2 Hours of Frustration today

[jeff of pa]

LOL

After seeing a Low Flying Flock of Geese today,
Weather Today got nice enough to Get out & Meet up with DKinPA.

I Had to take my New SE Pro out for a Test Drive.


DROVE ME NUTS !!!!



Well Maybe Not Realy

I Am starting to Believe the 11" Coil
and Power from these Detectors is just Too much
for Trashy Areas, Half my time was Spent
Listening to Noise changes & Nothing Solid enough To
Convince me to dig.

Proof of this is Here



Anyone who Has Detected with me Knows,
This is 5 Minutes Of Detecting for Me.

Part of my Time was Spent were Trash was at a Bare Minimum

& I Got a Loud Solid Repeatable Signal

This was found about 3" Deep




Says: Statue Of Liberty
New York

Back is Smooth No reason to Scan it.

 

[thrillathahunt]

Well Jeff, I really can't say I understand what your going through ( not being an SE owner), but I know you'll eventually get it all dialed in.

The smaller the coil the better for trashy areas though.

 

[fmerg]

last year was my first time using the se pro
i can tell ya it will drive a sane man crazy let along someone like me
but when you get a handle on it you will find that even in trashy areas it produces like mad

 

[gleaner1]

Jeff, it looks like you are doing nothing wrong to me. It's just a matter of time and patience. If there were silver coins or a gold ring under your coil you would have dug that too.

 

[jeff741972]

Youll get the hang of it.

I got mine back today, pretty darn quick turnaround if ya ask me. Anyway I got out for an hour in a field that never did produce too much, one thing off the bat about the I upgrade is shotgun shells sound alot like indians now It is alot smoother running than what it was though, pin pointing seems better also.

 

[texjim]

you'll get that thing dialed in before you know it. Just stay patient, i know you have them.

Looks like everyone got out but me. my day will come again.lol

 

[teleman 2525]

yeah stay with the se it will all make sence with a little time hunt real slow to pick thru everything its not say like a whites xlt fast sweep but real slow and carful kind of relaxing i love its slower pace i metal detect for fun and relaxation but i also like to find nice old coins and the se will do just that my oldest coin so far 1788 mass copper and 1797 draped bust large cent came from same cellar hole area on seperate days oppisite ends of hole i,ll be back there as soon as snow goes still very deep here in northern vt. but raing today hope it keeps up for awhile so i can get back out also lots of nice park silvers found 1890,3 barbers dimes and quaters stay with that se you,ll learn to love it

 

[mainer]

Wow, Jeff Im suprised you went with the SE over the Sov. Probably wishing you didnt now. Best of luck to you on the new machine.

 

[tumbleinn2]

Did you read the Manuel? And did you learn to ground balance it. Sounds like you had it running a little to hot.
good luck.

 

[jeff of pa]

Did you read the Manuel? And did you learn to ground balance it. Sounds like you had it running a little to hot.
good luck.

I Glanced over the Manual

& Re Read After, But GROUND BALANCE ?

Noise Cancel Yes, Lowered Sense Yes, Auto sense Yes.
Iron Mask at Factory Preset

Didn't see Ground Balance

 

[fistfulladirt]

I swing an Exp II, there's no ground balance involved. My dfx on the other hand......

 

[jeff of pa]

Wow, Jeff Im suprised you went with the SE over the Sov. Probably wishing you didnt now. Best of luck to you on the new machine.

Was an Offer I Couldn't Refuse,
& still Sleep at Night

Still Plan on a GT at some Point this year

 

[djm of PA]

Looks like we'll be learning these new MineLabs together.....see you in the nut house

 

[jeff of pa]

Looks like we'll be learning these new MineLabs together.....see you in the nut house

HaHa Yea !

HBG. Weather High 40's
Mild & Sunny Tuesday & Wednsday
if it hasn't Changed again I May try some more

 

[DKinPA]

Dennis you are gonna have to take the lead on this learning curve for your uncle......LOL!! I was afraid I was gonna see that SE flyin' through the air at some point yesterday since he didn't have the swingy thingy attached to it!!

I even made sure to read the SE owner's manual on Friday night so I could offer some help in case he came out yesterday.....I knew I was gonna see a bad attitude behind the handle on the first time out....LOL!!

Overall for a first time with a totally different machine I think he did OK with the patience factor...LOL!!!

Hang in Jeff.......I know you can master that thing, but NOT in 2 hours!!

Dave

 

[billpa]

Enjoy the new SE Pro you,ll get the hang of it soon.

 

[jeff of pa]

Dennis you are gonna have to take the lead on this learning curve for your uncle......LOL!! I was afraid I was gonna see that SE flyin' through the air at some point yesterday since he didn't have the swingy thingy attached to it!!

I even made sure to read the SE owner's manual on Friday night so I could offer some help in case he came out yesterday.....I knew I was gonna see a bad attitude behind the handle on the first time out....LOL!!

Overall for a first time with a totally different machine I think he did OK with the patience factor...LOL!!!

Hang in Jeff.......I know you can master that thing, but NOT in 2 hours!!

Dave

Bad attitude ? Who Me ? Naaaaa

Tell ya what I'm still sore though & Don't know What
to Blame it on.

Posted by: billpa
Enjoy the new SE Pro you,ll get the hang of it soon.

Thanks Bill !

I still have a Few different Settings to try Before I Decide I Can't
get the Hang of it.

May take a few Different Test Targets Out next time.
At this point I Have No Idea what silver sounds Like
with It, But Target I Thought would
be silver Turned out to be aluminum

 

[gwdigger]

My first hour with this machine was almost enough to send me selling it on ebay. It wasnt until I switched the response sound from "normal" to "long" that things instantly changed for me. Not 5 minutes later I was picking out good signals from all the sputtering iron on a well spent site. 2 hours later I was holding a half dozen buttons and several relics and like I say, the place was well hammered.

Maybe its because I come from 20+ years of using whites top of the line detectors but I could not grasp the Explorer SE with the normal response sound. It sounded like I stuck my head in a bowl of rice crispies with all the snaps crackles and pops!

 

[Iron Patch]

The Romans didn't lose all their coins in a day!

 

[traverdog]

I think we've all had days like that.