I Bought The Beast! The Minelab Explorer II

[Michigan Badger]

Get ready to be frustrated for a while.!!!

The first real hunt I used it, it worked perfectly. Since then I haven't made too many good finds. I think it is user error not the machine. The thing definitely finds deeeeeeeepppp stuff. I dug a 1943 silver Florin from 10 inches with BBs help. That is my deepest coin so far. I have dug some big pieces of iron and copper from 12 inches but nothing much deeper than that unless you consider the main cable trunk line I dug at 14 inches (measured with a yard stick) Didn't tamper with that since I didn't want to lose my internet and being able to visit the forum.

The machine is an awesome machine and I just wish the Beast and I could get on the same level of understanding I have with my Deleon. I am packing up the Beast for a trip to vegas. I am sending it with enough cash for a night on the town, one lap dance and $100 for the casino.

Good luck and congrats on buying what I think is the best machine out there right now. (my opinion does not represent any other opinion on the forum nor does it even represent an informed decision, heck I don't even know my own name most of the time so I wear a name tag)

Good post. it's nice to read something honest once in awhile

Did you try running the Beast in the factory auto mode? That's the only mode that worked worth a flip for me when I used the GT.

Here's a wild guess at why so many have trouble with the Explorer models. I think the machine is very sensitive and powerful and most users probably tend to over-power it.

Now that's just a guess but I saw this same thing with the Sovereign and before that with the Tesoro Tejon. If one powers that Tejon too high in trashy areas one will hate that sucker. If ya power-up the GT too high in high trash areas she'll beep-chirp-sing all over the place. We're talkin tons of falsings.

 

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[mastereagle22]

I tried "full auto mode" "semi-auto mode" "auto-pilot mode" apple pie ala mode and I did have the best hunt in auto-mode. I keep trying but I KNOW something is wrong with the BEAST. It is sick and I have to send it to the detector vet. Maybe they will get it working again. I had to explain that I wasn't sending it in to get FIXED though because it fought me going into the box until I told it that. (think it thought it was going to be turned into a whites, I mean neutered)