I bought a slightly used explorer se with 6 coils, dirt cheap, in July, but due to the hot , drought conditions never had a chance to try it out until this week.
On Labor day, I only had half an hour to hit an old park I had never been to before. I put on the 6" excellerator coil, and dug a few junk targets. It detected an aluminum
top of an old beer can 10" deep. Whoa! Not expecting that kind of depth with such a small coil.
The guy I bought this peach from had the machine set up with Bryce's World Famous settings, so I kept them there. I adjusted the threshhold a bit, but thats it.
On Tuesday, I had a rare opportunity to spend 5 hours detecting, so I headed down to the beach, an hour away. Gorgeous day in the Ozarks, clear sky and 95 degrees.
Once I took a look at the beach, I put the sand scoop back in the truck, and grabbed a pry bar to dig thru the rocks. My goal for the day was to dig 100 coins, and a piece of jewelry.
After digging my first target in this 99% rock beach, I reduced my goal to 50. I put the 10 x 12 sef coil on her, and detecting I did. It took a bit of time to listen for the higher tones, but having owned a Safari, the sounds were similiar.
The lake was down about 5 feet lower than it usually is, which may have accounted for the coins being deep. How these modern clad coins less than 10 years old could be 6-8" deep under these rocks is a head scratcher. Possibly the wave action, works the rocks and coins a bit, causing the coins to sink deep between the rocks?
I was unable to scrub the coil on the ground, I usually had the coil 3" above the surface due to the large rocks everywhere. And I was still finding coins up to 8" deep with ease.
This machine is a depth monster for sure. I finished up the day finding 53 coins, all clad, and 2 jewelry items, a sterling silver ring which ends up weighing half an oz, and a tiffany .925 silver bracelet, which weighs 1.75 oz. The bracelat was 2" down, and the ring was on edge 7" deep.
Alot of coins found also had bits of trash in the hole. I listened for the decent sounding tones, that flashed a high conductive number, and a lower ferrous number. In the beginning I dig more questionable targets, as I was curious. I did not notice the weight of the machine much, as I spent more time hacking at the rocks. Anyway, it was a fun day, its a fun machine, that works awesome.
A special thanks to Bryce for sharing his wisdom, knowledge, and patience on this forum. You are a huge asset to this great hobby! HH
On Labor day, I only had half an hour to hit an old park I had never been to before. I put on the 6" excellerator coil, and dug a few junk targets. It detected an aluminum
top of an old beer can 10" deep. Whoa! Not expecting that kind of depth with such a small coil.
The guy I bought this peach from had the machine set up with Bryce's World Famous settings, so I kept them there. I adjusted the threshhold a bit, but thats it.
On Tuesday, I had a rare opportunity to spend 5 hours detecting, so I headed down to the beach, an hour away. Gorgeous day in the Ozarks, clear sky and 95 degrees.
Once I took a look at the beach, I put the sand scoop back in the truck, and grabbed a pry bar to dig thru the rocks. My goal for the day was to dig 100 coins, and a piece of jewelry.
After digging my first target in this 99% rock beach, I reduced my goal to 50. I put the 10 x 12 sef coil on her, and detecting I did. It took a bit of time to listen for the higher tones, but having owned a Safari, the sounds were similiar.
The lake was down about 5 feet lower than it usually is, which may have accounted for the coins being deep. How these modern clad coins less than 10 years old could be 6-8" deep under these rocks is a head scratcher. Possibly the wave action, works the rocks and coins a bit, causing the coins to sink deep between the rocks?
I was unable to scrub the coil on the ground, I usually had the coil 3" above the surface due to the large rocks everywhere. And I was still finding coins up to 8" deep with ease.
This machine is a depth monster for sure. I finished up the day finding 53 coins, all clad, and 2 jewelry items, a sterling silver ring which ends up weighing half an oz, and a tiffany .925 silver bracelet, which weighs 1.75 oz. The bracelat was 2" down, and the ring was on edge 7" deep.
Alot of coins found also had bits of trash in the hole. I listened for the decent sounding tones, that flashed a high conductive number, and a lower ferrous number. In the beginning I dig more questionable targets, as I was curious. I did not notice the weight of the machine much, as I spent more time hacking at the rocks. Anyway, it was a fun day, its a fun machine, that works awesome.
A special thanks to Bryce for sharing his wisdom, knowledge, and patience on this forum. You are a huge asset to this great hobby! HH
