New Minelab SE!

[DetectorBase]

I just received my Minelab SE today. Can't wait to go out and do some test runs... but I have to wait for some thaw first. I was messing around my house with it, and I'm concerned about getting a handle on the pinpoint on the double D coil. Anyone have any tips for me? I come from White's XLT background... so this seems quite foreign. The instructional DVD was on backorder.. which I know I could really be studying up on now.

Thanks!
DB

[The Beep Goes On]

Hi DB - The DVD is not that great...hate to say. The pinpointing is actually pretty good. Since it's DD you have two ways to do it. One is to pinpoint on one axis and pull the coil back towards you until the signal drops off the front of the coil. The other is the X method...pinpoint, rotate 90 degrees and pinpoint again.

Congrats on your new SE!

HH!
TBGO

[DetectorBase]

So with option one, if you pull the coil back till the signal drops you just visually determine the pinpoint from that site line.. 4" or so?

Also, the detector seems real 'chatty'. I never detected with 'tone' before.. are the factory presets the best for this? Or do you do something to calm it down? My initial test was a wheat penny on the surface and I noticed I get three beeps with a single sweep Seems like it pings on the first edge of the coil, the center and the trailing edge. Is this normal?

Thanks!!!!!

DB

[The Beep Goes On]

For pinpointing, the loudest tone will be right down the centerline of the coil. So, if you get it centered and pull back, when the tone drops off the target will be right at the front of the coil.

I noticed the triple-beep too. It should be stongest when over the center of the coil. When you get a good tone you just have to get it centered to analyze it. Have to go slow with the SE. A small coil, like the 4x7 seems to get rid of the triple-beep.

Using the Select menu you can dicriminate out a lot of stuff, or you can use iron mask. There are two tone modes, Conduct and Ferrous. When I use the all-metal pattern (Clear) I use Ferrous tones (low for ferrous, high for non-ferrous). When using the Coin pattern I use Conduct tones (low for low-conductivity, high for high conductivity).

One other thing that I've noticed but have to experiment on some more is "display lag". For instance, it seems that if the SE locks onto a target and you go to another target without going back to threshold, the box/numbers don't update for the new target. It appers that you have to disengage the target, go back to threshold and re-engage the new target to get it's box/numbers.

HH!
TBGO

[DetectorBase]

Today was 30 degrees.. so not too cold. Ground is rock hard frozen though, but my south facing lawn was free of snow. I decided to take the SE out for a test run, and see what I could find. I can at least practice targetting and pinpointing. Immediately I found better performance than my tests in the house. Must be all that electrical interference. Definitely a lot less 'chatty' as I mentioned above.

I was verifying my signals, depth and pinpoint with my XLT. After today, I feel much better about the detector, and feel confident that I should adjust fine with it. I just need the thaw to pull some targets out of the ground.

Thanks!
DB