First time out with the Explorer SE

[Steve "Stonewall Brigade" Va]

I just bought a Explorer Se and took it out yesterday. I took it to my front yard where I had hunted it with three other detector brands heavily. The yard has a lot of iron and I found I had to go real slow with the SE. I heard a "high" pitch sound and then wiggled it over the area. I could only wiggle it about one inch, (about the width of the center part of the pro coil) to get a good lock on the target. It was about 4 inches deep. This happened on three different spots and out came two 1962 and one 1961 pennies. I know it isn't silver, but I was happy to find them with so much iron and trash. All there had targets beside of them that read iron.
I look forward to learning more about the Se as it is my first Minelab. I have found the key is to listen to the tone, how solid it is and go SLOW, lol.
I know I will be having many questions in the future about the Se.
Thanks for looking.

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Nice finds for your first time. You have broken the ice now and the good stuff is just a swing or two away. Best of luck and HH.

Eddie

 

[Hotcz70]

Once you get some time on that critter...you can start to tinker with settings if you want.

I'd say whatever you're doing now is working well though

 

[Steve "Stonewall Brigade" Va]

As I said my yard is covered with iron so with discrimination a lot of nulling is going on as I would expect. But I am not sure if all of it is iron and I have tried lowering my sensitivity. The other place I have hunted causes a lot of nulling as well. I can only move the coil an inch or two and the threshold tone goes silent. I have used noise cancel still nulls. When I put the sensitivity down to about 5 does the nulling stop. Is it that the ground is that mineralized? I can move to another area and it gets somewhat better.
When I go into All metal there is a lot of low tones with some high.
Any suggestions?

 

[Bayrat76]

hear those high pitch silver tones just for a split second work a complete circle and see if it will repeat. If you get it on one side of the swing only it's more an likely trash. I hunt in all metal with 22 on the setting. When your getting a lot of nulling check the ground balance. Hope this helps you some. My Explorer SE was my first detector, it was a beast to learn for me. I was the only person in the area with one, everybody I meet had a Fisher, or Whites in this area. Now after many hours of hunting I can go without all the notes and Andy's Bible I called it. Good Luck, and Keep Digging.

 

[Steve "Stonewall Brigade" Va]

What do you mean by ground balance? I have found slow is key.
Thanks

 

[Great Republic]

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