http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/ en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:39:14 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/ http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45734&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:38:32 GMT What to you recommend? I have a tendency to sweat in the heat and want something that isn't going to make it worse.

TIA

David ]]> PRO PHOTOG http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45734 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45710&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:40:19 GMT True or False The FCC regulates the maximum amount of output a metal detector for use in America can have. True or False

The FCC regulates the maximum amount of output a metal detector for use in America can have. ]]> markofva http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45710 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45707&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:31:02 GMT Over Labor Day weeekend, I dug a large cent dated 1803. The coin is in decent condition, would grade "good" or possibly even "very good" but is of course somewhat corroded and green. Is there any safe way to remove the green to get it to look a bit better? ]]> sojourner http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45707 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45701&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:40:59 GMT Hi Gang,

Perhaps I should have posted in this section, but below is the link to the thread I just posted asking for some advice on an old farm house I've been given permission to hunt...

Mainly hunted parks, woods, etc., so any and all advice is appreciated... I'm incredibly excited but feeling a little overwhelmed as to where to begin... :confused:

http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/comm...ad.php?t=45696

Thanks,

Rocky ]]> rocky_45 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45701 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45649&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:13:08 GMT I solved the mystery (see my last thread "Screaming Tracker IV"). The problem was my coil. That was the very last thing I checked. I put my never used 4" coil on and it worked fine. The MD was in dry dock for about a year so I know it wasn't wet. It does have some scratches on the bottom but not deep, just a little of the black coating scratched off. There's also a bit of sand grains wedged between the metal and the plastic frame. So question is, if water got in there (or sand) do I just chuck the coil out? Lesson learned: Use a coil cover and clean it out after every use! ]]> sandytoes http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45649 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45629&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:24:10 GMT My question is how do I know when to dig a null? I've tried sweeping all directions fast and very slow, turning up the sens. and still some nulls won't signal. I figure the ones that read shallow are trash, but what about the deep ones that don't register or sound out?
Thanks in advance.

HH ]]> spratt1973 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45629 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45578&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:02:22 GMT Hi,
As a first metal detector i bought an used old coinmaster 6000/D series 2 but it doesn't work.
It needs two battery : 9v and 12v, i've correctly plugged them in, and turned the detector on!
During less than a second i hear a sound crash, proof that it turns on, and also when i turn it off.
I do a "battery check" for the 9v battery the pointer comes to max, same thing for the 12v one, the charge is ok!
And after that impossible to detect something, no sound, the pointer stay to 0. I've done a lot of test but there is no reaction.

I want to do some test to know why it doesn't work. I suspect the coil to have a problem, but how should i test it?
I took some measures with a multimeter on the receptable where i fix the cable that goes to the coil. I found some volts here, so i ask my self if the coil is not defect.
To test the coil, could i simulate something on the receptable? (by giving electric schock on a pin?)

Thanks to help me ]]> mm2023 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45578 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45455&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:02:36 GMT *So I was cruising the i-net for tips on my new explorer XS , and came across an ad for an explorer II. I checked it out, and went back to searching for advice on this detector. Got home from work today and hit my usual* *park, getting bit by bugs galore and experimenting with different settings suggested by our members here, when it hit me.* *My control box says explorer II like the explorer... So I was cruising the i-net for tips on my new explorer XS , and came across an ad for an explorer II. I checked it out, and went back to searching for advice on this detector. Got home from work today and hit my usual
park, getting bit by bugs galore and experimenting with different settings suggested by our members here, when it hit me.

My control box says explorer II like the explorer II in the ad I saw, but my lower rod, upper rod and coil are from an XS!!! Can't believe I never noticed the control box is from an explorer II.

What in the world is going on.???:2talk:

Any thoughts, please advise.?

The back of the contol box just says explorer on it, but the front says explorer ll???. All #'s match up with the numbers on the box from the factory.

Anyone with an explorer ll please help. Take a picture of the back of the control box for me so I can compare.

WEIRD. ]]> spratt1973 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45455 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45372&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:45:14 GMT I'm fairly new to Metal detecting and have a few questions. I currently have a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II that has been giving me great results with clad and I found a civil war token. No gold or silver yet. I was thinking of upgrading next spring and have narrowed it down to two choices. Which should I get, the Garrett Ace 250 or the White's Classic 5ID? Should I bother upgrading at all? Are there any other recommendations? Thanks! ]]> HungryGhost http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45372 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45357&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:30:15 GMT Please post your likes and dislikes with this machine. Feedback appreciated. Please post your likes and dislikes with this machine. Feedback appreciated. ]]> gambler13 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45357 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45301&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:00:11 GMT i have a fisher f2 and i covered my yard back and forth over 6 time i borrowed a tesoro cutlass 2 and i past it the same place i past 2 days ago and found 11 pennies in the same place i just past how can the cutlass out do my f2 and can some one tell me plz Image: http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/images/misc/progress.gif i have a fisher f2 and i covered my yard back and forth over 6 time i borrowed a tesoro cutlass 2 and i past it the same place i past 2 days ago and found 11 pennies in the same place i just past how can the cutlass out do my f2 and can some one tell me plz

]]> bigfoot101 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45301 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45297&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:52:35 GMT The factory water-proof seal on the coil of my Bounty Hunter, is no longer working:banghead:. I can't go more than 5 minutes in wet grass before the thing starts freaking out. I can bag the coil for awhile, but eventually it gets wet and goes haywire.
Anyone have any luck sealing up a coil? If so, how do I do it?

Thanks in advance,

Sean ]]> spratt1973 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45297 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45294&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:30:42 GMT seen a video were a guy on here was using a detector and when he got close to a target it looked like he then held a button down and it acted like a locator with constant sound getting loudest when he was right over target.can any of you tell me what knd that was . i really liked that feature . it sure beats setting everything down and switching to a locator when you can use the detector like one... seen a video were a guy on here was using a detector and when he got close to a target it looked like he then held a button down and it acted like a locator with constant sound getting loudest when he was right over target.can any of you tell me what knd that was . i really liked that feature . it sure beats setting everything down and switching to a locator when you can use the detector like one .. thanks ]]> 859jamie http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45294 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45232&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:12:14 GMT hi drove by a garage sale today, they had about 6 items out on a table and one was a garrett money hunter. picked it up for $5. my wife is using an old wilson neuman detector so thought this would be somewhat of an upgrade for her. i found a list of old manuals but this one isnt on it. does anyone have any info? she is happy playing on the tot lots picking coins. thanks. jim Image:... hi
drove by a garage sale today, they had about 6 items out on a table and one was a garrett money hunter. picked it up for $5. my wife is using an old wilson neuman detector so thought this would be somewhat of an upgrade for her. i found a list of old manuals but this one isnt on it. does anyone have any info? she is happy playing on the tot lots picking coins. thanks. jim
]]> mrshakes http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45232 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45214&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:37:58 GMT Hi all, just wanted to update you guys on my new disappointment (detector). Bought a slightly used explorer xs off ebay and played around with it for a couple months thinking I would re-search the ground I have pounded with my bounty hunter and clean up more goodies. What a joke.
First of all it's horribly heavy and unbalanced. Secondly, I am not at all impressed with it's depth capability. For the price this machine was new, I would have been pissed paying that much for it. For $300 my bounty hunter will find most true targets at the same depth and it pinpoints much, much better. Not near as heavy either. I'm trying to sell it to recoup some of my cash I wasted on this toy! Maybe there is something wrong with it, but as far as I can tell there isn't. Anyone have an opinion for a high end coin shooter? That is mostly what I look for.
I'm not brand bashing, I love my GP extreme, I just wanted to voice my frustration with this model.

HH ]]> spratt1973 http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/showthread.php?t=45214