First day out with my new Minelab Explorer XS

[bazinga]

I am down here in Nasvhille, Indiana at my Grandparents and went out to the 4-H Fairgrounds today. I used the 15" WOT for this hunt. In the morning it was bitterly cold so I was reluctant to dig a lot of signals because my toes and fingers were numb but I found $0.82 in clad and a smashed child's ring of some sort. My grandpa found a little over $1 in clad with his OLD Whites Coinmaster.

I then came home and ate some food, did some more manual reading and went back about for about 2 hours this afternoon. I used the smaller Joey coil for this hunt. I found $1.94 in clad, a pocket knife, and a metal shell from a bullet.

I was also digging a fair amount of pull tabs, bottle caps, etc. Not as much as with the Garrett Ace 250, but still enough to not enjoy it. I am going more by the #'s on the screen right now as I am still trying to learn it. I am finding that when it reads a solid 4 then it is usually a nickel. Anything above or below that seems to be junk up until about 23 or so. Then from 23-28 seems to be most coins and 29-31 seems to be a lot of junk and the occasional quarter.

All of the cois that I found were shallow. I found it hard to feed anything deep and an even harder time in knowing where to dig. Since most coins were shallow I was just finding the general location and running the sunray probe over the ground until i heard the noise and just popped them out. I get the signal locked on, and then rotate 90 degrees and sweep again, but I still can't pinpoint it with either coil.

Any tips guys? Am I doing something wrong? I would like to find sometihng deep if possible because I know the stuff is out there and I also need some help with pinpointing.

Thanks in advance!

Brian

 

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[jeff of pa]

To make it a Little Easier Read These

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,211.0.html

& remember, If You Swing Slowly & back off the Target with your coil, As your Swinging, AS soon as the Signal Disappears. the Objects in Front of the Coil.

IF you continue Swinging & move? Forward, as soon as You Pick it UP again, it's Just under the TIP of the Coil.


? ? THIS IS YOUR COIL? ? ?(ll) The White Between the 2? "l's" is where your signal is.

 

[mikewaz]

Not bad for your first time out. Just keep doing what you're doing and you'll learn something every time out. The Explorer is a great machine but it'll take some time to get a handle on it. Hang out in the Minelab forum and check some of the old posts out. That should help.
Have fun!
Mike

 

[bazinga]

Gee guys, thanks for the help 4 and a half years later. Seriously, don't dig up old posts. It clutters up the board.

 

[Iron Patch]

Gee guys, thanks for the help 4 and a half years later. Seriously, don't dig up old posts. It clutters up the board.

So do you still need help?

 

[godisnum1]

It may clutter up the bored... but then there's the Minelab Newb, such as myself, that just got the Explorer XS a couple months back and is still trying to understand the machine. I wouldn't have happened upon this thread otherwise... but I seem to be doing the right things with it, thus far.

Bran <><

 

[bazinga]

Gee guys, thanks for the help 4 and a half years later. Seriously, don't dig up old posts. It clutters up the board.

So do you still need help?

With detecting? Or being polite on this forum?

 

[bazinga]

It may clutter up the bored... but then there's the Minelab Newb, such as myself, that just got the Explorer XS a couple months back and is still trying to understand the machine. I wouldn't have happened upon this thread otherwise... but I seem to be doing the right things with it, thus far.

Bran <><

The easiest way to learn the machine is to go out with someone that has experience using it. Are you still over in MO? Take me to some CW sites and I will GLADLY teach you how to use the machine. ha

 

[godisnum1]

It may clutter up the bored... but then there's the Minelab Newb, such as myself, that just got the Explorer XS a couple months back and is still trying to understand the machine. I wouldn't have happened upon this thread otherwise... but I seem to be doing the right things with it, thus far.

Bran <><

The easiest way to learn the machine is to go out with someone that has experience using it. Are you still over in MO? Take me to some CW sites and I will GLADLY teach you how to use the machine. ha

I wish I were able! That would be the *best* way for me to learn, because I'm a kinesthetic learner.
Well if I were still up in Missouri, I'd be happy to! I can take you to some pirate haunts down here in FL instead? I'm living down here in Saint Petersburg now, but I travel up to Missouri every 2 or 3 months to visit my girlfriend. I'll also be traveling up there in May for the Chisholm Trail Hunt 3 over in Caldwell, KS! You should try to make it out... you can show me then!! The whole TOWN is full of relics!!! http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,291699.0.html

Bran <><

 

[bazinga]

It may clutter up the bored... but then there's the Minelab Newb, such as myself, that just got the Explorer XS a couple months back and is still trying to understand the machine. I wouldn't have happened upon this thread otherwise... but I seem to be doing the right things with it, thus far.

Bran <><

The easiest way to learn the machine is to go out with someone that has experience using it. Are you still over in MO? Take me to some CW sites and I will GLADLY teach you how to use the machine. ha

I wish I were able! That would be the *best* way for me to learn, because I'm a kinesthetic learner.
Well if I were still up in Missouri, I'd be happy to! I can take you to some pirate haunts down here in FL instead? I'm living down here in Saint Petersburg now, but I travel up to Missouri every 2 or 3 months to visit my girlfriend. I'll also be traveling up there in May for the Chisholm Trail Hunt 3 over in Caldwell, KS! You should try to make it out... you can show me then!! The whole TOWN is full of relics!!! http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,291699.0.html

Bran <><

I was just down in St. Pete Beach last month.

Where is that hunt even at? Is it just at the public fairgrounds? I can't make much sense of the page.

 

[godisnum1]

I was just down in St. Pete Beach last month.

Where is that hunt even at? Is it just at the public fairgrounds? I can't make much sense of the page.

Were you really??

The hunt is one a huge acreage property there in Caldwell. They had a smaller property to hunt on, but since there's such a large turnout this year, they secured a larger piece of property to hunt. We'll be having the campsite where their "fairgrounds" are at. It's not what what normally comes to mind when they say fairgrounds though. Just some buildings and what-not in a really small, SMALL town. Some people will be camping, and others will be staying in motels and such. But it's a historical town... and there are definitely relics to be found! We were digging up musket balls and small caliber ringed bullets at the last hunt there, along with lots of indian head cents, a gold ring, my railroad luggage tag, and lots of other awesome finds. The best part though is just being able to meet TONS of T-Net folks from across the country that come out for it! It's a great time!!

Bran <><

 

[bazinga]

Is there a post for the finds from the last hunt there?

I went to a tnet hunt several years ago over in MO at CW site. It was a good time.

 

[godisnum1]

They may have, but I'm not sure which threads it would've been on...
I think I posted my railroad tag on here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it either.
It's on this page though, where I entered it for a relic contest and won.
http://www.goldenmirages.com/index.php?topic=885.0

Bran <><

 

[godisnum1]

Here's a link with "some" of the finds from CTH2... but not all.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,187191.0.html

Bran <><

 

[bazinga]

So just one coin that whole day from all of those people hunting? Wow, doesn't sound too productive.

 

[godisnum1]

No, there were bunches of indian head cents at the pasture we detected in last time. Like I said, not all of the finds were posted on that page. I'm eager to hunt the new site that Burdie has lined up for us.

Bran <><

 

[Iron Patch]

I thought you were looking into a Garrett?

I really wish you would reconsider your choice, Brian- remember how much you loved TreasureVision and TreasureSpeak.

MINELABS DO NOT HAVE TREASURESPEAK!!

Mine talks to me!

 

[godisnum1]

I thought you were looking into a Garrett?

I really wish you would reconsider your choice, Brian- remember how much you loved TreasureVision and TreasureSpeak.

MINELABS DO NOT HAVE TREASURESPEAK!!

Mine talks to me!

Mine too...