Warning - Explorer Se goes too deep.:thumbup:

[goldenpulltab]

I dug a penny the other day at 10 inches , i almost gave up digging not believing a coin to be this far down, i am now upgrading my spade to one that allows easier digging of very deep holes. This signal was clear and gave good target id too - fantastic!

 

[Jack(IN)]

that deep on the XS and know the XS 2 goes as deep too and am sure you can even go deeper. Good luck and hope the next DEEP signal is silver!!

 

[goldenpulltab]

Yea i think 12 inches may be possible but i am not sure - i guess a lot depends on the ground conditions. 8 - 10 inches on a penny is plenty deep enough for me in baked hard ground my foot is hurting on the sole caused by pushing down the spade with right foot . I think the deepest coins sound off louder with se thats why i am finding deeper than i did with ex 2.

 

[detectorguy]

I have a park here in Peoria, IL that has a small area where I can consistantly find early wheat pennies (indians and barber dimes also) in the 10 to 14 inch range. 10 inches on a single penny and 14 inches on a group of four. This spot is where we go to compare deep signals between machines in the club - nobody has EVER matched my Explorer XS at this spot.

 

[goldenpulltab]

Thankyou . The depth is more than enough to please any one with the explorers - very hard to beat.

 

[goldenpulltab]

Depth on small coins is also very good - maybe 8 inches or a tad more.
But lets not forget 1 very important other feature that makes the explorer's winners - The ability to know junk from good targets! - this feature saves tons of hours digging trash , i know just a bout what i am going to dig beforehand thus avoiding a lot of trash. i can id 80% of trash so leaving it in the ground. This saves hard work digging worthless items and gives me more time to find better targets. The explorers tell you a heck of a lot about a target before digging.

 

[James N.D.]

I have dug Pennies and Silver Dimes at 12" before but you have to go very slow to be able to hear the low tick of a signal that will only be one way. Most people pass these targets up thinking they are falsing Iron targets but if you know your detector, you will know the difference between the 2. I am glad that you are seeing why the Serious Treasure Hunter uses the Minelab Explorer Line of Detectors for those ultra deep keepers. Once you see the depth at which Coins and such can be retrieved, you won't want to use a different detector unless of course for Plowed Fields which a single frequency detector will get a bit better depth than the Explorer will. Continued Success and Good Luck and HH.

 

[detectorguy]

I still have problems with nails due to the ability of getting a great repeating coin signal at one angle and then pin-pointing the item where it is detected at. Dig down and find the nail in the side of the hole. Just before I stop digging all those damn nails I pull a nice silver coin out from next to a nail and it sucks me back in. How do you do avoid them?

 

[goldenpulltab]

n/t

 

[detectorguy]

That is what I kind of figured, but when you said you didn't dig much trash I was just wondering about all the darn nails I was digging (as well as the beavertails because they come in the same as nickels) and was wondering how you get away from it. My pouch is filled with trash that sound just like the good stuff and shows up on the screen where good stuff does.

 

[Hotcz70]

that this is a highly sensitive machine and just like my cz70 pro....if you want the 8"+ silver dimes...then you can expect to dig some nails...and sometimes...lots of them. I am getting much better at it..but if you want the deep silver and chase the "iffy" signals then the rusty nails will be there too. It makes it all worth while though to dig a deep plug and every now and then pop out a barber dime next to a rusty nail.

 

[goldenpulltab]

My system of digging little trash is based on 500 hours explorer use and in the past digging a fair amount of trash to teach my brain what trash mostly sounds like. Almost like practicing playing a piano or learning to play a piano. You start out a crap player and over time you get gradually better and better. Its a long hard slog but eventually you become better. I am not saying i dig no trash because i would be a liar if i said that but i am very very happy with my ability to id trash about 90% of the time. Ok maybe the odd time i will pass over a target that i thought was trash but maybe was not trash ie a coin at great depth or at a weird angle. I split target signals into 3 main category's . 1 definite trash. 2 iffy trash. 3 good sounding signal. I dig all good sounding signals. I leave all definite trashy signals in the ground. Iffy signals are the hardest to analyse but i can tell whether a iffy signal is worth digging by the tone. If i dig an iffy target usually it is a good find. But iffy targets are classed as a target you don't understand so these are fewer than my other 2 category's because i fully understand a good signal and a bad signal. Now if this is not making much sense to you i will try to make it simple as this - 1. i leave definite trashy sounding signals alone because practice has shown these targets to be almost always iron when dug. 2. Iffy targets i can id with a high degree of accuracy due to having dug lots and lots of iffy targets in my learning phase so now i can also leave these trashy iffy targets in the ground. Chewed up pop tins, foil ,and pull tabs (to name a few) i can id with tone alone and by sweeping from all angles i will rotate 360 degrees while continually sweeping over the target which gives me a pretty good idea of target shape and size. Good targets i can also tell are good by the sound and cross hair placement alone. So all in all what i do is spend more time sweeping the coil and cherry picking coins out of big areas of land because i spend very little time digging trash. The most important aspect of using an explorer is learning what trash sounds like and not so much what good targets sound like because if you can tell what is trash then you can cover much more areas of land by wasting less time digging worthless trash and concentrate picking coins out of the ground.

 

[AgileMJOLNIR]

I BELIEVE YOU!!! Look at my post from a couple weeks back!

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,84757.0.html

 

[goldenpulltab]

did you find these deep 12 inch coins in hard baked ground. I would be pleased to know of your digging tool to dig these foot deep coins.

 

[James N.D.]

Lesche Digger. It looks like a hunting knife with a serrated edge on one side for cutting tree roots. This is one of the best digging tools made in my opinion and makes the hobby look better for everyone else unlike detectorist's using small shovels and such, and that is why I steer away from such tools in Public Areas. When someone see's a person out in a Park or other places where it is a Public Place, people tend to get a little upset at you if they see a detectorist digging with shovels while the Lesche Digger will fit in a pouch and won't be very noticeable when digging and also when just detecting. The edge of the digger can also be used like a small rake after you have found your target and are filling back in your hole. Makes the area look much better without leaving any dirt on the surface. I have a buddy of mine that had an extension welded or threaded onto the end of the Lesche so he can dig with both arms and can get the digger into the hole without putting his hand in the hole. My soil around here is a rich loamy soil that is easy to dig in and isn't a hard baked ground. One has to really listen for those 12" Coins to be able to know they are there and also go very slow. Good Luck and HH.