Treasure Hunting Forum

Never have I been more disappointed in a new metal detector than I am with the new Minelab Explorer SE, which I recently purchased.
While the rains came down last week I read and reread Minelab’s lengthy instruction manual and practiced the settings on the machine. The instruction manual is the most detailed I’ve come across, [...]

Sure, I bought a new SE. and what happens? Rain. And more rain. So I’ve been reading and rereading the instruction manual. One thing for sure, this machine is much more complex (and heavier) than any of my others - except for the Nautilus. Reminds me of why I’ve always stuck to sound only machines. [...]

Both of them are hot items with collectors. I managed to pick up some of both from a local last week. I was somewhat familiar with baseball cards, especially the ca 1909 T206 cards, before visiting with this seller, so I knew when I saw them that they were special. I bought seven of them [...]

Well, after polling everybody I could think of, I finally made the decision to try the new Minelab Explorer SE. It was actually a tossup between the SE and the new Fisher F75. The last detectorist I talked to liked the F75 better than the SE, but I wanted to try a multi-frequency machine; the [...]

I’ve gotta have a new detector. The ones I have work fine, but I’ve gotta have a new one. I’m investigating the Minelab Explorer SE, the White’s DFX, and the Fisher F75. I need depth - for deep coins around old house sites I’ve hunted, and for artillery shells that are too deep for my [...]

I had the opportunity to visit the Ocean Springs/Gulfport/Biloxi area this past weekend, and of course I took along my metal detector. I was struck by the absence of new construction along the coast line in Ocean Springs - see the attached photo. The houses several hundred yards from the beaches are almost back to [...]