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Tenderfoot
- Nov 15, 2013
- 6
- 0
- Detector(s) used
- Excalibur II, Fisher CZ21
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Hello 
am a new owner of minelab excalibur 2, and new user to this machine.
I would like some help with recommended settings along inclined shoreline and varying ground conditions.
Settings
Disc 0, Sens 6 or 5, Threshold slight hum, Volume 2/3
I love to hunt within 3 feet of shoreline, on about a 2 foot fast sloping drop from shoreline to the first depression in sand, the first ditch I call it. I taking the coil from 2 1/2 feet of water depth to water surface / and out of water / back down the slope to 2 1/2 feet of water depth, Anyway have had lots of luck hunting in the shoreline wall / sloping sand area with my fisher CZ21 and want to hunt the same area with my new excalibur.
Problem is excalibur is auto adjusting (ground balance?) as I move the coil up and down on the 2 foot drop of sloping sand wall. The auto adjusting is making some noise which could mask targets.
Is there a way to prevent this?
Or a better suggested setting?
the sand is pretty clean but might have some rocks and varying thickness / density, plus the water depth.
I experimented in Pinpoint and it seemed to quiet down, no more shifting.
In PP mode, Sens 6 or 5, Threshold slight hum, Volume 2/3
But in Disc 0 setting the ground balance is constantly trying to compensate / self adjust.
Did I answer my own question, best to be in pinpoint in this sloping area? 2.5 feet water to surface back to 2.5 feet of water
Thanks for any advise.
r/Alan in Honolulu, Hawaii 808 744 4238
Have also noticed in some flat sand areas the same thing with shifting ground balance / self adjusting. Is there a way to lock it so it doesn't shift around on you? besides going to PP mode?
On other areas of flat sand it is stable (not shifting ground balance), all ground balance shifting is attributed to varying sub surface sand ground depths / soils / levels of sand / rocks, correct?
am a new owner of minelab excalibur 2, and new user to this machine.I would like some help with recommended settings along inclined shoreline and varying ground conditions.
Settings
Disc 0, Sens 6 or 5, Threshold slight hum, Volume 2/3
I love to hunt within 3 feet of shoreline, on about a 2 foot fast sloping drop from shoreline to the first depression in sand, the first ditch I call it. I taking the coil from 2 1/2 feet of water depth to water surface / and out of water / back down the slope to 2 1/2 feet of water depth, Anyway have had lots of luck hunting in the shoreline wall / sloping sand area with my fisher CZ21 and want to hunt the same area with my new excalibur.
Problem is excalibur is auto adjusting (ground balance?) as I move the coil up and down on the 2 foot drop of sloping sand wall. The auto adjusting is making some noise which could mask targets.
Is there a way to prevent this?
Or a better suggested setting? the sand is pretty clean but might have some rocks and varying thickness / density, plus the water depth.
I experimented in Pinpoint and it seemed to quiet down, no more shifting.
In PP mode, Sens 6 or 5, Threshold slight hum, Volume 2/3
But in Disc 0 setting the ground balance is constantly trying to compensate / self adjust.
Did I answer my own question, best to be in pinpoint in this sloping area? 2.5 feet water to surface back to 2.5 feet of water
Thanks for any advise.
r/Alan in Honolulu, Hawaii 808 744 4238
Have also noticed in some flat sand areas the same thing with shifting ground balance / self adjusting. Is there a way to lock it so it doesn't shift around on you? besides going to PP mode?
On other areas of flat sand it is stable (not shifting ground balance), all ground balance shifting is attributed to varying sub surface sand ground depths / soils / levels of sand / rocks, correct?
