The Explorer XS is the deepest availabe detector to date on silver with some mass. We are talking US 10 cent and heavier mass coins. The XS has a beautiful tendency to look below small trash as its ' setup ' or FBS freq 'works ' looks through small bits and shard s of aluminium and steel. 28 Tried and Tested Minelab Explorer Programs that you can use within 10 minutes of getting this E-book. The book additionally contains Hints & Tips, the best settings, screen interpretations, simple explanations of how to use the detectors menu options effectively. E-Book Contents: 28 Programs many good for Worked Out sites.
Explorer XS Metal Detector
This Paticular Unit is one of Two Units I own. I bought one for my Daughter to use. My Daughter just got married and used it very little so the unit is Excellent Condition. The unit has the new upgraded Composite (new) thicker housing-arm rest-stainless screws installed by MineLab In Nevada as well as the thicker grip. Also I bought a new Faceplate If One were ever scratched when transporting.
The Unit Comes With The Following:
Andy Sabisch's Mastering The Explorer (Book)
Extra MineLab Explorer XS Faceplate (New)
MineLab Enviormental Head Cover
Coil Cover
Rechargeable Nicad Battery Pack
Wall Charger
Automotive Charger (Auto)
Normal Battery Pack
Koss Headphones (Lifetime Warranty)
MineLab Headphones
This unit is an excellent deep seeking unit for the beach-coin shooting that has a LCD Display and Night Light to hunt with after dark Explorer XS
MineLab Explorer XS-Frequency-Specs
By increasing the number and the range of frequencies being transmitted (the Explorer operates between the frequencies 1.5kHz to 100kHz), there has been a marked improvement in both the depth and accuracy of discrimination. This means that the Explorer can now detect those very deep targets which have been overlooked until now. All those productive areas you have detected previously, done well and found all that was there in shallow depths, can now be re-detected to find the deeper coins which were missed previously.An added advantage of increasing the number of frequencies being transmitted is the increased accuracy of target identification. The more frequencies sampling the target, the more information returned for processing and the more precisely the detector is able to accurately identify the target. For the technically minded, Full Band Spectrum ( F.B.S.) has meant that the resolution or the divisions of measurement, the Explorer is able to make of a target signal has gone from approximately 8000 out to a massive 65000, a huge increase of information.
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The benchmark for Coin and Treasure Hunting detectors is about to change with the introduction of the newMinelab Explorer.
After years of intensive research and development Minelab is proud to announce the release of two totally new and innovative detectors, which have been especially designed for the coin and treasure hunting market. Following Minelab's history in technological development, the Explorer introduces a new concept to the world of metal detecting. Within a short time, the Minelab Explorer will be the detector other treasure detectors are compared with. Operating on a totally new system call Full Band Spectrum (FBS), this new technology transmits up to 28 frequencies simultaneously, ranging from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, improving both depth and accuracy of discrimination. Welcome to the new world of Smartfind.
The Explorer takes the old principals of how discrimination works and replaces it with the remarkable new technology called Smartfind. For the first time ever, here is a detector with 2-D Identification, which means that targets are now identified by not only conductivity but as well its ferrous content.
This unit comes with everything included in the original package. The unit is near mint, and was sent to MineLab to be tested-updated beforehand. I have used it only to check it out twice. The only way you can tell it has ever been used is the expected and very minor minor scuffs on the protective coil cover (Used To Protect Coil)
- Superior depth
- Large, easy to read display screens
- Targets can be identified three ways;
- 2-D graph (Smartfind)
- Digital Meter
- Tone ID
- Target depth indicator
- Signal 'blanking' on discriminated targets
- Overload signal on large targets
- Option of Automatic preset factory controls or manual operation of controls
- Ergonomically designed for comfort
- Simple Push button menu control
- 10' submersible searchcoil
- Easy to use Quickstart program
- Concealed coil cable (no more winding cables around shaft)
- Easy access, drop-in battery case
- Uses Alkaline batteries
- Plus many more features!
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Detect Oldest Coins and Relics Buried Deep
The current Metal Detecting Program, a combination of parameter settings, set up on my Minelab Explorer metal detector is a result of 'Try and Error' process that have been continuing for past few years.
My goal in creating an optimal program was to be able to metal detect deep targets under any soil condition that I might encounter at different geographic locations.
Minelab Explorer 11
The users of the Minelab Safari metal detector might obtain a few useful tips from studying my program as their metal detector settings are similar to the ones of the Minelab Explorer series.
Even though Explorer's 28 Simultaneous Operating Frequencies of the Full Band Spectrum (FBS) allow me to detect without a trouble anywhere in the world, I still would like to detect the deep coins and relics while encountering toughest soil conditions. The following program enables Minelab Explorer SE and II Pro to detect a few more desirable finds at the locations where other treasure hunters quit searching long time ago.
The picture above shows the deepest hole that I had ever dug up at the 'hunted out' site to recover a large coin, circa 18th century. You can read my full story on Detecting 'Hunted Out' Site pages.
The changeable parameters are divided into two groups for better understanding of their utilization:
Group A includes the parameters that I do not change every time I encounter different metal detecting conditions such as the type of soil, concentration of junk, and type of the top cultural layer.
Group B includes only two parameters, Sensitivity Level and Discrimination Pattern, that I change even a few times during the treasure hunt according to the site conditions.
I operate my Minelab Explorer only in ADVANCED Mode with Sensitivity set up on MANUAL, and with Tone ID.
Minelab Explorer Xs Programs Online
Group A Settings:
DISPLAY CONTRAST - at 10
AUDIO VOLUME - Max Limit at 10
NOISE - at 5 (if interference from the power lines, other metal detectors, etc. is absent)
RESPONSE - Audio 1
RECOVERY: FAST - OFF and DEEP - ON
GAIN - at 8 (even a deep target produces a loud signal) - Sometimes I lower the Gain level down to 7 when the junk concentration is high.
TH (threshold) TONE - at 5 (on Explorer XS) and 8 (on Explorer II)
VARIABILITY - at 10
LIMITS - at 10
SOUNDS - on FERROUS (medium size ferrous targets do not respond with a high pitched tone as if of silver)
Group B Settings:
SENSITIVITY - usually as high as possible - a notch below a setting that makes my detector unstable, which is allowed by trash concentration, soil mineral content, and the search coil's size.
To read about how the Sensitivity settings affect the detector's performance, visit my Article - How To Search Around Cellar Holes Successfully.
Sensitivity Settings for different sizes of Double 'D' Waterproof Search Coils:
15 inches WOT Coil - 10-20
10.5 inches Standard Coil - up to 28
7.25 inches Coil - up to 32
Learn Your Metal Detector's Language and Its Full Potential Through Understanding the Instruction Manual, Practicing, and Experimenting
DISCRIMINATION patterns vary greatly. I utilize IRON MASK for all types of metal detecting: I always keep IRON MASK setting at -16 and in OFF mode, and switch it ON only when I need to check a questionable signal.
I usually utilize the Explorer's Discrimination factory settings and patterns to create desirable Discrimination patterns. Occasionally, I use LEARN and EDIT option programs in ADVANCED MODE to adjust Discrimination pattern for a particular target.
My Basic Discrimination patterns:
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For Relic Hunting and Cache Hunting:
REJECT:'Nail'
ACCEPT: everything else
For Coin Shooting:
ACCEPT: 'Coins', 'Jewelry', 'Foil', 'Pull Tab', 'Screwcap'
REJECT: 'Fe Coins', 'Crowncap', and 'Nail'
This combination of settings is just a starting point for developing your own program according to your preferences and metal detecting conditions. My program is only to help you in doing your home work. Use the program for experimenting with various targets in field conditions, and see what settings work the best for you.
Please let me know your opinion on my program after you use it. You are welcome to submit some pictures of your finds recovered with my program. I would appreciate any suggestions, tips, and constructive criticism. If you have a program for Deep Search that you believe is more productive than mine, I would be happy to post it here. Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
If you want to read about how the Minelab E-Trac is different from Minelab Explorer II, you can read my report on E-Trac Field-Test.
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