Hi! I just bought my first Minelab detector, an used Explorer XS. It looks in good cosmetic condition and seems to work good except one thing that maybe is normal or maybe not. The threshold sound is fine when I turn the detector on, but after some time detecting it becomes like a broken sound, not an stable "hum". All the other sounds (detection sounds are ok.) Any ideas, it is normal, is there a setting that I need to adjust to avoid this? Or it is faulty? I am a complete newbie with this machine, not to metal detection. I'm unly using quickstart by the moment. Thanks!
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Question about an Explorer XS
- Thread starter amustel
- Start date
in your headphones, without headphones, or both?
If you hear the broken threshold both with and without your headphones on, then sounds like it's internal.
If you only hear the sound with your headphones on, then it's your headphones.
If you only hear the sound "without" your headphones on, then your XS speaker sounds like it's going bad.
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
If you hear the broken threshold both with and without your headphones on, then sounds like it's internal.
If you only hear the sound with your headphones on, then it's your headphones.
If you only hear the sound "without" your headphones on, then your XS speaker sounds like it's going bad.
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
Chris(SoCenWI)
Well-known member
n/t
Yes, I think Chris' assumption sounds more accurate......I think you're hearing the "null" response when your detector swings over a masked (rejected) target. You lose the threshold for a bit until you swing over clear ground or a target that's in your accepted area of your smartscreen.
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
No, it is not null. When nulling, the "dirty" threshold sound quits and detector is silent.
If I change channels, sound is fine for some seconds, then it brokens again.
I can only hear a clean threshold sound when coil is lifted 3 or 4 feet from the ground.
All the other sounds (flute sounds) look noormal. Coins sound nicely. Only problem is the threshold...
Thanks!
If I change channels, sound is fine for some seconds, then it brokens again.
I can only hear a clean threshold sound when coil is lifted 3 or 4 feet from the ground.
All the other sounds (flute sounds) look noormal. Coins sound nicely. Only problem is the threshold...
Thanks!
Mick in Dubbo
New member
You're just nulling over discriminated out targets. When you hear it, you may won't to slow down so you don't miss targets because of masking. You don't have to stop, just go a bit slower.
Mick Evans.
Mick Evans.
TURNMASTER
Active member
amustel said:Hi, everyone, I'm glad to inform you that detector is perfect. I was doing a couple of things wrong.
Thanks to all for your help!
Well? What couple of things? For those who may get an Explorer and don't want to do the same.
Jeff
I had the sensibility set too high and I was not doing the Noise Cancel procedure right. After I read a book about the Explorer I did it right and problem was gone.
Now I find myself turning the threshold volume all the way down, after all. When I become more proficient with the machine I will use it again, but now it just distracts me when nulling.
Now I find myself turning the threshold volume all the way down, after all. When I become more proficient with the machine I will use it again, but now it just distracts me when nulling.