Can some one give me a answer to a minelab questio? thanks

[ohio fred]

Try ing to find what order and year different models came Like explorer xs and i guess ex pro explorer 11 then explorer se then pro then e trac does any one know correct order or a web page that would tell you this?Which model and year did they have a problem with the handles breaking?Thanks

 

[ohio fred]

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[grumpyolman]

The best I can do is to tell you to get Andy Sabisch's book on the Explorer.E-trac series. It'll answer all those questions and more. If you get any Explorer or the Etrac you're gonna want that book anyway. Click his banner at the top of the page. Jim

 

[garyflal]

I don't remember reading anything about a handle problem but I did read about a control box cracking problem with the first Explorer series, the S & XS. As I understand it, there was a design flaw (weakness) where the upper shaft entered the control box. Some of the control boxes cracked from the side ward pressure exerted by the upper shaft because the shaft didn't go deep enough into the box and wasn't held in place as securely as it should have been. Possibly compounding the problem was the fact that the Explorer is on the heavy side and the factory coil (also fairly heavy) was designed to be slid across the ground which exerted even more pressure on the top end of the upper shaft. On the Explorer II and later models the top end of the upper shaft was angled which allowed the shaft fit deeper into the box. The cam-locks were probably improved. Also, the coils on each new generation became lighter. I'm not sure how much of the above is accurate. Perhaps some of the S & XS users will share their expertise. HH

 

[ohio fred]

The second part is in what order they came because iam looking into one and want to know which is older model and which is newer model.

 

[ohio fred]

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[dewcon4414]

The X, XS, Explorer II, Explorer SE, Pro, E-trac. These are great machines. I have friends using the XS and are doing better than me with the SE in the field. If you are looking at buying you might want to look at one of the newer machines just because or service changes made by minelab. They dont maintain a lot of parts for the X or XS any longer. If its warrany.... that just doesnt matter since the MACHINE not the person is warranted.

Dew

 

[ohio fred]

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[ohio fred]

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[C&RHunter]

The S and XS were first, and the early ones sometimes developed a crack in the control housing where the brass pin for the upper cam lock goes thru. That was fixed as warranty work.(The backup XS I bought several years ago was cracked. I still had to pay to ship to them, but I don't remember about return shipping.) Then came the EXII, SE, SE Pro, E-trac. Roughly, I believe the S & XS came out around 2000, EX II 2004-2005. The SE & SE Pro 2006-2007 and Etrac Sept of 2008. Three of us hunt together quite a lot. One uses an XS, another an EX II, the me an Etrac. For our personal monthly silver count competition, it is normally the XS and Erac with the most and the EXII third. The XS and Erac go back and forth, but XS is probably ahead. (This info can be misleading. It doesn't show which machine is best, it shows that the machines all are good at finding silver and which operator is better with their particular machine, and also, who hunts the most times). All great machines. I presently use my original XS as my backup, and sold my other backup XS to my XS hunting partner for his backup. I do not know anything about the SE or SE Pro, so no input there.

 

[ohio fred]

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[chuck ky]

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[go-rebels]

Many will argue that the EX-II is the best of the lot. I switch back and forth between an EX-II and Fisher F75.

 

[ohio fred]

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[sasquache]

hello this is just my 2 cents worth i have a explorer XS and absolutely love it my finds have been decent and I'm hitting old hot spots and man i gotta say Ive missed alot lol but the only complaint i have is the upper cam lock doesn't hold tight enough so the shaft slides down a little so all i do is unlock it and push the upper rod back in and close the cam lock and I'm good for the rest of my hunt if that is the only problem i have with my explorer XS I'm happy and i would buy another XS tomorrow and i have hunted with others that had the explorer 2 and the explorer SE and thay didn't do any better than me with finds so I'm not upgrading any time soon. I think the only difference is bells and whistles with newer minelab detectors

 

[Shambler]

is the upper cam lock doesn't hold tight enough

Seems like this is a common problem. Wrap some electrical tape around the top of the rod or wedge small pieces of metal (a couple of straighened carpet staples work) between the rubber and the lock to give the rubber more pressure on the shaft.

 

[sasquache]

is the upper cam lock doesn't hold tight enough

Seems like this is a common problem. Wrap some electrical tape around the top of the rod or wedge small pieces of metal (a couple of straighened carpet staples work) between the rubber and the lock to give the rubber more pressure on the shaft.

sounds like a great idea ! shambler thanks a bunch

 

[ohio fred]

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[deeponedge]

I remember the same problem.

 

[dippodigger]

exactly what i did