Need a good mind! And a GOOD DETECTOR

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I have read a lot about masking, you know the test...put a rusty nail on top of a coin and on most detectors it masks it out BOINK!!! On my detector it does that!

If I have disc on iron same thing nothing if I have no disc BONIK MASKED. I have heard the explorer does a good job at taking care of that problem. I was wonderning if you have a quarter under a nail will the explorer read quarter or avarage the reading.

Another question tones...how many? Does it have tones and visual numbers? And what does it do in all metal? ID, Tones? I would really be interested in picking your mind if you will let me.

Thanks Lawrenzo

 

[James N.D.]

Where do we start with this one. Ok, The explorer will see the quarter but will most likely give a choppy signal on it. But if you go to ferrous tones you should be able to distinguish that there are two different signals (or objects) in that same spot. I haven't used ferrous tones much myself but Rick(ND) has and probably would know more about this than I would.
Now for the tones part. The explorer has what is called 28 frequencies (or tones) to distinguish each metal and size. This probably sounds confusing but if someone helped you out to understand them, it really isn't that bad. For the display, on the explorer xs, there is a smart-find screen that goes off of a chart ranging from size and conductivity and uses a cross-hair. It is better to read a book on this particular part due to confusing you about what is what and where is where on this display. There also is a digital display using numbers and coin icons. This is what I use when detecting. It is easier to learn than the smart-find to me but everyone else has there preferences. The only thing is that you can not tell the difference between a quarter,dime,or penny (penny 1959-1982). These read a 28. Sometimes I get a 30 on a Quarter, but usually when this happens, it will be a silver one. Early wheat's read 26 while later wheat's read 27. I've gotten Indian head pennies from 23-26, but most of the time read 25-26. Nickels read between 5-6. Halves read between 27-28. Silver dollars read 28. Older Canadian pennies read 26. Gold jewelery is too hard to give you any info for due to size,shape,and karat. Silver rings are usually 27-28. You can set patterns just for gold hunting or for just coins also. Anyways, there is way to much to discuss on this detector and if you are serious about learning about this detector, go to your local detector shop and pick up a book on the explorer. Almost forgot that the new explorer 2 has dual readings. One is conductivity and the other is ferrous content and bother use digital Numbers with each. Hope this helps you out a little bit.

 

[jimb]

Before I made my purchase I emailed Minelab and they sent me out a whole packet of info and instrcutional CD on the EXII and 2 other detctors. All this for free. It helped alot to make my decision. It goes into how most of it works and the operation of the EXII. Thanks to the info I pulled the trigger and ordered the EXII earlier this month. The more advanced users can answer your questions alot better than me. I am just adding send Minelab an email and get the info.It made up my mind, and I only use half at a time.

jimb