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    What Type of Detector Is The Explorer?

    If there are questions concerning the type of detector the Explorer process uses then check the Internet for US Patent 5537041. The first three pages give a pretty good definition of the various arts used in FD, TD, SF, etc, and other detector. If you will go to page 7 you will find the...
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    MattR

    MattR is a retired or semi-retired electronic engineer in the UK. He has written a book on the DFX and is extremely knowledgeable about detectors. I am glad to see him on the forum as he will share invaluable insight and tips for using the EX2 I am sure.
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    Pulltabs and Ramblings

    I think all of us that enjoy metal detecting have a dream machine that will not detect iron or aluminum. At least I think we do but then it seems that people would rush out and clean up on coins and jewelry and then what? I am sure there would be some places and good targets missed but I wonder...
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    Coil Cover?

    Coil covers are not just to protect the coil from wear believe it or not. I am no that sure on the EX2 with and without a cover but have assumed it to be so. The coil covers are sometime designed to keep the coil from being close to the target than a specific distance because of dead and hot...
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    Crosshairs and Tones

    I don't use the crosshairs but prefer digital in conjunction with tones. For the crosshairs to be of much value there has to be some kind of averaging so they don't jump all over the place on hits. That causes them to lag the tones and digital reading from what I see. I kind of marked crosshairs...
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    Pinpointing and a Double D Coil (Long)

    On page 58 in Step 2 it states
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    Pinpointing with the Explorer

    This should nail the pinpoint right down to within a few inches. The Explorer has an auto shrink circuits so read the section in the Owner's Manual then refer to this illustration. They are not clear that the first leg of the X only locates the target some in the / first sweep. Because the...
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    Headphones

    When we hear sound with no headphones the free air "shapes" the sound but with headphone the sound is fed directly to the ear. The shape of our head and ears is important in conjunction with our individual hearing. These are just some factors that explain why headphones sound different to...
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    Perfect Settings

    I guess you have heard this story. A football team needed a kicker and this country kid showed up that could kick the ball a mile but it went end over end and really looked bad. The coach worked with him for months till the kid could kid a perfect spiral 25 yards. The best settings are the ones...
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    Right Settings and Headphones

    When I first used the Explorer series it was necessary to hear an ultra deep target so I could compare the sound to other detectors I have used. It really helped to go to IM-16 and search for a very faint deep target as indicated on the dept indicator and modulated sound. I then just focused on...
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    More Depth? (Long)

    Let
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    A list of target digital reading.

    This is one list of digital readings for targets. There are several different list out there that are about the same but for the guys that are wanting one posted again here is a list. US Half Cent 5 28 Early US Large Cents to 1820 1 29 US Large Cents 1820-Up 0/1 30 Flying Eagle Cent 8/9 11...
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    The EX2 and Depth

    When I retired I was able to get to what I really loved doing and that is metal detecting anytime I want. I have been in the hobby since the late sixties and have used well over a hundred detector during that time. I tried everything on the market looking for that super detector. When I retired...
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    Why a Small Coil?

    What are the advantages of a small coil? They have less target volume which is a plus as there are fewer targets at an instant in time to try to separate into good and bad. The lines of force are tighter and can detect a smaller target. I think of this like lines drawn on a piece of paper. If...
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    Target In A Hole Not Detected

    I have heard and read a lot of explanations for why a target is sometimes not detected in a hole. All of us have detected a target then dug a hole and the target seems to have gone away. We get to digging around in the hole and the target then is detected. I don't think there is a single answer...
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    Edit Screen

    Edit is more of what I think of as find tuning a pattern. What is of real interest is that we can learn a target to be accepted and one to be rejected that hits in the same digital combinations of ferrous and conductive clusters than clip out parts of the cluster. When we do we find that we can...
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    Making the most out of Learn

    I don
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    Some Thoughts on Advanced Settings

    The soil and targets is the target volume so TV includes minerals, salts, refined iron, and contaminations such as fertilizers, anything that is conductive. The target volume with refined iron and other metals is very low on the conductive scale compared to metals. A detector does not have to be...
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    Intro to Learn and Edit in Advanced

    Edit and Learn are of tremendous value and worth the entire section called Advanced. There are some important considerations that will help to clarify this statement. The Explorer and VLF detectors are designed to operate in the presence of a TARGET VOLUME. A target volume is the complete soil...
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    Iron Mask What it is and is not.

    This illustration of Iron Mask may be of help. I get a lot of emails asking how to set iron mask to ignore iron and unfortunately there is no way to do that. Iron mask is nothing more or less than a little different way of setting discrimination. It is more like an analog control that only works...
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