Minelab Excalibur 1000
Street Price $1000 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 51
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johnny t in lincroft nj usa -
Everyone has there own "OPINION" and thats ok but from my "REAL LIFE" experience the excalibur 800 is the best beach detector that i have used. AND remember before you can give an opinion on any detector you have to use it,some people talk bad about different brands without even using them and thats wrong.I love my excal 800 and proud of it. I also use a DFX and an ace 250 wich cant be beat for the price.
Jan 01, 2005
8 Yes
3 No
Minelab Excallibur 1000
Dave in At the BEACH ...silly. -I have owned this detector for 5 months now.
Took a little getting used to since my first had visual ID.
Used objects from previous finds to "fine tune" my ear before getting wet.
I hunt mostly in the salt water with this unit. So far have had NO problems. I've been wiped out by more than my share of waves and the Excalibur just keeps on finding the good stuff.
Has good depth, finds at 10 - 12 inches, and if you invest the time to learn the detector before rushing out expecting to find the big one, you'll be impressed.
Discrimination is great. Leaves the bobby pins(I can still hear them however)but finds the chains with a nice tone.
If your looking to the water, this is the unit. Spend some time ear training, knob adjusting to ID targets etc.
Treat it with a little TLC at the end of the day and it will reward you time and again.
Dec 16, 2004
17 Yes
0 No
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Mary in USA -
I bought my Minelab Excalibur 1000 approx. 2 years ago. Took it to Hawaii and after endless searches on the beach and in the water, I finally gave up. Every one around me was finding jewelry, and this unit just did not. I sent it to Minelab and they replaced the motherboard and some other things. and .....it still does not work. I am ready to get rid of the unit.
I will take it to Hawaii again, and if it does not perform in 1-2 days, I will look for a local metaldetecting store and buy something else. Not sure yet what it will be, but not a Minelab. It has been a totally frustrating experience. I had lots of static in the unit while in Hawaii, Oahu. The local dealer who I met on the beach told me that this happens frequently with the Minelab.
If you are looking forward to spend a nice vacation in Hawaii metal detecting on the beaches, it is very disappointing that the unit is just not performing what the ads tell you.
Oct 27, 2004
13 Yes
5 No
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Don in USA -I've had my EXC 800 for about 2 weeks now and I love it. I have owned several other brands. I've had the Surfmaster PI which worked very well but has no discrimination. You will dig a lot of small DEEP iron targets. I also have a CZ-70 which I love as well. But it won't go diving.
Something that most of you folks appear to be overlooking is that the Excalibur is designed as an underwater unit. I get the feeling you bought it as a beach unit. Yes, it's heavy. Try using a waterproof unit underwater and you will complain about it. Why? because it will float. The Surfmaster floated and was a pain to use underwater. The Minelab doesn't float. That's the way it should be. Yes, there is a problem with the wiring when you hipmount. However, I've seen the Fisher CZ-5 wiring break several times on the same unit after hipmounting. This problem isn't isolated to Minelab. The discrimination works very well. You don't need the pinpoint function. It pinpoints just fine in discriminate mode. I guess if you are digging ferrous material maybe the pinpoint mode would be helpful. The depth is fine by me. I've dug targets 12-14 inches deep. Battery life is good. I thinks folks are being critical here. I haven't run the batteries dead yet. Here's why. I charge it up each time I'm finished with it. Average time is around 10-15 hours. Come on folks, I doubt that there are many of you are out there swinging a detector for 10 to 15 hours non-stop. Price?? A little high but what isn't besides a Bounty hunter. You get what you pay for.
I would rate this Excalibur as a top of the line unit. That's just my opinion.
Aug 04, 2004
22 Yes
2 No
Excalibur 1000
Da Hunta in USA -This is my third machine I mostly do underwater metal detecting. My other detectors would sound off at every piece of iron that was in the water and I would have to continually adjust the discrimanation button. Which I believe costed me many rings or coins.
My new excaliber 1000 does a great job in the water and on the beach. It gives off a very loud signal on targets and goes deep. The only draw backs are the weight of the unit and the knobs on the equipment always comes lose. Also when you are recharging the battery it has no indication that it is on. Other than that it is a very reliable detector and works well in all types of soil. I am very happy with it.
May 25, 2004
15 Yes
0 No
Minelab 1000
Fred in USA -
Another Minelab piece of rubbish.
All tat and no performance!
May 01, 2004
2 Yes
33 No
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Raoul in Australia -This is the fourth year that i have this detector,i have found it to be the best out of the ones that i had before, Whites & Garretts,goes deep, smooth threshold,hipmount is a must and as the other guys say the problem is in the control nobs they keep slipping,but apart from that briliant machine
Jan 17, 2004
8 Yes
0 No
Excalibur 1000
Driveway in Connecticut -I live approximately 5 miles from the ocean in CT. My town dates back to the 1600s. I have been using the Excal. for approx. 3-4 months constantly. It is definitely a water going detector that can also be used on dry sand, or even land. This machine has yielded nice jewelry and very old coins in both terrains. On wet sand, I?ll get depths anywhere from the surface to about 7-9 inches down, this is the same with the dry sand.
Having the BBS tech., when in all metal mode, will cancel out the threshold tone when passing over iron. Having the detector in all metal mode is automatically in pin pointer mode, and with the open faced coil you can know exactly where your target is located. A few problems that I have run across with this detector is with the knobs on the unit. After some use they either loosen, or the insides of them break. Customer service with Minelab was nice enough to give me new knobs free of charge. I have switched about 5 times, and have recently run out of back-up knobs. When detecting in shallow water or on the sand/dirt, a problem of weight occurs. The 10? coil is heavy, once in water the weight goes away. The height of the coil makes it difficult to detect in the breaks of the waves. When using the Excal. in the water, a deposit of sand will collect under the coil cover.
My only problem has been getting mixed signals. This can be avoided by removing the coil cover and rinsing it. The hip mount for this unit was not well thought out. It sits uncomfortably on your and the wire get tangled easily. But the good side is that you?re carrying a much lighter load.
Being a new metal detectorist, I thought it would take me a while to learn how to use this machine. That is not that case at all with this machine. I was out finding what I wanted to find in a few hours. Over the 3-4 months of detecting. I have found 1000?s of clad coins, and a fair amount of jewelry, the most exciting find being a 10k gold 6 diamond stone ring in the wet sand.
Jan 13, 2004
11 Yes
0 No
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Ashley Martin in USA -We purchased this machine one year ago believing the marketing that it could perform well in highly mineralized soil where we hunt for various ancient coins. Unfortunently the model has frequent problems with depth in our area due to mineralization, interference from the wires, poor battery life, and like some of the other reviews I have read seems to be a futuristic type toy instead of a professional machine.
The cost was high and in our area it is impossible to buy detectors so we became stuck with an exspensive machine that has no use as I said in highly mineralized soil areas.
Dec 24, 2003
8 Yes
2 No
Minelab Excalibur 1000
Beach Bum in USA -I have owned this detector for 4 years now. It works perfectly. It is a bit on the heavy side but by far the best underwater detector I've used. It gives loud clear signals on even deep targets.
The part I like best is the iron mask feature. I used a Fisher CZ 20 for along time and it just loved iron. I have read some bad reveiws on Minelabs but have yet to have any problems. Till Minelab makes something better I will keep using mine.
Mar 20, 2003
6 Yes
2 No