Elevatorguy
Member
Hi everybody,
I am wondering if anyone else is having problems with instability, falsing, and general poor performance on their Explorer SE. I bought the SE last September, as soon as it was introduced. Work and home life kept me very busy and I was only able to use the SE 2 or 3 times before the snow flew and the season ended here in Massachusetts. I was having these problems but chalked it up to it being a new machine and a little different than the EX2 I was used to, so I figured I needed to learn it a little bit. Well, the weather was nice yesterday and I went for my first hunt of the season. Still having the same problems. It doesn't operate smoothly at all, even when the gain and sensitivity are dropped way down. Also, the high tone falsing is enough to drive you crazy. I use ferrous tones, so these high sounds are what I am looking for. It's constantly falsing high, and I am constantly resweeping only to find there is no target to be detected. I also noticed that if the ground isn't completely smooth and flat, the high falsing will occur. That is, if I bounce the coil on the ground, every bounce will give a high false tone. Detecting in the woods or any at all uneven terrain is impossible with the machine as it constantly falses when bumped. The general performance is lacking as well. When I do get signals, it doesn't lock on like Explorers of the past. I do like the faster processor.I am thinking that I may have a coil problem. I checked all my connections and they are good and tight. There is no dirt between the coil and the cover. I tried it with and without the X-1 probe. I also tried it at multiple site using multiple programming scenarios. I am going to try my Platypus coil and Stealth X-8 coil on it and see if that makes any difference. If not, I am going to have to send the whole machine into Minelab. It's my vacation week this week so I had planned to do some hunting. I am disappointed to say the least. This is my 4th Explorer. I had a used XS, which I sold to buy a used EX2, which I sold to buy a new EX2, which I sold to buy this new SE. I have been using the Explorer for a few years now and have become adept with the machine. These problems am having are not user error. If anyone else out there has a similar situation please post back here or e-mail me direct at TPRaymond@msn.com with info.
Thanks in advance,
Todd
I am wondering if anyone else is having problems with instability, falsing, and general poor performance on their Explorer SE. I bought the SE last September, as soon as it was introduced. Work and home life kept me very busy and I was only able to use the SE 2 or 3 times before the snow flew and the season ended here in Massachusetts. I was having these problems but chalked it up to it being a new machine and a little different than the EX2 I was used to, so I figured I needed to learn it a little bit. Well, the weather was nice yesterday and I went for my first hunt of the season. Still having the same problems. It doesn't operate smoothly at all, even when the gain and sensitivity are dropped way down. Also, the high tone falsing is enough to drive you crazy. I use ferrous tones, so these high sounds are what I am looking for. It's constantly falsing high, and I am constantly resweeping only to find there is no target to be detected. I also noticed that if the ground isn't completely smooth and flat, the high falsing will occur. That is, if I bounce the coil on the ground, every bounce will give a high false tone. Detecting in the woods or any at all uneven terrain is impossible with the machine as it constantly falses when bumped. The general performance is lacking as well. When I do get signals, it doesn't lock on like Explorers of the past. I do like the faster processor.I am thinking that I may have a coil problem. I checked all my connections and they are good and tight. There is no dirt between the coil and the cover. I tried it with and without the X-1 probe. I also tried it at multiple site using multiple programming scenarios. I am going to try my Platypus coil and Stealth X-8 coil on it and see if that makes any difference. If not, I am going to have to send the whole machine into Minelab. It's my vacation week this week so I had planned to do some hunting. I am disappointed to say the least. This is my 4th Explorer. I had a used XS, which I sold to buy a used EX2, which I sold to buy a new EX2, which I sold to buy this new SE. I have been using the Explorer for a few years now and have become adept with the machine. These problems am having are not user error. If anyone else out there has a similar situation please post back here or e-mail me direct at TPRaymond@msn.com with info.
Thanks in advance,
Todd