Took a drive tonight to an older school in Portland where I have had a little success in the past and decided to swing the Explorer SE Pro over a small patch that I covered pretty thoroughly with the CTX in the past. Got a faint signal at about 5"... 40's Wheat. Then a more solid signal at 6"... 2 wheats in the same home (one 40's, one 50's). About 10 feet from the mini pocket spill, I get a really scratchy signal.. 6-8", I can barely hear a high tone peeking through. At about 7"... a beautiful green 1902 Indian Head pops out of my hole. My first IH and my oldest coin so far. I am really enjoying this Explorer!
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First IH!!
- Thread starter tiftaaft
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JeffInMass
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[size=medium]Congrats on your first of many Indians! The SE Pro is an Indian magnet, so get ready. Being out west, you'll probably nab the 08 & 09-S Indians and an 09-S wheat- keep us posted!
-- Jeff --[/size]
-- Jeff --[/size]
IDXMonster
Well-known member
Awesome Tim! What are you running for sensitivity?
Explorer.se
Well-known member
Congrats Tim way to go I'm looking for my first one as well way to go!
Charles (Upstate NY)
Well-known member
Super find out here Tim congrats!!
MNCoinhunter
Active member
Indian cents are my favorite to find, with buffalo and liberty nickels a close 2nd ..
Nice find !
Nice find !
Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
Yea, the Explorer Pro is a great machine. I wonder if your gain is up high enough since you said it
was a scratch signal at about 7"? Or do you have really mineralized soil where you are? Was the
penny on edge? If the coin was flat, your Explorer should have been banging hard on that coin.
She's a beauty. Do yourself a favor and get a small picture frame and hang it in your living room
to remind you of your first Indian Head.
was a scratch signal at about 7"? Or do you have really mineralized soil where you are? Was the
penny on edge? If the coin was flat, your Explorer should have been banging hard on that coin.
She's a beauty. Do yourself a favor and get a small picture frame and hang it in your living room
to remind you of your first Indian Head.
park pirate
Member
Congrats on your first IH....
Tony N (Michigan) said:
Hey Tony, thanks for the suggestion... I may do just that.
Yes, we do have mineralized soil here... it is actually pretty harsh. I have my gain set to 7... I can run 8 but anything higher starts falsing all over the place. It appeared the cent was fairly flat, but it came out of the hole with a shovel full of dirt.. so it may have been a little on edge. It was a solid enough tone to dig... it just wasn't hitting clear and loud.. there may have been some other "noise" around it that partially masked the tone.
Tim.
Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
Hi Tim,
All GAIN does is up the volume. Think of it as a volume control on a guitar amplifier. When Minelab began shipping out their new SE's they had them factory set at a gain of 8 to find deeper coins. Of course you can always,
as you already know, adjust the gain below or above 8.
I don't think gain causes falsing. Upping the Senseitivity causes falsing. I just don't want you to miss out on those deepies.
All GAIN does is up the volume. Think of it as a volume control on a guitar amplifier. When Minelab began shipping out their new SE's they had them factory set at a gain of 8 to find deeper coins. Of course you can always,
as you already know, adjust the gain below or above 8.
I don't think gain causes falsing. Upping the Senseitivity causes falsing. I just don't want you to miss out on those deepies.
tiftaaft said:
Charles (Upstate NY)
Well-known member
Increasing sensitivity does NOT cause falsing. The falsing is there no matter what you set your sensitivity or gain to. With the gain you can adjust how loud the falsing is. With sensitivity you can accept/reject falsing, as you lower the sensitivity it rejects the tiny false signals and tiny targets, then as you lower it further it rejects larger false signals and targets. But sensitivity does not cause or increase falsing. 
Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
Charles (Upstate NY) said:Increasing sensitivity does NOT cause falsing. The falsing is there no matter what you set your sensitivity or gain to. With the gain you can adjust how loud the falsing is. With sensitivity you can accept/reject falsing, as you lower the sensitivity it rejects the tiny false signals and tiny targets, then as you lower it further it rejects larger false signals and targets. But sensitivity does not cause or increase falsing.
Maybe I'm not communicating correctly.
Often when one ups the sensitivity too high, the machine chatters. There is an instability. Maybe this doesn't happen to you? It does to my Explorer.