Captn SE
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- Southern CA
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- Minelab Explorer SE; X-1 Target Probe; Pro Coil, 6x8 SEF, Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray X8, Expl. 1050 coils
Hello Fellow Tnetters,
I hear a lot of Explorer owners can't wait to get their hands on this new SE Pro coil. I was happy to finally get mine yesterday, after the FedEx truck had delivered my coil to a different address earlier in the morning.
Armed with my new coil, I was thinking of a good place to give it a good test. I picked an area that has been pounded by no fewer than 6 Explorer hunters multiple times. It's an area also where the "deepies" are hiding amongst trash, in addition to underground piping which makes your machine freak out. Arriving at around 1:30 in the afternoon yesterday, I was clearly able to see the many (hundreds) of previous plugs in the turf. They weren't that obvious from the street because the whole area is completely dry (brown) from the recent heat and lack of watering. I noticed that the new coil is extremely sensitive to even the smallest pieces of lawnmower clipped coins. It's also well balanced. At first, I couldn't get used to the sound the coil makes when swinging it over the blades of turf, but eventually I did. Within minutes, I got a few wheats, then received a mixed signal, but was able to hear a higher tone mixed in with a low tone. I dug, and found my first silver with the coil, a Rosie, with a piece of pull tab next to it. I was continually pulling coins right next to old plugs....it was amazing. About a half hour later, I got a very faint zinc'y signal, which I could hear from only one direction. I knew this could be either a cut piece of coin or a deeper Indian. It turned out to be the latter. A nice 1893 Injun. I was very pleased with the new coil so far. I continued to sweep my coil over old plugs in the ground, and right next to another one, I heard a faint high tone, but it was difficult to pinpoint because of the iron nearby. I dug down and around 7", I saw the white, thin coin. Could it be? Yes, a 1906 S barber dime. I was ecstatic!! I was really starting to love this coil, and it's ability to separate faint coin targets from trash targets. My last coin of the day was another very tricky, faint signal mixed with an iron sounding signal. I took a chance, and at 8" my probe sounded off with that nice zinc tone, signaling another Injun. Yes, I had found my oldest coin dug from this area since detecting it....an 1889.
The other silvers/wheats were from some previous trips using my older 1050 and 8" Sunray coils. For now, I will continue to use the new Pro coil, and give it a go at some of my other "well hunted" sites. I am more than pleased with my first hunt results. I think ML is going to be struggling to keep up with demand for this new coil for a while!
Thanks for looking, and Happy Hunting!!
CAPTN SE
Dan
I hear a lot of Explorer owners can't wait to get their hands on this new SE Pro coil. I was happy to finally get mine yesterday, after the FedEx truck had delivered my coil to a different address earlier in the morning.
Armed with my new coil, I was thinking of a good place to give it a good test. I picked an area that has been pounded by no fewer than 6 Explorer hunters multiple times. It's an area also where the "deepies" are hiding amongst trash, in addition to underground piping which makes your machine freak out. Arriving at around 1:30 in the afternoon yesterday, I was clearly able to see the many (hundreds) of previous plugs in the turf. They weren't that obvious from the street because the whole area is completely dry (brown) from the recent heat and lack of watering. I noticed that the new coil is extremely sensitive to even the smallest pieces of lawnmower clipped coins. It's also well balanced. At first, I couldn't get used to the sound the coil makes when swinging it over the blades of turf, but eventually I did. Within minutes, I got a few wheats, then received a mixed signal, but was able to hear a higher tone mixed in with a low tone. I dug, and found my first silver with the coil, a Rosie, with a piece of pull tab next to it. I was continually pulling coins right next to old plugs....it was amazing. About a half hour later, I got a very faint zinc'y signal, which I could hear from only one direction. I knew this could be either a cut piece of coin or a deeper Indian. It turned out to be the latter. A nice 1893 Injun. I was very pleased with the new coil so far. I continued to sweep my coil over old plugs in the ground, and right next to another one, I heard a faint high tone, but it was difficult to pinpoint because of the iron nearby. I dug down and around 7", I saw the white, thin coin. Could it be? Yes, a 1906 S barber dime. I was ecstatic!! I was really starting to love this coil, and it's ability to separate faint coin targets from trash targets. My last coin of the day was another very tricky, faint signal mixed with an iron sounding signal. I took a chance, and at 8" my probe sounded off with that nice zinc tone, signaling another Injun. Yes, I had found my oldest coin dug from this area since detecting it....an 1889.
The other silvers/wheats were from some previous trips using my older 1050 and 8" Sunray coils. For now, I will continue to use the new Pro coil, and give it a go at some of my other "well hunted" sites. I am more than pleased with my first hunt results. I think ML is going to be struggling to keep up with demand for this new coil for a while!
Thanks for looking, and Happy Hunting!!
CAPTN SE
Dan
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, and thanks for such a motivation thread. 
