Explorer, which one ?

[altinkum]

i own a ex11 and a fisher75 and the only time the ex11 see's the light of day is if i have a beach session. as phil said the recovery time is a joke compared to most mid priced detectors

[sodbuster]

Thanks for you continued input guys and gals. I have been doing a bit more delving into the pro's and con's and found some really good information on youtube. There are some really good videos out there .
              The recovery time videos are an eye opener, I was absolutely appalled at the explorer.I do tend to have a pretty fast swing,( at least until I have a break) , with which the whites M6 copes with, I guess I could slow down a bit, but do I want to ?
 

[rjm]

I was always put off the Explorer by two things, the weight and the recovery speed. They've always been the best all round machines on the market. The E-Trac excels because of the new processor giving it a LOT faster recovery speed.

I've got the Safari and I'm well pleased with the recovery speed. Don't know how it compares with the E-Trac as I haven't used that machine but would guess that E-Trac is faster due to the far greater cost of it.

What I love about the Minelabs is that they ignore coke/hot rock that other makes have trouble with. The minelabs also excel on the beaches and are brill at picking up small and/or thin metal such as hammereds.

The E-Trac and Safari are still a little heavy but that's the price you pay for the best all round machines out there.

[mole]

Sodbuster ( Alan)  have you seen the video where the e-trac verses the goldmaxx on the thin gold chain!!  that one is a real eye opener Phil ( Colleggwent) should take a look at it if he doubts the minelabs ability to find the gold  he,s dead right mole

[romano-brit]

thats true, the GMP loves coke

[outlaw]

If you look behind the hype,

the e.trac / explorer 11 / se

there are only subtle changes but a vast diff in cost.

Many believe the trac is an explorer turned upside down with a few extra gimmicks.

when buying any new tector its down to a gut feeling, and how easily u are parted from your cash 

[mole]

Hello Romano Brit thats why I use a goldmaxx and explorer the two compliment each other there are lots of other successful combinations !!!! BUT !!! a lot of detectorists are using this one I personally find it very effective everyone to their own good hunting mole

[StumbledUpon]

Explorer 11 I use very very slow, in all metal, they will pick up the smallest roman bronzes in ANY conditions! I use the explorer on two separate roman villa fields they will cope much, much better with high mineralisation, than single frequency machines. 

( this is my findings and opinion, )

[16.5DD (richard)]

my estimation is this mate i love the se for its noisy talkative state using it in my setup which is slow-n-lows set up slightly changed .
yet the etrac has an air of quietness that seems to pull out goods from iron in the same hole . if you want a fast land detector by a xp goldmaxx power as it is much faster and goes deep enough not to worry you will find loads of small stuff in iron that many who are not very good with thier explorers miss .
so toss a bottle in the air i mean coin and heads or tails it till you get a firm winner mate .
if you do go down the beach alot then forget xp as they are not wetsand useably i dont think