Sweep Speed?

[Josey Wales]

Just got my SE Pro yesterday and went out a little while before work tonight, trying to get a little swing time before the ground freezes here in Ohio! Just playing around a little and was wondering the correct sweep speed? I've been a XLT user for 15 years and herd you really have to slow down, can you go too slow?

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi JW congrats on the new machine!! Proper sweep speed for most conditions would be as if u were painting or mopping the ground with the coil I suppose is the best way to explain. Start slower and get used to the sounds - faster you go the more falsing u will get at the ends of your swing. As u develop a feel for the machine u will know the proper sweep speed. Best, Erik

 

[teleman2525]

i also came recently off the fast sweep of the xlt to the slow relaxed sweep of the se pro go slow lightly drag coil on grass if thats your surface or as close as you can get on rougher terrian slow sweep about 4 seconds per sweep hard to go to slow with the se its like deer hunting and sneaking up on your game low and slow give this detector the time it takes to learn it and you will start to love it good hunting to you im snowed in here in northern vt. boo who long winter

 

[stasys]

i suggest normal speed if you on clean fields, but slow or very sow if you are in fields with million targets and iron. you will learn this very quickly. Erick if you get falsing on end sweep charge battery. I had this problem once in the beach and had no clue what is going on , slow no falsing, speed falsing..itwas until i changed battery to new. good luck Stasys

 

[dewcon4414]

Sweep speed falsing normally comes from slightly raising the coil at the end of your swing. The Explorer do require movement to function.... but very very darn little. Its the only machine ive used that you can wiggle around and still get great depth and target id. Ericks about right in that sweep speed.... its like painting, nice and lazy strokes. Ive always described it as being like a scanner..... very slow as it scans the paper. The targets come in nice and clear as you pass over them. The Explorers dont like a lot of space between the coil and the soil so a good many times mine is ON the ground. That also helps me concentrate on NOT lifting my coil at the end and can give you MORE depth. Listen for the falsing.... if you notice you are getting a lot of it, the first thing to check is DIRT between the coil and cover. You wont cover as much soil as you did with the XLT, but patience will defiantly pay off with this machine.

Dew

 

[widebody]

[size=large]thanks to all the advicers. this could be called the x-xlt forum. these post help us newies to minelab an awful lot. i would like to re-mind newbies to really really read the manual. you find something you missed or didn't do darn near every time.

HH [/size]

 

[Hotcz70]

and I mean never. In trash or iron I don't even have a sweep speed...I call it a "creep"...and sometimes a slow crawl at best
In these circumstances I "scan" the ground with my coil...somtimes it will take me 15 minutes to cover 10 square feet.

For me personally...it's much easier to discern a deep coin hiding in iron... from just plain falsing off of deep iron when going as slow as humanly possible.

The beyond creeping sweep speed also allows a faint high warble of a coin hiding in iron to squeak through the nulls.(no threshold)...thus telling me to investigate the sound....IF you are going slow enough.

 

[Dave-IL]

Sweep speed was the first thing I was taught. I was told go slow or go home...lol.
Bryce pounded that in my head every time we hunted. I relly started to figure out why once I graduated to trashier and more iron infested sites. It really paid off.

 

[dmitchstevens]

15 minutes for 10 sqare fee...bryce I never will cover any ground. if thats the case. I go too fast. Thanks

 

[NebTrac]

and I mean never. In trash or iron I don't even have a sweep speed...I call it a "creep"...and sometimes a slow crawl at best
In these circumstances I "scan" the ground with my coil...somtimes it will take me 15 minutes to cover 10 square feet.

For me personally...it's much easier to discern a deep coin hiding in iron... from just plain falsing off of deep iron when going as slow as humanly possible.

The beyond creeping sweep speed also allows a faint high warble of a coin hiding in iron to squeak through the nulls.(no threshold)...thus telling me to investigate the sound....IF you are going slow enough.

Bryce,

How do you find the E-Trac compares on sweep speed with your Explorer? I've read it is faster and I usually use an approximate 2 seconds one way sweep with my E-Trac, in heavy iron I might slow down to 3 maybe 4 but thats about it. Have you seen any difference?

Thanks,

NebTrac

 

[Hotcz70]

Hi my friend.

I feel the E-Trac is slightly faster and I can indeed swing it a tad bit quicker if I want to. I have still found that the slower I go though...the more "masked" coins I find with either machine.

Because of that fact I personally always creep with the E-Trac as well.

I also have the option of using "fast on" in the trash and iron with my Explorers but I don't like what that setting does to the signals. I feel it "chops" them off and cuts them short...and I don't like it.

I'm just a "creeper"....that's how I roll

Keep up your good posts my friend...I always look forward to reading them.

 

[stasys]

Bryce nice post!

 

[dmitchstevens]

Good Info>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

 

[Markdb61]

Will be a big change from the sweeping speed of an xlt for sure. I think I go pretty slow most of the time but spped up in cleaner ground.