Tried out the 6X8 SEF coil.

[Elton]

Wish I could say I found Silver, or something valuable beyond face value. Coil works well. I hit several quarters and all read 00-29 at depths to 7"..
One 4" one 5" and the last one read half way down on scale, plus a little more, and was at 7".. I liked the dead on ID. Did find a 53 Wheat cent. Dug the Wheat more for the sound than the ID.. It was all over the place 00-28 04-28--05-28 depending on the angle I moved The coil.. I see why you guys like the SEF brand coils.

 

[Neil]

Just got mine today Elton. I really like the 10X12 so I thought I would try it. I kept my X8 so I can compare the two. The SEF coils work very well.

 

[Hotcz70]

to absolutely ignore the numbers as you well know...and just stick 100% to the smartscreen and cursor action because there is much more useful information to help you decide whether or not to take a chance on digging.

Here's the kicker....when you learn to hunt by sound alone...and I honestly mean that sound is 95% the reason you dig or don't dig...and ignore even the smartscreen....the sweet finds will start to find their way into your pouch more often.

I spent a good full year on the E-Trac and it made me a much improved hunter with me SE because I was forced to hunt 100% by sound alone with the E-Trac.

Why?...because I hated...and still hate the screen on the E and the cursor action because it is completely different with "what cursor placement means" as in relevance to coin hits. I spent far too many hours hunting and learning what my SE was saying to me and how it was saying it. No way I was going to get "messed up" and re-learn different cursor action on a different machine and then go back to the SE and be confused on the language it spoke.

The result...I was forced to hunt by 100% sound alone on the E-trac and did quite well with it doing so.

When I went back to the familiar language of the SE...I found myself not even looking at the screen unless absolutely necessary.

That is when the sweet finds starting finding their way into my pouch at places I had already pounded the snot out of.

In fact I went through some hunts and never even looked at the screen once. I have pretty much adopted this strategy and incorporated it into my arsenal...but on occasion I obviously do look at the screen just as an aid....and to pinpoint

I would never tell a new user to do what I'm stating I do by not looking at the screen because as you know I feel it is a great tool.

I am just trying to get my point that sound is the KEY to success with the explorers...as is repetition in digging signals with the SAME group of settings.

Each tiny change you make to a setting can change what you hear dramatically....and HOW you interperet those said signals.

Find a group of settings that work...and learn 'em...then RE learn over and over. Each time I hunt I feel like I learn something new with the settings I use.

Keep at it brother

 

[Elton]

Nice post and I am trying to do just that. Learn the sounds and switch between smart and digital, learning where the stuff falls on smart screen.

 

[Hotcz70]

I know what you're doing bro...and you are doing it right...whether they are my settings...or someone elses.

I was actually just trying to slip a hint to anyone who reads the post...that the key to explorers is the sound.

After you get a few more hunts on it and have even more confidence in it that you already do...cover the screen up and hunt strictly by sound alone a time or two. You talk about a great way to expand your ability to understand the language it's speaking....wow

Again though...keep doing EXACTLY what you are doing for now...because you are doing it right

 

[Elton]

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