Silent Search

[Anonymous]

I have been experimenting with silent threshold in this manner. I set Audio Gain to 10, Manual Sensitivity to 32 then adjust the threshold as follows. Set the threshold to the lowest point where sound is hear than drop it only one click. I can see the threshold on the display indicator but cannot hear it. I think it is important to be only one click below what I can hear. All I hear at positive targets and can detect my test coins very loud and clear. I find this to work nice in trash as the nulls are going so I can focus on the positive hits a little better. I also use this in semi-auto and it also does great. I prefer to hear a threshold but have found I do like the decrease in chatter. When FAST/DEEP or ON and using silent search as described it really cuts down on the bits of trash that are right on top of the ground from making those little pecking sounds. I am not confident enough to suggest this to others as a way to run the Explorer but something you might want to try as an experiment.
Audio Gain 10
Sensitivity 32
Manual/Semi-Auto (User preference)
Deep/Fast (User preference)
<STRONG><span style="background-color:#ffff00;">In another area STABILITY is user or manufacture defined.</span></STRONG> One user may be very comfortable with the threshold sound at the very edge where there is considerable scratch and pecking sounds while another wants it rock solid with no changes other than for a target. Minelab engineers design semi-auto based on what they consider to be stability based on environmental variables. I mention this because that is one variable in the above for silent search.
HH, Cody

 

[Anonymous]

with that basic setup for 4 years now. IT WORKS, don't need a threshold on the XS.....
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Don

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Good to know that it works well. I was having fun with this the other day and like how it worked in trash.
Have a great day,
HH, Cody

 

[Anonymous]

I believe if I had the XSII I might go with a slight threshold, but the XS just would never allow that adjustment, so I always hunted one click below audible. I was used to silent search coming from a Garrett GTA1000, so no big deal. A lot of former Fisher and Whites users are so used to a Threshold that I think they are afraid the detector isn't working if they don't hear something....
Thanks for posting your opinion on the silent search.
Don

 

[Anonymous]

but that was only making adjustments on my headphones. I didn't try dropping it a little on the detector.

 

[Anonymous]

Whatever works and one fellow hunting without it for 4 years sure proves that.For those that don't know the Explorer XS was a bugger to set the threshold just right and the 11 model rectified this situation.
I am sure many threshold users find it to be helpful, but still debateable whether it goes any deeper with the threshold.For those unaware threshold can help tell if your unit is stable, lets you know the lay of the land relative trash by its nulling and lets you get a nice target next to trash after becoming used to it..Remember too low and you may not hear the null and too loud you may drown out a good target...Many deepseeking machines have no threshold so its a matter of preference..