soft drink/soda pop cans

[emubob]

this explorer se pro has got to be the best soft drink cans finder i've ever had.it don't find much else but it sure finds them and when you think it's silver guess what,it's another can sounds the same as silver to me.i think it will follow the e trac to another home.emubob

 

[sasquache]

Dont give up emubob check target for 'size' befor you dig a silver coin is much smaller than a soda can.I love my Explorer XS but i do understand you fustrations

 

[chuck ky]

are you not finding anything good with the se. i have used several detectors since 1971 and since the first one that had discrimination i have found junk targets that read good with every one. i would hate to give up all the silver coins i found with the sovereign because it also showed aluminum cans as silver. good luck

 

[drkp88]

Don't get frustrated too fast and give up on the SE. It sounds like you're just still inexperienced on it. I've been detecting since the mid '70s and have used many types (yes, even before discrimination was available) including Compass, Garrett, Whites and Bounty Hunter. They all have their quirks and strengths but I have never had the depth and capabilities that the SE pro has. Give it time and do some sample tests.
A can might give a great reading but if you lift the coil it will usually continue to give a strong reading because of the mass. A coin reading will diminish as you lift the coil (unless it's a "catch" lol).
It took me a while to get used to the explorer and its tones but it was worth it. My hunting buddy used to say: "once you got used to that SE you are always kickin' my butt. I'm going to break that darn SE".
The explorer is a silver hound. Give yourself time. I usually hunt in open screen - no discrimination. Just a little IM. I work in Smart screen and go by tones/cursor.
Bruce

 

[emubob]

yes inexperienced with the explorer,just had to try one.main detector is the xterra 705,find plenty of keepers with that,emubob

 

[Ralph in Albany NY]

drkp88 is right. Lift the coil at least a foot, if you still get a signal, its a can or larger.

 

[Agseeker]

I've never used a Minelab Explorer, but if you want to go to the Etrac to get away from finding pop cans -- don't . I can't tell you how many pop cans I've found with the Etrac that were over a foot deep. They give a reading just like a silver quarter. There's nothing quite like digging down a foot in dry hard dirt to find an aluminum can at the bottom!! Good luck with the Explorer.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Plain and simple in most cases the can will just cover a large area. Now if its crushed its harder to tell. Indeed experience counts and everyone gets fooled now and then.

 

[TwoRivers]

Coin size objects have a very small signature (sound width ) in the pinpoint mode. I personally can tell a lot by the numbers when it comes to cans.....The other day at a colonial site I dug a can at 20 plus inches, apparently the soil had been disturbed before for a can to be that deep. At these type of sites I basically dig everything and it does pay off in good finds...As for the trash I take it home and recycle it. When I get enough I sell it at the scrap yard........

 

[Ohio Dirt Fisher]

Did laundry, went to my grandsons 3 year birthday party, then moved a refrigerator for my other son, then went detecting. Was in the woods 45 minutes from 5 pm and ran into these. At first I thought it may be a can top as I had dug several of them already in the immediate area. Was a 28, 29 & 30 with solid high tone, but the 30 threw me off as that usually indicates a can top or flattened can. Checked the area with the X-Pointer and had nothing on or near the surface so pinpointed with the SE and had a large signal, not tight, but a solid 29 VID. So I said to myself, "Well it's probably a can, but you better dig it." Nicked it with the trowel and being it's almost dark now I at first thought it was a can top, except I saw the eagle. Checked the hole with my X-Pointer and had something in the sidewall. Boom, out pops the Washington. In the woods until dark again scouring the area.

So listen to the tones. Yes you will dig a lot of cans. I do. But some are not! And that's the surprise! And this is #42 & #43 this season in that order.

Ed

 

[kingingkunsan]

Yes I dig cans too with my Explorer. But usually deep ones (foot or more). Those are the tough ones to eliminate. A shallow can, as others have said, you should be able to lift the coil 6-10 inches off ground and still get signal. And as others have pointed out, no matter what machine you use, you are going to dig undesirable targets. Just the nature of the hobby. But the Explorer has proven to me against other machines plenty of times that it can and will get those deep silver coins. Not to mention those on edge coins. Good luck and HH

 

[peterinaust.]

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[peterinaust.]

hey, emubob haven't seen you at the beach in awhile! Yes I find soft drink cans, but you get to know them.
Peter.