Help me Decide, Excal, Explorer, Whites DFX

[toy4runr]

Well I have decided. I am gona get two machines. As I can afford them I will buy an Explorer with a couple of smaller sized coils, and then an Excal. Thanks so much for all the input.

[prizm-pal]

Welcome to T.Q. toy...I have the excalibur2 with ten inch coil due to slight medical problems I have had as of late ....I haven't been able to try it out but hope to soon and I will post my finds when I do good luck! Chick!

[mtpockets]

Originally Posted by toy4runr

Well I have decided. I am gona get two machines. As I can afford them I will buy an Explorer with a couple of smaller sized coils, and then an Excal. Thanks so much for all the input.

Thats exactly what I did... trust me you can't go wrong......

And if you hold out just a tad longer.. you can grab the New Minelab SE Pro... Only difference I hear is that its fitted with a Nicer coil.. but same electronics..

Good Luck

[Detector]

I don't know about the Excal, but I don't care much for the SE's gold jewelry abilities.

I've owned both the DFX and Explorer SE, I traded my SE off for a second DFX. With stock coils the SE does have an advantage over the DFX due to the SE's stock coil being a DD. The DD coils cover more area, making your odds of finding something good better, they handle mineralized soil better, and do better in trashy areas.

I put a 6x10 DD coil on my DFX and it performs better than the SE in my area. I also found the SE was not as sensitive to small gold as the DFX. I tested the SE on a 14k gold chain I found with my DFX and no matter what adjustments I made, the SE would not detect the chain. If you're planing on hunting salt water beaches for gold, I think the DFX is the best option.