Captain Silver
Elite Member
I wanted to get out for a morning water hunt but low tide came early today, the Captain was out late the night before and so the ship sailed without me
Anyhow, for the last month or so I've been collecting extra stuff from here and there to eventually use...and decided to break some of it out and go play in the dirt instead
A clean first generation Explorer XS obtained sight unseen for a good price...open the box to find the touchpad control panel had already been replaced, a $75 part...a good deal just became a sweet deal! Thanks Steve! After putting a battery pack in the detector, erasing all the settings, inputting my setup...next I replaced the Neveready battery outta the funny orange colored Garrett right from the rip 'cause they're the same junk the black Garretts came with
and then I went to Dirt Lizard's favorite nail infested spot to see how well it all worked...and of course it worked
Close to 3 hours and I did extremely well on the clad without trying...$8.65 worth just cleaning a small section to get to what was underneath it all...mixed with scrap, 60's junker ring, a couple arcade tokens...6 wheats and 3 silvers
#127, #128 and #129...
first time out with the Ex XS was as I expected it would be, the wheats and dimes were obvious good targets that were all 7-9" down in the very dry ground, and the sound when the coil goes over silver...to me it's slightly more distinctive than on the Ex II...my settings on both detectors are exactly the same and the 'ghosts from the Ex II were used. The orange Garrett...it took a bit of getting used to having to hold the button momentarily to shut it off, but it works fine and is still loud as heck even with the speaker slots taped off. Probably won't lose it with it being all orange...but I bet I still kill it well before the 2 year warranty is up So there you have it, a almost 18 year old machine gets a breath of new life and a chance to have many more silvers put on it. Am I crazy for buying such a beast? yup, crazy like a fox
Thanks for the looks, Happy Hunting to all and see you after the next!
Anyhow, for the last month or so I've been collecting extra stuff from here and there to eventually use...and decided to break some of it out and go play in the dirt instead
A clean first generation Explorer XS obtained sight unseen for a good price...open the box to find the touchpad control panel had already been replaced, a $75 part...a good deal just became a sweet deal! Thanks Steve! After putting a battery pack in the detector, erasing all the settings, inputting my setup...next I replaced the Neveready battery outta the funny orange colored Garrett right from the rip 'cause they're the same junk the black Garretts came with and then I went to Dirt Lizard's favorite nail infested spot to see how well it all worked...and of course it worked
Close to 3 hours and I did extremely well on the clad without trying...$8.65 worth just cleaning a small section to get to what was underneath it all...mixed with scrap, 60's junker ring, a couple arcade tokens...6 wheats and 3 silvers
#127, #128 and #129...
first time out with the Ex XS was as I expected it would be, the wheats and dimes were obvious good targets that were all 7-9" down in the very dry ground, and the sound when the coil goes over silver...to me it's slightly more distinctive than on the Ex II...my settings on both detectors are exactly the same and the 'ghosts from the Ex II were used. The orange Garrett...it took a bit of getting used to having to hold the button momentarily to shut it off, but it works fine and is still loud as heck even with the speaker slots taped off. Probably won't lose it with it being all orange...but I bet I still kill it well before the 2 year warranty is up So there you have it, a almost 18 year old machine gets a breath of new life and a chance to have many more silvers put on it. Am I crazy for buying such a beast? yup, crazy like a fox Thanks for the looks, Happy Hunting to all and see you after the next!
