Air Test Numbers (Explorer II)

[photo-master]

Hi I have a minelab explorer II and was doing some air tests. I've seen the standard numbers for 90% Silver dimes and quarters are reported around 00-29 and I've see other tested on youtube be close to that. But my minelab is jumping around the numbers 6-24, and 8-26. Is my minelab out of wack or is this normal? Also If that is what my air test is showing I take it I should start digging those numbers? --However I do dig anything that sounds good regardless of number.

Air test numbers video I was using for reference:

 

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[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

For an inside air test that looked very normal to me. Don't rely on numbers much at all. Watching the screen will make you miss good targets.

Audio, audio, audio.

 

[photo-master]

Thanks Bart, good advice. But the video above is not me/mine it was just one that I was using as a reference, as my minelab is giving very different results.

 

[bazinga]

Completely ignore the numbers on an Explorer. It's not a White's.

Use the smart find / your ears. If it's deep and has a high tone to it, then dig it. It's really that simple. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be.

 

[photo-master]

Thanks bazinga. It's just frustrating i've been digging allot of pennies and pulltabs... So i can find stuff but I'd like to learn the sound of silver, but I guess I'll keep digging junk. I was hoping maybe if i learn my minelab better I might be able to skip some trash...

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

To learn a machine you HAVE to dig all of that. No way around it.

Fact is the silver to clad ratio is significant. Silver is not easy to find.

 

[OBN]

Use to hunt the land with the SE (no relics), All Metal, Ferrous tones, and Digital ID screen. Listen to all, once I find one that's interesting, I go for the screen and dig everything between 15-04 and 00-20..............these are all beach finds..most with the Excalibur