Minelab Explorer SE

Explorer SE is total pure magic.

Ringpowers . in UK -
This is a honest review from a detector user with 30 years of metal detecting practice. Metal detecting has been my passion from early teens to date. Am i really that old :-( Wow time flies when your having fun metal detecting i guess! Over the last 30 years i have used well over 100 different detectors , all of these detectors found coins and other old treasures, some did it better than others.

Well i have to say that none of these other detectors even came close to the supreme performance of the Explorer SE. This detector will get your pulse racing once you have practiced using it a little - this i promise you. Its ability to locate coins and rings & other valuable items on pounded out sites is TOTALLY phenominal.

I have used an explorer 2 for 18 months but i honestly can tell you that the SE will find many many more good targets on sites you thought were totally worked out. On mineralised ground it will pull small coins out from impressive depths, i truly and honestly believe that the Minelab Explorer SE is by far the best coin shooting metal detector ever made to date by any manufacturer (including minelab). This detector amazes me with what it will find on sites that i was totally convinced had nothing but iron and other trash buried underground.Sites i have worked and re worked with every top of the range detector eever made! Even with just turn on and go settings it will beat anything out there for pure depth and discrimination it will easily thrash the competition!.

Once you get a little practice under your belt and you get to know what all of the different sounds coming from the SE mean then you will be able to cherry pick coins and rings from sites you thought were totally worked out!. Your pockets will fill up with coins on sites you thought were cleared out.
Coins sound as "smooth as silk" even deep coins sound smooth unmistakable to the trained ear. Trash has a very distinguished sound, if you put the hours in and learn what trashy targets sound like then this is where you can hit those sites that other detector user's have given up on years ago.

The explorer SE is fantastic looking detector too - great looks with supreme performance make for a detector that is a real pleasure to use . The pinpointing system is much better than on the old explorer xs and 2 models - much better with target id in pinpoint this is of great use too , you dig alot less trash because of this feature alone - superb. Please don't take my word for it just get out and buy an SE - remember this review because the secret is out now - Minelab have produced something here that is going to be a legend - honest it is that good. No bull SHI+! . I think even Minelab wil have a problem making another detector better than this - it really is that good. Marks out of ten 9.5.

Now you know why their are not many second hand explorer se's on e - bay. Shh the secret is out..Sneek out and buy one and clear up on those sites you and others have "worked out" - sites that were once great but are now dead. The se will produce on these sites buy one and see for your self. I won't lie to you i truly believe the se is the worlds ultimate metal detector (by a fair stretch too).

Buy now! Do it before others gradually find out what the se is capable of.. Bruce Candy and co pulled the rabbit out of the hat with this baby! Pure Magic. Happy hunting to treasure hunters worldwide from RingPowers uk.

Apr 12, 2007

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Explorer SE review

mike in New York -
I have hunted with a Whites XLT for the last 5 years and am used to getting alot of information from my detector. It has been quite an adjustment from the XLT to the SE and i have mixed feelings. The SE goes just as deep as the XLT. It gives alot of info in the form of a digital ferrous and conductivity rating on a scale of 0 - 31.. each target typically showing its own signature reading.

The audio changes dramatically depending on the target and the discrimination is good. The weight has never been an issue to me. I dont like that the LCD screen is very difficult to read even after adjusting the contrast. The glare often makes it impossible.

I also feel i must hunt much slower with the SE than with my XLT so im covering much less ground. I do feel though, that im picking up stuff that the XLT might have missed. Its almost like i sacrificed speed for accuracy. In high junk areas i think the SE has the XLT hands down.. I guess the effectiveness of the machine would depend largely on its intended application.

I havent tried it on the beach yet. For 1200$ though i expect the machine to be flawless. I also got an SE that has a problem with the screen being offset down the middle. Minelab has been encountering this problem with the SE and ive heard nothing but rave reviews about their customer service and plan on sending mine in when the ground freezes to be fixed.

The double D coil (i use an 8 inch coil) pinpoints to my satisfaction. Overall a really good machine but i wonder if i had spent half as much on say a tesoro cortes if id be equally happy. I dont believe this is a machine for the beginner (not that a beginner would spend 1200 bones on a machine).

Also the buttons are hard to depress and require alot of pressure. Im a 6'2" Marine and no weakling but im worried about damaging the machine with the amount of pressure i must use to trigger the buttons.

Dec 23, 2006

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Smooth and deep

Kenny in hampton , va. -
Hello, out there ! I have owned the se for 2 mths and I am begining to learn it. this is what i know so far, she runs smooth on both sand & dirt, also very deep(dug up a penny at 2ft, I measured it, NO BS !!! Weight not too bad ? I also owne a excalibur, picked up a token at about 18 in.(A LITTLE SMALLER THAN A DIME)I WILL WRITE AGAIN WHEN I LEARN MORE.

Dec 02, 2006

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