Teverly. Yes, my experience is based on 13 years of using the dfx/xlt compared to only about a year with the EX II. The minelab is nowhere near as good as pinpointing as those two machines, though I dont really know about the se, though I hear it does have an improved pinpoint function. I have used the explorer for a few hundred hours this summer and am digging some really deep stuff with the Explorer and the pinpoint almost always seems to be in the side of the hole. If the target is under about 6 inches the pinpoint is fairly accurate, though the procedure takes a while. Under about 7 inches there is almost no volume to the pinpointing tone. Everyone I know that used a DFX or XLT for any amount of time could pinpoint to a circle of about 1 inch in diameter and to the exact depth. I used dig plugs and prided myself on the coin being visible in the bottom of the hole or on the bottom of the plug. I got to the point where I could even cut a cresent shaped hole in the ground, reach my hand in, and pull out the coins down at 4 and 5 inches. I would think that greg, as many coins as he has dug this year, can probably do the same. He asked for some comparison from someone who has used both and I know that he will have problems getting used to the Minelab when transitioning from the DFX. Also, If you are good with the DFX or XLT you can tell by the target dispay that you have two or three different targets hidding in the hole, and that one is a coin. I could often tell if it was, say, a quarter and a pulltab...or a dime and zinc cent. Just my experience with using both machines. The good thing about the minelab, of course, is the depth you can ID targets at when you learn to use it and set it up properly. Greg, I can tell you for certain that an explorer is a deeper machine that the DFX or the XLT. I have had both the explorer and the DFX in the field at the same time and had compared deep silver dimes and pennies on real targets not a test garden. The DFX will actually detect the coin, though it will be a crap signal that reads as a pull tab or some other trash, very seldom will it hit the proper ID. I've found that anything past 6 inches on a small coin is pretty much the max for the DFX under most conditions. I wouldnt switch to an explorer unless you wanted to dig deep targets, its better at that. If you do switch to an explorer I would start using the tone ID on the DFX!
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