Go there now to learn from other metal detector users whove already went through the learning curve. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?10Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:35:13 -0600 Phorum 5.2-dev http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1092942,1092942#msg-1092942 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1092942,1092942#msg-1092942 Ben ( Lancaster, OH ) Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumWed, 18 Nov 2009 06:29:29 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1091845,1091845#msg-1091845 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1091845,1091845#msg-1091845 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:19 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1089991,1089991#msg-1089991 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1089991,1089991#msg-1089991 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 13 Nov 2009 08:51:54 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1086576,1086576#msg-1086576 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1086576,1086576#msg-1086576
The problem I'm having is I start in smartfind and have a steady threshold but when i start swinging the threshold disappears on me. It will give sporadic iron noise but for the most part she remains quiet while swinging.

This house is the oldest standing house in my town and have found some really neat stuff, any suggestions or remedies would be appreciated.]]> Yankees Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 23:51:59 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1078822,1078822#msg-1078822 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1078822,1078822#msg-1078822 digky Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumTue, 10 Nov 2009 20:41:05 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1069312,1069312#msg-1069312 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1069312,1069312#msg-1069312 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:10:10 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1062587,1062587#msg-1062587 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1062587,1062587#msg-1062587I am quite sure the Pro coil is the same for both machines but what about the others?
And the Sunray probe?
I have an SE with 3 extra coils and lower rods.
I have been thinking about upgrading to a V3 or E-Trac if my coils and probe will work with the e-Trac that will be the way to go

Thanks
Cliff]]> cliff490 Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumWed, 30 Sep 2009 16:48:24 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1062021,1062021#msg-1062021 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1062021,1062021#msg-1062021 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumThu, 15 Oct 2009 07:01:37 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1060966,1060966#msg-1060966 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1060966,1060966#msg-1060966 explorerjim Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:46:43 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1051747,1051747#msg-1051747 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1051747,1051747#msg-1051747
Thanks]]> osros Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 25 Sep 2009 11:43:57 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1050677,1050677#msg-1050677 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1050677,1050677#msg-1050677 TC1 Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumThu, 12 Nov 2009 16:53:30 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1048758,1048758#msg-1048758 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1048758,1048758#msg-1048758My buddy is having problems with the weight of his machine and is considering the x-terras. Ididn't want to ask the question on the xterra forum so i hope someone can let me know what they think. Thanks Kennon.]]> silverfix Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 18 Sep 2009 15:13:09 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1046006,1046006#msg-1046006 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1046006,1046006#msg-1046006 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:11:13 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1046002,1046002#msg-1046002 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1046002,1046002#msg-1046002 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 11 Sep 2009 13:41:33 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1045661,1045661#msg-1045661 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1045661,1045661#msg-1045661 Jim-IN Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSun, 04 Oct 2009 15:02:20 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1041589,1041589#msg-1041589 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1041589,1041589#msg-1041589Does anyone have a list they could post with codes for finds for Explorer ll.

Thanks]]> justdigging50 Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumMon, 31 Aug 2009 22:53:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1040896,1040896#msg-1040896 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1040896,1040896#msg-1040896
With an SE and the Pro coil, I was curious what readings folks were getting for copper Indian Head cents? I assume they fall into the Zincoln range, so maybe aren't pegged in the upper right hand corner on SmartFind.

Any example readings at depth? (like 6 inches or more).

HH,
DirtFlipper]]> DirtFlipper Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumThu, 03 Sep 2009 15:49:49 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1040814,1040814#msg-1040814 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1040814,1040814#msg-1040814 Bernie Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSun, 18 Oct 2009 16:54:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039903,1039903#msg-1039903 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039903,1039903#msg-1039903
Once you have that out of the way..try doing the same with your sensitivity setting and see what happens.

It will give you an idea of just what the machine is capable of.:smile:]]> Bryce-IL Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumTue, 08 Sep 2009 09:08:15 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039877,1039877#msg-1039877 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039877,1039877#msg-1039877Remember an Explorer can be as easy or hard as you want to be as even in quickstart its a potent unit...
Just might light up one of your boring meetings for sure...]]> Dan-Pa. Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSat, 29 Aug 2009 15:31:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039374,1039374#msg-1039374 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1039374,1039374#msg-1039374 JJ Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumTue, 29 Sep 2009 22:51:52 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1037719,1037719#msg-1037719 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1037719,1037719#msg-1037719 DELTA196 Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumWed, 02 Sep 2009 15:18:58 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1036564,1036564#msg-1036564 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1036564,1036564#msg-1036564 roy c. Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSat, 29 Aug 2009 16:14:34 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1022440,1022440#msg-1022440 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1022440,1022440#msg-1022440then when I stop moving the detector I hear the hum again.
is this normal.]]> Grizzel Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 07 Aug 2009 08:32:38 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1020821,1020821#msg-1020821 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1020821,1020821#msg-1020821 iskirkra Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 11 Sep 2009 13:54:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1000732,1000732#msg-1000732 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,1000732,1000732#msg-1000732
I had my se for a short time....read both manual and book on it......I understand it faiirly well and have found lots with it. There are a few things that just arent covered or explained well enough....I would like to talk with someone that knows most all so I can get clariification. Let me know if that you....

James]]> JamesBondaka Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumMon, 03 Aug 2009 04:25:02 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,999134,999134#msg-999134 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,999134,999134#msg-999134 Titan Man Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumFri, 11 Sep 2009 13:47:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,991965,991965#msg-991965 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,991965,991965#msg-991965 digky Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSat, 20 Jun 2009 15:11:02 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,990944,990944#msg-990944 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,990944,990944#msg-990944
Sat. the 6th went to a school I had been to before & managed to find two Mercs ('17s & '24) along with 3 wheats. Also found some sort of pin from an old school rifle club I am guessing. Also found quite a bit of clad & a cheap looking kid's ring. After a few hours there I went a few miles over to another town's vacant lot along the main highway thru town. I had searched it a few years before & found mostly older clad but got lucky & found 3 Mercs together but that was the only silver found in the whole field then. This time I also found more older clad but did manage to get 5 wheats & luck into a '36 Merc. Left after about 3 1/2 hours or so. I was fighting a cold all day & didn't feel my best but it seemed tolerable.

Sat. night & into Sunday morning I didn't get much sleep & began to feel worse - more like the flu rather than a typical cold. Nevertheless I decided I was going to go out & try to hunt somewhere Sunday so I went to an old high school athletic field that had been productive for me since I started hunting in in 2006. It was pretty warm that day & the heat seemed to be bothering me more than usual due to being sick, even though I tried to stay in the shade somewhat. After a couple of hours & only getting a few clad coins I wondered over to a hillside where I hadn't found anything good before which has always frustrated me a little since it looks like a prime gathering spot & also since other flat areas nearby had been productive. I finally got a good signal near the bottom of the hill & pulled a '44d Merc from about 5-6". I then decided to call it quits as I was feeling pretty run down by then & didn't want to push myself any more. I ended up calling in sick to work Monday but did feel better enough to make it in Tuesday.

Sat. the 13th went back to the park where I found 6 silver dimes a couple weeks back & tried some areas I hadn't covered that day. Started the day off slow but ended up turning out pretty good. I ended up with 5 silver dimes this time ('18s, '19, '26 Mercs & '52 & '53d Roosevelts). Also managed 3 Indian Heads (1883, 1900, & 1901) and just 7 wheats. Just like last time nothing was all that deep, just had to contend with quite a few rusty nails in several spots & also the other annoying thing was short pieces of copper wire. It seemed like I dug up 50 pieces or more hoping to score an older wheat or an Indian. I got lucky late in the hunt when I was searching right up next to the old sidewalk in the front of the park. I found two of the Mercs & they weren't hardly 2" deep. Also found one of the Rosies near the sidewalk & it was pretty shallow too. I don't know how these were missed before. Called it a day about 3 in the afternoon as I had been there since 8 & it was pretty humid that day.

Sunday the 14th I went over to my friend Roger's place & we left from his house with the intent of trying a few older schools I had in mind. We arrived at the first one (a Jr. High) & tried the field in back but only stayed 30 min or so. The field was the old tan clay dirt & all I could find was surface clad. It had probably had fill brought in & regraded at some point. Kind of a bummer since I could tell parts of the school were older (40's era I would guess).
We then went just down the road to the high school & started hunting the schoolyard next to an older wing of the school. What was odd was that the first two coins I dug were the 1954 British 3 Pence coin & the 1965 50 Groschen coin from Austria. I was searching at the outer edge of the grass next to a banked concrete wall at the edge of the property. Later after a couple passes I got a good screaming high tone which turned out to be the '51 Washington only about 4-5" down. Followed that with a '54 Rosie only 2-3" deep, then a '52d Washington plus a wheat cent. After 2 1/2 to 3 hours we took a lunch break then got back at it. I tried the field further out beyond the school building wing in a more open area, but was getting more junk & the dirt seemed to have a lot more rocks in it making it hard to dig. I decided to go back to the area I started in but made the passes perpendicular from my earlier ones. Got a few more wheats & then had a good signal right were a plug was. Dug just off to the edge of it & pulled another '54 Roosevelt from about 4-5" down. Went around to the other side of the building where Roger was to see how he was doing. Told him that I had got another silver dime, but the bad news was, that it should have been "someone else's". Anyway we ended up down on the outer edges of the football/track field where I was searching over in a corner next to an old house the school uses to store some equipment, I guess. Hadn't found much but a few clad quarters & some memorials when I got another good high tone that was only 3-4" deep. I was surprised when it turned out to be a Standing Liberty (no date). It had been quite a while since I had found at least 3 silver quarters in one day.

Not long after that, I met up with Roger again who had been over at the other side of the field near some stands digging a bunch of clad & we decided to try another school I had in mind that is currently a public school but had been a Catholic school that I thought had been built in the 50's but I never could verify that. We spent a little over an hour there & found several coins but no wheats or silver like I had hoped. We were getting tired by then as it was getting late in the afternoon so we called it a day. I got pretty lucky with 5 silvers that day. Felt kind of bad for Roger as he didn't get any silvers & just missed getting one. He found a lot more coins that I did but they were all clad except for 2-3 wheats. Right now I am at 60 silver coins for this year & unless I hit a lengthy dry spell, I should end up finding more than last year. Last year I only managed 80 all year but that was still a significant improvement over the meager 52 I had in '07.]]> small change Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumThu, 18 Jun 2009 17:31:56 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,990709,990709#msg-990709 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?10,990709,990709#msg-990709 larryw Minelab Explorer Classroom ForumSat, 20 Jun 2009 09:49:40 -0500