Explorer depth

[shanemcn]

Just bought the explorer se pro , was a great deal and I love it but don't seam to get much depth for coins, would I get better depth with an after market coil , I notice a lot of people use the butterfly coil and there's a number of options including a consentric , the discrimination is much improved over my old one but I'm only finding modern coins

 

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[cudamark]

Maybe that all that's in the area you're hunting? How do you know you're not getting much depth and how much are you getting?

 

[shanemcn]

I've been searching a home site that dates to 1840 and only getting modern coins, I did a bench test and coins are only picked up at about 4-5 inches

 

[dirtscratcher]

Some of the places I've thought would be the best have produced nothing old at all. Next time you find a target 5 to 6 inches in the ground turn down your sensitivity until it goes away. Mine will hit that deep on 1. There might be deep old coins there that will require you to go really slow and really listen for the right tone ID won't be the same as shallow coins but once you learn how deep coins sound and id it will be on like donkey kong.

 

[shanemcn]

Thanks , appreciate the advise

 

[bmelvin20]

Not to hijack but do the explores have any depth reading on the screen? Ir do you just have to learn how to tell by ear?

 

[Iron Patch]

Something is wrong if it will only airtest at 4-5" You are testing quality metals? (older coins)

Best to airtest where there's not much interference, so when you do it, use man. sense because it will give you an idea what you're dealing with. That said, the first thing you need to do is a factory reset as these detectors can get a glitch and still work, but not close to their capability. If that gives no improvment, we start looking at other things.

 

[shanemcn]

I think auto sensitivity cuts down on depth, getting use to manual seems a challenge

 

[Iron Patch]

I think auto sensitivity cuts down on depth, getting use to manual seems a challenge

Auto would only cut it down that much if there was trash or maybe ground minerals. In average ground/conditions you'd be hard pressed to find many targets with man. that you wouldn't be able to hear in auto.

 

[shanemcn]

I've been given permission to hunt an old carnival ground that hasn't been used for 15yrs so I'll see how that go's

 

[shanemcn]

I finally figured out the depth and now getting great depth , just not sure why rusty old nails give the same signal as a coin until out if the ground , then they are discriminated out

 

[cudamark]

What did you find wrong?

 

[chiefdanaho]

cudamark, I don't know what he did but I had a very similar problem with my etrac {which I consider VERY close to the explorer if not the same}..Anyway, I switched coils { to an sef 12x10] and all of the sudden It couldn't hardly find anything 2 inches deep..I was perplexed to say the least..I done a master reset , like Ironpatch is advising him to do, and WHAMM, BAMMM!! Im cooking again..
I don't know what or why but the reset worked..I guess it was a glitch of some sort in the software..

scott

 

[shanemcn]

What did you find wrong?

There's a learning curve on theses machines, I bought the (Explorer &E-trac handbook) by Andy Sabisch and it explains every setting in great detail and shares the setups of the pros different situations, the big difference for me was switching to manual sensitivity and adjusting it according to the ground your hunting , the fast and deep settings should be on in most situations, the book is very helpful and you can get it cheap on amazon or eBay , I've been practicing in my yard (200 yr old ) house and found my first Indian head the other day about 8" , going to try a silver setup next

 

[Ronzie]

Sabisch book is a must. I read it till I knew my Explorer inside out. I stay in a test garden till I get a good feel for any machine before I take it out hunting.

 

[cudamark]

Glad you figured it out as they should (and do) get some amazing depth in most ground.