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Title: Minelab Advice please Post by: Dryland on March 26, 2013, 04:41:13 PM Buying a used Minelab tomorrow, I've got a choice of two.
Either a minelab explorer xs at £315 or a minelab explorer 2 at £450 I've reserved both at the moment, but I've got to decide on one by tomorrow. Advice wanted please. how much of a difference is there between them ? Is it worth paying the extra £135 ? Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Mike on March 26, 2013, 05:04:40 PM no , buy the xs use the spare money you saved and buy an ultimate coil off chef , a monster of a set up you wont look back i assure you
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Dryland on March 26, 2013, 05:21:05 PM Thanks Mike, I hadn't thought of that
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: dances with badgers on March 26, 2013, 05:52:43 PM i agree with mike ;)
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: WeCan-Octavian on March 26, 2013, 06:45:19 PM Agreed ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Kev on March 26, 2013, 06:49:48 PM You won't go wrong with the advice that mike gave you , good luck as your going to have a great detector. :)
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: DEADLOCK on March 26, 2013, 06:50:53 PM I will third it
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Dryland on March 26, 2013, 06:59:51 PM Thanks guys, looking forward to it, Hopefully I'll have it sent in time for
the Bridgewater Rally ;D Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 26, 2013, 07:21:51 PM Welcome to the club :)
Everyone knows minelab are the best machines. Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Mungo on March 26, 2013, 08:12:32 PM say no more.............happy hunting........... 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: matthewbullingham123 on March 26, 2013, 08:29:57 PM minelab xs great detector! :D one i now have
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: probono on March 26, 2013, 10:34:39 PM no , buy the xs use the spare money you saved and buy an ultimate coil off chef , a monster of a set up you wont look back I assure you No Mike, what you want is The Explorer Se pro plus the ultimate coil ;D On a serious note, I found the XS even heavier than the SE pro. Both are good machines. Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Dryland on March 26, 2013, 10:52:30 PM Thanks Probono, Tennis elbow here we come ............. again >:( >:( ;D
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: dances with badgers on March 27, 2013, 06:30:09 AM get a harness ;)like what i got for my etrac ;)
Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Chef Geoff on March 27, 2013, 07:33:04 AM get a harness ;)like what i got for my etrac ;) Wimp! Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: rjm on March 27, 2013, 08:35:41 AM A Minelab without a harness? The only weight training system you'll ever need! ;D Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Little_bro on March 27, 2013, 10:15:20 AM Think I need a harness too ??? My explorer is making my arm and wrist hurt.
On the subject of ultimate coils and explorers. I'm only getting about 6-8 inches depth. Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Chef Geoff on March 27, 2013, 10:54:01 AM Think I need a harness too ??? My explorer is making my arm and wrist hurt. On the subject of ultimate coils and explorers. I'm only getting about 6-8 inches depth. On what target? a cut half? a florin? a fridge? a Churchill tank? Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: probono on March 27, 2013, 11:29:02 AM I've certainly been getting much better depth than that :-
1/2 sovereign was about 8-10" down - sestertius about the same. Small bits of lead ~6-8" down Groats certainly at 8~10" down. using the ulitmate coil & SE Pro. Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Little_bro on March 27, 2013, 05:03:56 PM :D no tanks. Just notice the last couple of digs not going deeper than 8 inch mark. But saying that I've only been finding small buttons and buckles.
Did an air test with a modern 10p and it maxed out at 8 inch mark with the ulitmate coil. Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Mike on March 27, 2013, 05:12:54 PM get a harness ;)like what i got for my etrac ;) Wimp! i second that :D :D Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Chef Geoff on March 27, 2013, 05:21:34 PM :D no tanks. Just notice the last couple of digs not going deeper than 8 inch mark. But saying that I've only been finding small buttons and buckles. Did an air test with a modern 10p and it maxed out at 8 inch mark with the ulitmate coil. well you can't air test an FBS machine, end of. 8 inches on a small button is very good. I am going to post a thread later to try and explain why we can't and never ever will be able to dig deep small targets using motion machines Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: probono on March 27, 2013, 08:23:34 PM well you can't air test an FBS machine, end of. 8 inches on a small button is very good. I am going to post a thread later to try and explain why we can't and never ever will be able to dig deep small targets using motion machines That'll be interesting for us all ;) Title: Re: Minelab Advice please Post by: Little_bro on March 28, 2013, 05:24:15 PM well you can't air test an FBS machine, end of. 8 inches on a small button is very good. I am going to post a thread later to try and explain why we can't and never ever will be able to dig deep small targets using motion machines That'll be interesting for us all ;) ;) :-* |