The SE does have a slight faster recovery speed over the XS and II models,

[Anonymous]

My Explorer arrived today, Beautiful machine and it does have a faster recovery speed over the Explorer XS and II models. Not much but it is quicker in both audio and visual ID meaning it may have a edge in the extremely trashy areas. Depth is the same considering the SE coil is 1/2 inch smaller than the past Explorer stock coils which is good news, Lighter smaller coil and same depth as the 10.5" coil.

Is it a better Explorer, It will be for many that search in extremely trashy older areas laced with iron or aluminum infested parks. For others it depends, The improvements are nice though.

The picture below shows a coil size comparison between the Explorer XS 10.5" Stock coil pressed against the 10" SE coil, note the 1/2 inch difference between the two.

Paul (Ca)

 

[pat (chicago)]

the coil size of the se is 10.5 inches. whats up with the size difference?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Pat,

Ralph from Sun Ray cleared up the matter on a post further down on the coil size, Both coils support the same size winding "10 inch" even though the older explorer stock coil measures 10.5".

It's common for detectors companies to give the wrong size, Not intended for misleading purposes but it does happen. Look at Whites 5.3" concentric coil, When actually it's a 6" coil not 5.3.

Please don't look at it as misleading from Minelab or other detector companies, Minor mistakes and they're really NOT trying to pull a fast one on us

Paul (Ca)

 

[Ralph Sun Ray]

Actually the White's 5.3" coil is composed of windings which are 5.3" in diameter. Rather than investing in a 5.3" housing they simply installed the windings in a 6" housing which they already had.

Ralph (Sun Ray)

 

[Anonymous]

Hot dog Ralph! If anyone should know it would be you

I'm sure you've studied and dissembled a ton of coils in order to build yours to out perform the others, You sure know your coils

Thanks again Ralph,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Ralph Sun Ray]

Paul,

Actually my White's distributor told me that when the 5.3" coil came out and I asked why it was in a 6" housing.

Ralph (Sun Ray)

 

[Cody]

The coil's actual size is the coils of wire. When the wire is housed in plastic and filled then it is standard practice to give the size to include the plastic housing.

So a 10.5 coil actually has a coil that is only 10" and so on. What difference does it make? Nothing! George Payne has some really good information on coil design and why a specific size is used, type of wire, and design parameters. He invented the VLF detector and is an excellent engineer. A general rule of thumb is the larger the coil the deeper the target that can be detected and a smaller coil can detect a smaller target but with less depth. The difference between 10.5 and 10 is just an area of interest.