excal has lost depth problem

[ghost of scrounger]

wondering why the excal2 seem enemic on dpth. bought from reliable seller new jan 2012. havent had it out in ayear. seemed i wasnt getting good depth. air test against etrac proved it. about 5 or 6 in on a quarter where i used to get a good eight.etrac good for about 10 in on same. battery is good.
any thoughts. tested in air above
dry sand beach. no other metal present

 

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[CoinandRelicMan]

ETrac has tons of sensitivity, in AUTO is it too much for my area and I almost always have to run it on manual , then again I have never been a fan of Auto-Sensitivity. The Excal should be a beast in wet sand, the BBS is supposed to use the Salt to go deeper than it can in air. No BBS machine should get the depth in dry sand it would in Salty wet sand.

 

[ghost of scrounger]

Thanks for reply. Was tested off end of picnic table in air only when new.I will try retest
Same way to see if it makes any difference.vs. over sand 😆

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

You should get about 8" on an air test on a quarter... I don't know what your sensitivity was set at. Scounger is correct, Minelabs get far more depth in actual in ground hunting than air tests...

 

[jeepGold]

Only one way to find out.. get your boo-boo to the beach and hit some wet sand/tide line.

 

[ghost of scrounger]

You should get about 8" on an air test on a quarter... I don't know what your sensitivity was set at. Scounger is correct, Minelabs get far more depth in actual in ground hunting than air tests...

OK I will try buried coin test before assuming
Problems

 

[DeepseekerADS]

OK I will try buried coin test before assuming Problems

Any way you can get to wet beach sand for that testing?

 

[jeepGold]

are you sure your sensitivity is set up right?

 

[ghost of scrounger]

are you sure your sensitivity is set up right?[/QUOTE yep checked that first

 

[jeepGold]

Air testing as stated earlier isn't worth squat. The other day I pulled out the excal since the CTX is out for a minor repair and wanted to remind myself of the annoying penny tones of the excal before I took her to the beach. I laid her on top of my garage workhorse and could get tones of various things at around 8 inches or so. I KNOW that my excal will get a target in the wet MUCH MUCH deeper than that. It is true that a ground test in the WET will truly tell you how good it is or not.
Just get it to the beach and report back. Best of luck.

 

[lost items recovery]

If the above fails then your coil is shot
Provided none of your pots are overturned

 

[OBN]

Silient room airtest

Make sure to check your volume knob (full) and make sure no knobs are misaligned. Air test with no coil cover also.

A few test I ran back in 2010 I believe...


Targets.. All 14k, small band 3.7grams, Med Band 4.5 grams, Larger Band think it was close to 6 grams, then a US Nickel



Air test results, Excalibur Blue and Excalibur II's, Stock coils, 800 and 1000




And the test rig

 

[ARC]

Heh OBN.

 

[mlayers]

ok dumb question what should the sensitivity be set at on the Excal. To get the best depth.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

ok dumb question what should the sensitivity be set at on the Excal. To get the best depth.

Every beach is different, even different parts of same beach sometimes are different. What I do is set sensitivity so it is stable then bump it up just a hair hotter. If it isn't stable you will constantly be hearing false signals.

 

[fsa46]

Nice test rig Joe. I like it.

 

[OBN]

Nice test rig Joe. I like it.

Thanks Frank, Hope your well my friend.

Originally Posted by mlayers ok dumb question what should the sensitivity be set at on the Excal. To get the best depth.

Treasure Hunter.......Every beach is different, even different parts of same beach sometimes are different. What I do is set sensitivity so it is stable then bump it up just a hair hotter. If it isn't stable you will constantly be hearing false signals.

I agree with treasure hunter but one little detail to add specially on older or sanded in beach's where targets can be Just out of range. I do as Treasure hunter said then as I find a deep faint target then I will adjust to the best report in PP. From there I will set it up a notch to where it falses a little (On the edge). After hunting this way I have got use to good and false targets, (most of the time). Checking iffy targets and faints with the wiggle-wiggle of the coil has really made a different in my 2015 totals.

 

[ghost of scrounger]

Make sure to check your volume knob (full) and make sure no knobs are misaligned. Air test with no coil cover also.

A few test I ran back in 2010 I believe...


Targets.. All 14k, small band 3.7grams, Med Band 4.5 grams, Larger Band think it was close to 6 grams, then a US Nickel

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Air test results, Excalibur Blue and Excalibur II's, Stock coils, 800 and 1000

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And the test rig

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Love the test rig! I can see the last two entries of the test chart
Were 800 and 1000 blue logo. Cannot read the first 3 entries
On chart what duzzit say? Thanx

 

[jeepGold]

I knew my CTX went deep but this was a bit much for a silver ring.