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Need Explorer 2 Beach program for wet salt sand
- Thread starter Buddy_TX
- Start date
BigTony
Well-known member
Buddy, that’s a great question,
When I was beach hunting I didn’t set the machine to a specific program. Hopefully others will help out.
I did lower sensitivity if the machine got unstable.
I can offer this - test gold rings before hand and know the numbers, sounds and where they hit on the display screen, that is what has helped me over the years with my Exp II
When I was beach hunting I didn’t set the machine to a specific program. Hopefully others will help out.
I did lower sensitivity if the machine got unstable.
I can offer this - test gold rings before hand and know the numbers, sounds and where they hit on the display screen, that is what has helped me over the years with my Exp II
IDXMonster
Well-known member
Clink the link and watch closely.https://youtu.be/aRRETBO4sJE
sgoss66
Well-known member
Buddy--
Per your post in the other thread, THANK YOU for your service, and I'm sorry to hear about your medical condition.
I am no expert at beach hunting, but I owned/hunted with an Explorer for years, in dirt/turf. I took my first shot at beach hunting this past fall, with an E-Trac.
Here's what I would do...
I would start out in manual sensitivity, set in the low to mid 20s.
Set your variability settting to maximum. Set your threshold pitch and volume to whatever are comfortable to your ears. Set your "max limits" setting to maximum. Set your tones to "normal" and "conductive sounds"
I would set my machine's "iron mask" to -6 (I think it's minus 6; on an Explorer SE Pro, it's 22, but the numbers were different on the SE Pro...I think it would equate to -6 on the Ex II).
I would then leave the rest of the screen, to the right of the -6 Iron Mask, wide open.
Now, hunt away. Listen to your machine -- pay attention to how "stable" it is. If it is running too "noisy" for your taste (lots of low-tone chatter due to the salty sand), you can lower your sensitivity a tad, or if you can't quiet it down, switch to manual sensitivity. But you shouldn't need to do that. Manual, low to mid 20s, should do, unless your sand has alot of mineral/magnetite.
Gold can hit virtually anywhere on the screen, conductive numbers 01 or 02 all the way up to the mid to upper 20s. Most women's wedding bands will ring up with ferrous numbers roughly 08-13, and conductive numbers in the single digits. Many others will hit in the low to mid teens, but so will many pull tabs. Men's gold wedding bands will often hit in the upper teens, conductive. My personal ring hits 08-19. My wife's is like 11-05. Dig anything repeatable/consistent.
Hope this helps.
Steve
Per your post in the other thread, THANK YOU for your service, and I'm sorry to hear about your medical condition.
I am no expert at beach hunting, but I owned/hunted with an Explorer for years, in dirt/turf. I took my first shot at beach hunting this past fall, with an E-Trac.
Here's what I would do...
I would start out in manual sensitivity, set in the low to mid 20s.
Set your variability settting to maximum. Set your threshold pitch and volume to whatever are comfortable to your ears. Set your "max limits" setting to maximum. Set your tones to "normal" and "conductive sounds"
I would set my machine's "iron mask" to -6 (I think it's minus 6; on an Explorer SE Pro, it's 22, but the numbers were different on the SE Pro...I think it would equate to -6 on the Ex II).
I would then leave the rest of the screen, to the right of the -6 Iron Mask, wide open.
Now, hunt away. Listen to your machine -- pay attention to how "stable" it is. If it is running too "noisy" for your taste (lots of low-tone chatter due to the salty sand), you can lower your sensitivity a tad, or if you can't quiet it down, switch to manual sensitivity. But you shouldn't need to do that. Manual, low to mid 20s, should do, unless your sand has alot of mineral/magnetite.
Gold can hit virtually anywhere on the screen, conductive numbers 01 or 02 all the way up to the mid to upper 20s. Most women's wedding bands will ring up with ferrous numbers roughly 08-13, and conductive numbers in the single digits. Many others will hit in the low to mid teens, but so will many pull tabs. Men's gold wedding bands will often hit in the upper teens, conductive. My personal ring hits 08-19. My wife's is like 11-05. Dig anything repeatable/consistent.
Hope this helps.
Steve
This is my Explorer 11 beach program . Its based on my E. Trac programs . Though there aren't as many settings on the Explorer to worry about .
First thing is put the machine into advanced setting . Clear screen and black out nails top left and a similar thing bottom left .
Settings are ,
AUDIO = Volume - MAX LIMIT = 10 , GAIN = 9 --- Tone - THRESHOLD PITCH = 1 , VARIABILITY = 10 , LIMITS = 10 . Sounds - CONDUCT
OPTIONS = ADVANCED . Noise = 1 to 4 , Response = NORMAL , Recovery = DEEP ON
SENSITIVITY = 28 AUTO UNLESS QUIET or lower if necessary.
Threshold hum = 1 above silent .
First thing is put the machine into advanced setting . Clear screen and black out nails top left and a similar thing bottom left .
Settings are ,
AUDIO = Volume - MAX LIMIT = 10 , GAIN = 9 --- Tone - THRESHOLD PITCH = 1 , VARIABILITY = 10 , LIMITS = 10 . Sounds - CONDUCT
OPTIONS = ADVANCED . Noise = 1 to 4 , Response = NORMAL , Recovery = DEEP ON
SENSITIVITY = 28 AUTO UNLESS QUIET or lower if necessary.
Threshold hum = 1 above silent .
dewcon4414
Well-known member
Find a bobbie pin and bottle cap. Set your iron mask just about the bobbie pin......... ID that pesky bottle cap and disc it out. Dig or kick everything that isnt iron or a shallow bottle cap. The size of coil used will dictate your sensitivity setting.