Minelab Explorer Classroom Forum

Ok I went to an old park dated from the 1770s and I was roaming around and my machine started to chatter and beep like crazy.I would have to restart it and it would be ok for maybe 30 seconds to a minute then it would start back up again,pretty much everywhere I was searching.I had to keep doing this for my whole hunt,needless to say I found nothing.I have been hunting an old grove prior and nothing like this happened there and I know there is alot of trash there.Could it be the minerals in the ground or is this park just way too trashy? Iv hunted this park with my fisher for 15 years and nothing like this happened with it.I found my 1804 half cent there along with many wheats.indians,large cents and silver including a seated dime. I also noticed that when I first turn it on the screen is just a little dissorted,like the border around the "serious detecing" screen when it comes up.It is very minor and its been doing it since I first recieved it and had no problems till now at this park. Whats do you guys and girls think?

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Explorer SE w/11in dd pro coil
Fisher 1266x 12 in hothead and 8in stock

Oldest find-1798 large cent
1804 1/2 cent (my avatar)

Been hunting for 20 + years

From: Lebanon county, PA

Also I still have it in the factory settings with fast and deep "on" and I was using the 11inch pro coil. I didnt have time to try somewhere else since I was there either.I really hope its not the machine! But I kind of dont think it is.I probably need to do some adjusting to the settings but im not quite sure what to adjust yet.Im still learning this SE and have about twenty hours or more on it. And as far as the dissortion on the start up screen,it does it about 50% of the time.Thanks

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Explorer SE w/11in dd pro coil
Fisher 1266x 12 in hothead and 8in stock

Oldest find-1798 large cent
1804 1/2 cent (my avatar)

Been hunting for 20 + years

From: Lebanon county, PA

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Before you send it off ,take the coil cover off & clean the coil,then try it ...... .... been there.

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2002 explorer xs WOT- 1989 eagle 2- 1984 fisher 1260 - 1981 ADS3 - 1978 VLF/TR - 1973 TR - 1971 2nd class radio/telephone license - 1970 - BFO 13x24 coil 1969 heathkit TR - 1968 cheap $29.00 BFO >>BFO kit with coil wound on a piece of plywood...Place a RB10 a IB300 & a BFO discriminator in there appropriate time frame.

if it only does it at that park then it would be some type of interference

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chuck, ky
if it only does it at that park then it would be some type of interference

Thats what im thinking it is,either that or the amount of trash.I was just doing it in my yard for an hour and it was working fine now. I just wonder what was interferring with it,if it was that.I did use the noise cancel a few times there but didnt help. Is there a setting I can do so I can detect there,it was one of my favorites for years now and really want to get those keepers that everyone missed.

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Explorer SE w/11in dd pro coil
Fisher 1266x 12 in hothead and 8in stock

Oldest find-1798 large cent
1804 1/2 cent (my avatar)

Been hunting for 20 + years

From: Lebanon county, PA

i had the same problem the other day. I tried for 5 minutes or so and i gave up.The whole area was like that. I have had that problem in the past with high voltage towers in my area,but at this location there wernt any. This house was dated from 1700's that ive been wanting to hunt for a while

The place I was at is in a small town and I didnt see any major power sources. Now it is called "fountain park" and sometimes when I dug a hole with (using 1266x) I would get water filling up the hole,so maybe it could be from that. Now since then I have been at the grove that I have been hitting hard and it works perfectly! Just dont know,but I hope I can go back to the other park.I'll have to try tinkering with the settings I guess.

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Explorer SE w/11in dd pro coil
Fisher 1266x 12 in hothead and 8in stock

Oldest find-1798 large cent
1804 1/2 cent (my avatar)

Been hunting for 20 + years

From: Lebanon county, PA

Just about all of the parks I hunt have areas with underground power lines for the lighting and such, that allows for kite flying in the parks. Could be that ? Just a thought, HH

A neighbors Wi-fi, a cellphone in your pocket, underground fence (for pets), electric fence (livestock containment), underground power lines, dirty transformers on power poles nearby, bad plug wires on a nearby vehicle, wire fences (chainlink or squares) that collect stray electricity or radiowaves etc... all can cause nasty interference.

Sometimes it's impossible to figure out exactly what the problem is, but as long as it doesn't happen everywhere, at least you know that it isn't just your machine acting up.

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