Texas

[bbqman]

Would like to hear from the some of the explorer se users from Texas. Sure would like a hunt with someone familiar with this machine. Randy

 

[Bayrat76]

I live in south Texas, About 25 miles from Corpus Christi, I know there are a couple user in Houston and San Antonio too.

 

[Bell]

I'm in houston. Where are you?

 

[bbqman]

I`m about 50 miles east of Waco. I find that the dark soil is the best for detecting. Sure would like to know how anyone who detects in what we call the sandy land fairs. Thanks guys, I`ve been out about 8 times now with the SE Pro. Today I tried Bryce`s iron mask and it seemed to make a diference. I purposely went to an old house site that I had been over recently with the new machine and found 2 silver dimes and a few wheaties. One of the dimes was right next to a nail about 6 inches. I`m sure it was masked by it last time I scanned that yard. I`m going to try and post some pics of some of the stuff I`ve been finding with the Minelab. 7 silvers so far. Randy

 

[Bell]

If you have seven silvers in eight hunts you are doing great. If that sandy soil you are talking about is similar to what they have in the hill country, columbus the explorer works exponentially well in it, only thing is it often indicates things are very shallow in that soil when they are actually quite deep.

 

[bbqman]

Well Bell, the trouble with the "sugar sand " that i have found is that clad coins are already very deep, I feel that they sink. The more loamy or black clay soils seem to hold the coins in place and new soil covers them, I live in a small town that is sugar sand, but the darker soils. fortunately, are just west of me on the blackland prarie. I figure the Houston area is dark alluvial soil.

 

[Bell]

Houston is a mix of different soils depending on where you are, and you are right, stuff does tend to sink quick in that sandy stuff