Hi folks.
Below are the contents of a friend's e-mail, describing his first venture out here in the UK, with the new Minelab SE.
As received...no censoring or editing.....MattR.UK
Well i managed to get out for a couple of hours with my new toy , i set it up as i did the Ex II but used "pitch hold" instead of "long" or "audio 1" as it was on the Ex II, on the cleaner ground the pitch hold was very good, but once i got amongst the iron the constant tone change to the threshold started to do my head in, with a lot of iron around the sens was set at 14, but you still got plenty of chirps and one way signals from the larger iron, and each time this happened the threshold went up or down in tone before the iron was rejected, reducing sens helped a tad but couldn't eliminate it altogether.
I eventually switched to "constant" single tone mode and switched the response to "long" or audio 1 as it was known on the ExII, i've always felt more at home in these modes as i'm not really a multi-tone fan, in constant the "pitch hold" has no effect, switching modes allowed me to raise the sens to 20 without the chirps becoming annoying, and in the "long" (audio 1) the signals is held longer which for me helped pick out the good targets from the chirps which were short and abrupt, i managed 13 non-ferrous targets which isn't bad at all for this site, i must admit i did find it hard going after using the mxt for three years, the SE has to be used slowly the same as the Ex II, and i also ended up with a shoulder that ached like hell .
Is it an improvenent over the Ex II, well the menu system is much faster reacting, the coil is a tad lighter which makes the machine feel better balanced, not so front heavy, although it is still a weighty beast after a few hours use, i like the colour scheme better than the previous model, the recovery speed did seem a touch faster but nothing earth shattering, pinpointing is probably the thing i noticed most, a vast improvement which means getting targets out of the ground quicker, shame this funtion didn't have a spring loaded trigger instead of having to press a touchpad to engage the pinpoint and press again to disingage it, i just hate faffing about , i can't say i noticed anything else about the machine that sets it apart from the Ex II, but as minelab are selling this beast at the same price as the previous model you've got to say they've done a decent job in upgrading it, but i don't feel looking at the overall package that anyone with an Ex II is losing out in a big way, these are my thoughts after just two hours usage, and just the main points i noticed in that time, there's plenty more that can be said about the functions of this machine, and will be interesting to hear the experiences of others when more get out in the field, i just wonder how i'll get on when trying a full session with this beast.
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Any comments on an honest post?
Below are the contents of a friend's e-mail, describing his first venture out here in the UK, with the new Minelab SE.
As received...no censoring or editing.....MattR.UK
Well i managed to get out for a couple of hours with my new toy , i set it up as i did the Ex II but used "pitch hold" instead of "long" or "audio 1" as it was on the Ex II, on the cleaner ground the pitch hold was very good, but once i got amongst the iron the constant tone change to the threshold started to do my head in, with a lot of iron around the sens was set at 14, but you still got plenty of chirps and one way signals from the larger iron, and each time this happened the threshold went up or down in tone before the iron was rejected, reducing sens helped a tad but couldn't eliminate it altogether.
I eventually switched to "constant" single tone mode and switched the response to "long" or audio 1 as it was known on the ExII, i've always felt more at home in these modes as i'm not really a multi-tone fan, in constant the "pitch hold" has no effect, switching modes allowed me to raise the sens to 20 without the chirps becoming annoying, and in the "long" (audio 1) the signals is held longer which for me helped pick out the good targets from the chirps which were short and abrupt, i managed 13 non-ferrous targets which isn't bad at all for this site, i must admit i did find it hard going after using the mxt for three years, the SE has to be used slowly the same as the Ex II, and i also ended up with a shoulder that ached like hell .
Is it an improvenent over the Ex II, well the menu system is much faster reacting, the coil is a tad lighter which makes the machine feel better balanced, not so front heavy, although it is still a weighty beast after a few hours use, i like the colour scheme better than the previous model, the recovery speed did seem a touch faster but nothing earth shattering, pinpointing is probably the thing i noticed most, a vast improvement which means getting targets out of the ground quicker, shame this funtion didn't have a spring loaded trigger instead of having to press a touchpad to engage the pinpoint and press again to disingage it, i just hate faffing about , i can't say i noticed anything else about the machine that sets it apart from the Ex II, but as minelab are selling this beast at the same price as the previous model you've got to say they've done a decent job in upgrading it, but i don't feel looking at the overall package that anyone with an Ex II is losing out in a big way, these are my thoughts after just two hours usage, and just the main points i noticed in that time, there's plenty more that can be said about the functions of this machine, and will be interesting to hear the experiences of others when more get out in the field, i just wonder how i'll get on when trying a full session with this beast.
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Any comments on an honest post?