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| Metal Detector Reviews Total # Reviews = 48Average Rating = 4.67 / 5  |
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| Review by: Alan Kean | User Experience: Newbie | Submitted on: Mar 17, 2008 | User Rating: |
Actually i have been using the older model Minelab Explorer XS,which is the first metal detector i have used so i cant compare it to other brands,but i have no complaint with this machine as i have never adjusted the settings since i have had it,so far i have only used it on a few local beaches and it works great,with my larger size coil,it detects objects nearly 2 feet down which i was surprised at.I have learned to distinguish between different sounding objects,and by using the numbered digital display that says its junk, its still too tempting to leave so i just have to dig it up to see what it is!!.So far from beach hunting i have found a few rings and lots of coins which is great because these beaches aren't that populated.I haven't tried parks or fields as i haven't mastered the art of pinpointing as yet and don't want to leave crater sized bunker holes all over the parks.At least in sand it's easy to fill the holes.one time while night beach hunting i dug up a coin,filled in the hole,then couldn't find my digging spade..yep i left the spade in the hole when i covered it.lucky the detector found it!!.It's a great detector,but after a while it gets a bit heavy to swing,just as well we have two arms to swap over,also the pinpointing could be a bit more precise,but its just a matter of getting familiar with it.Anyway i'm happy with this detector at the moment,but would still like to try others just to compare.Thanks Alan.
Alan Kean
Ballina, New South Wales
Ballina, New South Wales
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| Review by: Michael Nader | User Experience: 7+ years | Submitted on: Apr 11, 2008 | User Rating: |
I got my first detector for Christmas when I was 9 years old. I can’t remember what it was called but it was just a cheapo kid’s toy. But I took it on our family vacation to Tennessee that summer. I was tromping through the woods all the time looking for any thing I must have found a fortune of pull tabs and bottle caps but I never found anything more than a few wheaties but I was hooked! The 35 years following I have had many other units and became a true metal detectorist. A few years back when my grandmother passed away I decided to buy the "Best" metal detector money could buy (within reason). I purchased a Minelab Explorer see through Kellyco. I loved it! I couldn’t wait for spring to come and I could spend my time between getting our future son's nursery ready and air testing the Explorer with various coins and stuff. Well, spring finally came but also so did symptoms of pregnancy! You see my wife was getting along into her pregnancy and I spent more and more time with her on the couch watching "Judging Amy" and less time with my hobby and my new metal detector! In September, my wife and I welcomed the birth of our son Rowan and by that time I felt really guilty leaving them both to go out and go metal detecting. Until one day while I was taking my 2 month FMLA leave, my mother-in-law basically kicked me out of the house and ordered me to go metal detecting. I picked a spot I had been dying to hunt along. It was on Ann Arbor Trail and an old farm house they had torn down and were about to build condos. The ground was rock hard and the temp was 90 I spent 8 hours and really loved every minute of it. The Explorer SE is the best thing I have ever owned. I didn't get much else of a chance to use it after that day the rains and cool fall weather came and we were too busy loving and cherishing every second of being new parents and when my 2 month FMLA leave was up and we were really strapped for cash I had to sell the Explorer SE on Ebay which broke my heart but we needed food and diapers. My son is almost 3 now and he is the best thing to happen to my wife and me. I doubt I will ever afford another Explorer SE or any other top of the line metal detector but I took my son out in the back yard last week and let him try one of my old detectors in my "coin garden" he actually seemed to enjoy it I'm not sure if he knew what he was doing but I think I have a future metal detecorist as a son! I hope to win one of your cool prizes anyway. I think Kellyco is a great company. Your web site is great and you have the best deals on the web. Thank you for allowing me to share my story.
Michael Nader
Garden City MI
Michael Nader
Garden City, Michigan
Garden City, Michigan
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| Review by: Ed Bassett | User Experience: 2-4 years | Submitted on: Mar 17, 2008 | User Rating: |
when I first had my detector we were up in Traverse City right in the harbor.I ask the hotel manager if I could metal detect on the beach and he said yes, so in just a few minutes I found 3 dollar bills!!!l
you see there was a horse shoe bed there and the manager couldn't find four horse shoes and said he would pay a dollar a shoe. I found the 4 shoes with no problem. he wanted to pay me and I said it wasn't necessary but insisted that i take at least 3 dollars, so you don't have to beat me to accept money. On my next outing the family including my step son and his family.I was metal detecting when my step grand son wanted try. He took over the detector and within 5 minutes found a 1940 gold French(i believe) coin. I later found a heavy men's gold wedding ring and I tried it on and guess what, it fit perfectly later I went to a private beach
and I just started detecting (without permission) soon a life guard said I could not metal detect here. I asked why he said that you just couldn't. so I said I would go up near the swings.
next the beach owner came over and asked me to stop. well after a little discussion I said as soon as i dug this quarter I would leave. I dug up the quarter and had a white grease bucket that had my clothes in. I threw the quarter in and carried the bucket like it was heavy loaded with many coins. I am sure that to this day she wonders how many coins I must have taken out of her beach before she stopped me.I would recommend white metel detectors and mine lab. I am still working, so I don't have much time to go out in the field or beaches, but I do it as often as i can and even though there times when it seems it is a big waste of time it is that one gold coin or ring or even a few coins that make it worth while. Believe me once you have tried it your hooked!!!
Ed Bassett
Granger, In
Granger, In
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| Review by: Robert Rynkowski | User Experience: 7+ years | Submitted on: Mar 18, 2008 | User Rating: |
I started out about 25 years ago coin searching. This also allowed me to find all other sorts of collectibles including rings, gold and silver as well as a lot of pull tabs cans etc. I had a White's 6000DI which was my pride and joy. When I moved from the city out to the county I put my detector in my car instead of allowing it to ride in the truck with the furniture and when I parked at the grocery store to get some cleaning supplies someone broke into my car and stole it. They probably had no idea what to do with it so I basically couldn't afford another detector with a family on its way so I missed detecting for about 15 years.
I finally saved and bought a new detector a White's DFX. My NEW pride and joy. I'd like to get hold of a Minelab SE and decide for myself which is the better detector, my trusty DFX or an SE. I stuck with White's for years, but am willing to compare. Thanks.
Robert Rynkowski
Hampstead, Md
Hampstead, Md
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| Review by: Ricky Weppler | User Experience: Newbie | Submitted on: Mar 17, 2008 | User Rating: |
I have been metal detecting since I was 10 years old (and now I am approaching 50) and have used many different brands; Jetco, Whites, Garret, and now Minelab. I purchased the Minelab Explorer SE from Kellyco when I returned from Iraq in December 2005.
I immediately tested the detector in my front yard in Bellflower, California and found numerous pennies, including several wheaties, nickels, dimes and a quarter. This was not an old home and I was impressed with the accuracy of the targets identified and the ease of using the detector the first time. The pipointing was right on and had no problem locating the coins quickly.
I took the Explorer SE with me to the Philippines on vacation and used the detector on the beaches there. The salt water had little or no effect on the ability of Explorer SE to find many coins on the beaches in the Philippines. I was finding Philippine Pesos well over a FOOT in the sand. This is the only problem I have with the Explorer SE; IT GOES TOO DEEP!
I moved to West Virginia in November 2006 and could not wait to test this machine here. My best friend I grew up with and metal detected for years allowed me to try the machine in his yard in Williamstown, West Virginia, which is over 100 years old. This is an old community and there are many coins waiting for discovery.
The detector had no problem with the soil conditions and I located a few new pennies at first in the front of the home. I moved to the backyard and I located a wheat penny and thought here we go. Right by the wheat penny there was another penny/dime reading and this was a silver Roosevelt dime. Now I was getting excited. Moving deeper in the yard I got a quarter reading 6 inches deep. I carefully dug down and up popped a 1894-s Barber quarter!!!
The weather has turned cold and has put a damper on my detecting until spring, but I have been scouting sites to take my new Minelab and locate many more treasures.
I recommned this detector for anyone wanting to find old and deep coins. However a novice detectorist should read the manual thoroughly and test the detector in your yard and learn how it works before taking this out for use.
I rate this detector a 5 star rating.
Ricky Weppler
Morgantown, Wv
Morgantown, Wv
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