Sooo.... bought a used Excal 800 I didnt need. Any tips?

[Talon]

Sooo.... bought a used Excal 800 I didn't need. Any tips?

Excited to use the new machine in the water! Any tips? Any books you recommend? I have a perfectly good Tiger Shark that has done well for me, but I couldn't resist picking this up for the price I got.

 

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[cudamark]

You'll enjoy not having to dig iron! That's a good coil for underwater but a bigger one goes deeper and has better coverage. If you want max depth, hunt in pin point. Once you get a hit, flip the switch back to disc to see if it's iron or not. Run it as "hot" as your conditions will allow.

 

[christo000]

Excited to use the new machine in the water! Any tips? Any books you recommend? I have a perfectly good Tiger Shark that has done well for me, but I couldn't resist picking this up for the price I got.

I know how exactly how it is when a crazy good deal comes to u I thought I was totaly good fine with my Atpro as u can c a v3i & a deus xp r in the pack & all sports of coils etc some stuff u just cant pass up good luck

 

[Talon]

Thanks cudamark I saw that people were doing the PP then Disc thing, but wasn't sure what the advantage was against just running in Disc.

 

[cudamark]

The advantage to running in PP is a bit of extra depth and in some cases better target sound and separation when you have multiple dissimilar metals.