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Went to a frigid northern Japan beach today- Winds were wicked with cold driving rain. Took my Exp II with sunray control box cover, WOT and X1 Probe. The sand was deep, and found 1 key, 2-10yen coins and an american nickel.
But-back to my question. I was hunting in iron mask -15 and all of a sudden the detector went haywire playing a freaky melody of tones. I switched from iron mask to disc, no change. Switched from WOT to X1, no change. Switched from manual to auto sensitivity, no change.
There was alot of sand on the coil, so I tapped the front of the WOT in the sand and removed most of the sand on the coil. THe Exp then returned to normal. If the mineralized sand was the problem then the tones should have disappeared when I switched to X1.
WHen I was stationed in HAwaii my Explorer XS would go nuts on the beach. Does anyone else get weird symptoms at the beach?
But it did get me wondering as to whether the WOT is waterproof or not. I didn't submerge it, but the rain was pretty steady. Or could the moisture have affected the Exp II?
Jim
But-back to my question. I was hunting in iron mask -15 and all of a sudden the detector went haywire playing a freaky melody of tones. I switched from iron mask to disc, no change. Switched from WOT to X1, no change. Switched from manual to auto sensitivity, no change.
There was alot of sand on the coil, so I tapped the front of the WOT in the sand and removed most of the sand on the coil. THe Exp then returned to normal. If the mineralized sand was the problem then the tones should have disappeared when I switched to X1.
WHen I was stationed in HAwaii my Explorer XS would go nuts on the beach. Does anyone else get weird symptoms at the beach?
But it did get me wondering as to whether the WOT is waterproof or not. I didn't submerge it, but the rain was pretty steady. Or could the moisture have affected the Exp II?
Jim