foil range..... something about the waves shifting the sand slightly as they recede. Maybe the sand was pretty mineralized or something... but knocking the sensitivity down a little helped..... it was just frustrating to hear that when you were listening for the faint foil hits from gold, and having to recheck every blip constantly. Other than that, It has been a killer machine on the beaches in my modest experiences. HH, Mike.