I was out for a short hunt today and had a strange problem. My explorer was working fine, found a target and dug. Switched to my sunray probe, found the item and when I switched back to my search coil I started getting crazy signals even holding it still in the air. Nothing seemed to make it go away excexcept turning my machine off and then on again. This happened twice today and was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or help to offer, thanks in advance!
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Erratic sounds... Help?
- Thread starter jcooking
- Start date
sgoss66
Well-known member
jcooking -- next time it happens, if it were me, I would try bypassing the probe, and plugging the coil directly into the Explorer control box, and see if that corrects the issue. If so, you have probably narrowed the problem down to being with the probe. If the problem persists, then it would probably be detector-related...
Steve
Steve
electroman
New member
I had a similar problem about two years ago with my explorer II, and I ended up sending my Sunray probe in for service... Ralph at Sunray said my probe had a bad ground, and he added a ground wire which fixed the problem. I think there was a loose or bad connection inside the little box ??? Guess I would bypass the probe next time it happens. Good Luck! 
I agree with what everyone has said above and I will add from your quote: "started getting crazy signals even holding it still in the air"
That in itself is going to make it erratic being it is not something the Explorers care for.
You might also try moving away from that spot and ground balancing as a second suggestion if, what the others recommended does not work.
That in itself is going to make it erratic being it is not something the Explorers care for.
You might also try moving away from that spot and ground balancing as a second suggestion if, what the others recommended does not work.