Hey Steven,
I guess it all depends on what you mean by very good. For silver coin count I probably get smoked for numbers by most because I tend to hunt my older sites over and over even when they are on the quiet side. I'm just as interested in buttons, or even more so than silver so a day without coins doesn't necessarily mean a bad day. This type of hunting I dig all non ferrous targets no matter how small which means coins are usually pretty easy to pic out. It's kinda like playing snooker for 2 hours than going to the much smaller 8 ball table. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
"> I'm not sure what type of sites you hunt but here are my settings that really don't change because my sites don't change enough to need to. Keep in mind I worked my way up to these so most people would likely find it a little noisy in the iron infested areas. (where I hunt)
If I don't mention a setting it's because of it being at the factory preset. These are far from what I began with but are what I settled on for good.
Sens. 26-29 (Conductive) (almost always 27 or 2
Gain 10 ( set that way since day 1)
Deep on Fast off (never changes but I plan to try fast next year on new sites just when I have to pick up the pace not to be trounced on coin finds)
Iron Mask -14 (is my permanent setting but I started back at -8 and worked from there. About 1.5 years ago I began to bump my sens. and lower my IM a notch or so two every 1-2 months. Now no matter how hot I run it's pretty normal.
Stock coil (all the time.. tried others but I think the 10.5 is perfect for where I hunt and what I look for. If Coiltec made a 12.5 I would probably try it.)
Gee is that it, I thought the Explorer was complicated with a million different settings <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> I'm probably missing something.
Another thing I can add to settings and most people never talk about it is how you swing makes a difference. In iron the most successful Explorer users I have hunted with take very short sweeps of maybe 6"-8" and work from many different angles. Even in semi clean ground they still swing slow and sweep no more than a 1.5'-2'. It was back when I started to change my settings I also changed how I swung and there is no question it helped. Putting many hours in also made a very big difference in being able to apply what I was try to do. The Explorer is a pretty darn good deep detector with awesome disc. once you know it. Most silver coins are just a matter of swinging over and knowing what a deep good hit sounds like. (if it's deep) Put the time in and you will be very happy.
