How hard is the EXPLORER learning curve for an experienced hunter....

[Anonymous]

I was thinking of on then I hear so many conflicting reviews, lertning curve, menues tc etc ..........you know Im a Fisher CZ's....C$.......but have hunted with thru the years almost everthng including alot of ML units too......the one thing I keep reading is its DEEPER and does get the Old Silver better then most units in & out of trash......
so tell me......whats your honest opinion?
thankyou
HH <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?">

 

[Anonymous]

ABout as easy as 1..2..3
1.read the manual
2.search in factory presets(to learn tones)
3.find someone in your area that has experience on the EX11 most are more than willing to help
Don't listen to all the horror stories about the learning curve IT'S ONLY AS HARD AS YOU MAKE IT.

 

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[Anonymous]

You can learn to operate the machine very easily. It's experience with it and learning to feel what the machine is trying to tell you and digging a lot of targets, that's when the old deep coins will start to come up. I have had the XS for three years and I learn something about it everytime I go out. Learn to run it in iron mask -15 and listen carefully, you can really pick out older deeper targets from the trash this way. Good luck. Randy (NJ)

 

[Anonymous]

Randy....thanx for the reply from a fellow Njian.....the more I read the more I learn about the EXP.....how does it handle rusted bottlecaps Iding as good targets?

 

[Anonymous]

My 13 year old son Who has used a bounty hunter and has a new tosoro compadre now swears by the explorer.
I let him try it and after 5 min with it he got his oldest and deepest coin. a 1920 wheat. at 7"
than his next oldie was a lg 1910 can pennyat 8"
the next time out he wanted to use it again
he is a lucky little bugger after a few coind he got a 9" signal. a small silver nickel 1882.
he finds it heavy but easy to pick thru some trash and hear the deep sounding coins. he also likes having a depth guage. So Now I just bought a CZ 7 as my 2nd detector so when he is out with me He can use the minelab and I the CZ7.
the learning curb for him was not that hard.
he will learn alot more this season.

 

[Anonymous]

Thats great that you hunt with our kids.....I usd to take my girls huning all the time ...lots of fun....one day when she was 12 yrs old after a noreaster...she was uing a garrett 500 called me over and said daddy I found a quarter in the wet sand!!!I went over and there in her hand was a 1745 Silver Queen Victoria Shilling from an old offshore shipwreck!!! <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock">
She was so excited and thats what its all about......
anyway thanx for the info on the explorer....HH

 

[Anonymous]

My son will be upgraded to a bounty hunter and my daughter a cheaper version for the spring time. I'm looking forward to them getting out there with me. My son had fun last year with my old Whites coinmaster (the detector I used when I was his age) Keep the kids interested <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">

 

[Anonymous]

The funny thing is the oldest things he got befor using the exp were from the 1940s and up. its only when he used my exp that he started getting older and much deeper coins. that kicked started his excitment for detecting . because when he and I were detecting, I was pulling oldies and he was getting clad lots of it Pennys. at 13 he knows how much a penny buys thease days. so he realy like the minelab.
I do relize it is costly to buy explorers for kids.
but if you can manage to have more than one its great.
thats why I bought a CZ7 for a second detector for myself, when he is with me I will use the CZ7
his compadre is ok but Im use to three tones not 1.
he will give the compadre to his 6 year old brother then he can have his own. I also jut got a old metrotech all metal detector from e-bay for my 5 year old son. It will be an interesting summer for them.

 

[Anonymous]

mine stay interested in it. You are right, I think once they find "good" stuff it makes a big difference. That's why I'm starting with a lower cost bounty hunter which is much better than the old Coinmaster he's been using. If he keeps the interest I'll invest in something better for him and pass the bounty hunter down to his 8 year old sister.
HH-Ed

 

[Anonymous]

ya just keep them interested. I offer him $5 for any coins pre 1920 and $10 for any
1800s.

 

[Anonymous]

I have always thought the dire warnings about "the learning curve" were way overblown. I've read in various sites that it takes hundreds of hours to master the machine.
Right out of the box, in factory presets, I started finding coins deeper than what I had found with my Whites Spectrum (which I had used with great success for a decade). Just learn the sounds of the different coins by playing around in your house with air tests and then go out and have a ball. You'll slowly learn more about the machine, at your own pace.
The Explorer is really a great machine. Last season, I went out to a site with a friend who owns a CZ-5. We both went over the same ground. He announced , after digging up some junk, that there was nothing left to dig. I, on the other hand, was working the area slowly and had hit after hit that I wanted to dig. It was an interesting comparison of two machines working the same ground.
Have fun.

 

[Anonymous]

wow thats a nice old coin for her to find.
thats the thing kids have better luck than us
did she or you jump higher.

 

[Anonymous]

Joe, I agree completely . One more thing--if you don't learn something new each time you go out--you are not paying attention.