Minelab Excalibur 1000
Street Price $1000 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 35
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Excalibur 800 & 1000 are fine for diving.
Sandman in USA -
Excal 800 an 1000 work well diving or wading a beach. I hip mount it for wading. Diving it has been stable for me and all the different tones help give target Identification and it is accurate. It is also very deep and I prefer it over any PI I have tried as they have little discrimination.
May 07, 2006
15 people found this review helpful.
Poor performance while diving
alberto@tiscali.nl in Netherlands -
I bought a excalibur 1000 last august 2005.
On land it is a super detector, but while scuba-diving
the sound run off and you can do nothing about it.
For two times I have sent it back to Ireland,
and asked for repair, but I get it back with the same problem.
You only can search in the Pin-point mode while diving,
so you will find tons of iron trash.
If I had known before I would have bought a fisher or a tigershark...
Mar 24, 2006
18 people found this review helpful.
beach sweep
beach sweep in redbank usa -i love my excal it finds me a lot of gold i have a wot coil on it and this thing goes deeep. "tip #1" get out of auto sens i run mine at 10 o clock and i run my disc at 1. "tip #2" get a big beach scoop and be prepared to dig deep for all that gold at the beach. good luck keep m swinging.
Feb 16, 2006
12 people found this review helpful.
dont know what all the hype is about this detector!
Peter in Long Island, NY -
I've used the excal 1000 on the beach and scuba diving all over the world. the headphones are flimsy and fall off your head way too easily when used for scuba. i've heard that using a homemade strap around your chin to the phones may help. I also find this machine to be kind of noisy & unstable. the tones are mainly indescernable and whispy. I prefer to use my beachunter ID, which is more simple and has distinct seperate tones.
Feb 03, 2006
12 people found this review helpful.
Great Beach Detector
Wayne in Florida -I live close to the beach in Florida (East Coast) and have been detecting on and off for 10 years.I have owned several Garretts and since I only do beach hunting I was dissapointed with the Garretts false signals in the wet sand or shallow wading.I took the $$ plunge and invested in the Minelab Excalibur 1000 and WOW what a difference!!I have found SO many rings,coins and other jewelry with the Excalibur that I could never have found with the Garrett Detectors.The Excalibur made me feel like,, what was I doing with those other "toy" detectors.I highly recommend the balanced shaft to displace the weight of the Excalibur.I'm NOT saying that Garrett or other brand of detectors are junk but if you are a serious beach hunter you cant go wrong with the Excalibur.
Aug 11, 2005
66 people found this review helpful.
Excalibur 800/1000
Steven Goodman in Virginia -Probably the best surf detector available. The 800 has an 8 inch coil and the 1000 has a 10 inch coil and reads 20% deeper. No matter what- "Go with the 10 inch coil!" The coils are hard wired and the units are not designed for interchanging coils unless you send it to Minelab.
The standard shaft supplied with this unit is poorly designed by mounting the head unit below the grip and above the shaft. It is recommended that you get the upgraded "Balanced Shaft" with the "Lightweight Aluminum Guard" that protects the knobs. This mounts the head unit under your forearm making it much lighter and easier to swing. The extra cost is about $130. I would seriously recommend this shaft and getting a "hip mount kit" to anyone who plans on using this in the surf or lakes.
Those who complain about the weight of this unit are probably using the factory shaft. Your gripes are understandable but if weight is an issue for you, consider that a 6 x 12 sand scoop full of wet sand almost weighs 20 lbs and the waves usually break right where the good finds are. Surf hunters must be able to take a beating from the waves, at times, and develop the ability to pinpoint and scoop their target blindfolded while standing in one spot of turbulent water.
Sound like fun doesn't it? It is!
Aug 04, 2005
27 people found this review helpful.
At First I Hated It! Now I love It!
Minelab Owner in Michigan, USA -The Minelab Excalibur 1000 is not for everyone. This machine is for the serious treasure seeker only.
When I first got my machine about 3 months ago, I was amazed at how easy it seemed to work. Then as the ground thawed and I started to hunt I soon became dissatisfied. It seemed to have poor depth and very unstable. The tone would bounce all over the place and I dug as many as 10 holes to 1 real target. I got to the place where I wanted my money back! I thought it was a piece of junk!
A friend who also owned the Excalibur convinced me to calm down and begin to learn the machine. I took his advice and made a "coin garden" and began studying how the detector responded to different targets. I then went into the field with the attitude to learn and not gripe.
Today after about 60 hours of practice I love the Minelab Excalibur 1000! It's a great land hunting machine, the best I've ever owned. And I've owned the best of other brands.
The secret to using any Minelab detector is to learn the machine. It does give a distinct tone for coins, jewelry, and artifacts. In fact, for the price, it's probably the best Civil War relic machine in the world. It's also a killer in high trash areas.
Now I just need to see how well it does at the beach.
Thank you Minelab!
May 24, 2005
23 people found this review helpful.