Excalibur 2 performance.

[alfred]

Hi all I have just purchased a excalibur 2 it all seems to work find apart from I cannot get any depth from it,if I put it in auto sens I almost have to touch the coil with a gold or silver ring not much better out of auto.
any info why this is like it is would be most helpful.Regards.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Volume max and sensitivity set at 10 will give you max sensitivity.Remember volume control is actually for gain control so always set at max.Auto sen. is a very low setting,very stable but no depth.Hope this helps.Good Luck HH Ron

 

[pasttom]

Minelabs don't air test particularly well, but that seems way too insensitive. On the beach I run my Excals at zero DISC, max VOL, SENS as high as stable but usually 9 or 10 and THRESHOLD at mosquito buzz. EMI can drive SENS down, but to air test just try to tough it out. Try various common targets, coins, rings and such. Remember chains do poorly and fine chains are very difficult to hear.
Good luck

 

[dewcon4414]

Are you testing it on the Beach? Is it chatty or smooth in auto? Try it in PP.....in auto then just out of auto. Just out of auto is it chatty? Is all the knobs lining up at their stops and do they all stop when turned to the left? Use a dime you should get 8" in about any setting. Check that disc setting....... should be turned all the way left. If its chatty at 12 o clock or auto you might have a coil issue. If there is someone around you with an Xcal and time on it ........ ask um to try yours.

Dew

 

[Greg (E.Tn)]

Fully rotating it clockwise until it stops is actually zero sensitivity, while just a notch clockwise out of autotune is max.

 

[alfred]

Hi all thanks for you advice,i found the problem a wire had broken in the headphones.
happy hunting.

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Hi all thanks for you advice,i found the problem a wire had broken in the headphones.
happy hunting.

Wish I had been so lucky. My loss of sensitivity (intermittent) was a bad coil. OUCH

 

[pasttom]

My wife says I am insensitive intermittently. So she turns me down, but then I go metal detecting and feel better.