Mick in Dubbo
New member
I received my XS Explorer yesterday and managed to get out for a 90 minute hunt this afternoon.
Firstly, I couldn't believe the price, slightly cheaper than my what X-Terra 30 cost. It is also the first detector that I have been able to buy out of my finds money.
I had originally thought of buying the Explorer II for the 2 number discrimination that it offers. How wrong was I! It's not the visual discrimination that makes these machines so great, it's the audio!! I was absolutely gob smacked at how good the audio is. I've heard it before, when someone else was swinging it, but never dreamed that it could give so much accurate information. I took it out to the backyard after reading the basics of the instructions, and was amazed at how well it could tell different items apart though the audio discrimination.
After getting familiar with the detector for 20 minutes, it was time to go and hunt. I wasn't expecting too much as it is a new machine to me, and everybody has been saying how steep a learning curve it has. I don't know yet if I'm speaking too soon, but where's the learning curve? This detector just lays it on the line for you. I dug up 7 targets in the hunt, 5 being coins (for a total of $5.10) and 2 junk targets! One of those I knew for sure was junk, as when I pinpointed it by wiggling the coil over it's length (while in discriminate mode) I could tell how long it was. The second target give a bit of an iffy coin sound and turned out to be a screw cap. The coins give a very distinct flutey sound. One of those coins was a 1950 half penny. For 1 coin find, I actually went to the trashiest part of the park (this park is one of my favourite spots) just to see how the Explorer would handle it. Just by listening to the sounds, I was able to isolate one signal and walk it off the end of the coil. It was a $2 coin of which I knew before I dug it.
I think that my other 2 detectors are going to get jealous of the Explorer.
but that's life.
Mick Evans.
Firstly, I couldn't believe the price, slightly cheaper than my what X-Terra 30 cost. It is also the first detector that I have been able to buy out of my finds money.
I had originally thought of buying the Explorer II for the 2 number discrimination that it offers. How wrong was I! It's not the visual discrimination that makes these machines so great, it's the audio!! I was absolutely gob smacked at how good the audio is. I've heard it before, when someone else was swinging it, but never dreamed that it could give so much accurate information. I took it out to the backyard after reading the basics of the instructions, and was amazed at how well it could tell different items apart though the audio discrimination.
After getting familiar with the detector for 20 minutes, it was time to go and hunt. I wasn't expecting too much as it is a new machine to me, and everybody has been saying how steep a learning curve it has. I don't know yet if I'm speaking too soon, but where's the learning curve? This detector just lays it on the line for you. I dug up 7 targets in the hunt, 5 being coins (for a total of $5.10) and 2 junk targets! One of those I knew for sure was junk, as when I pinpointed it by wiggling the coil over it's length (while in discriminate mode) I could tell how long it was. The second target give a bit of an iffy coin sound and turned out to be a screw cap. The coins give a very distinct flutey sound. One of those coins was a 1950 half penny. For 1 coin find, I actually went to the trashiest part of the park (this park is one of my favourite spots) just to see how the Explorer would handle it. Just by listening to the sounds, I was able to isolate one signal and walk it off the end of the coil. It was a $2 coin of which I knew before I dug it.
I think that my other 2 detectors are going to get jealous of the Explorer.
but that's life.Mick Evans.
