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    Unbelievable Service

    Sent in my E-Tr ac for service. Took exactly 2 weeks door to door for service. They replaced: the coil, screen, grip, metal brace behind the box that was bent. Holy cow. What a company. Thing runs like a charm!! Technician Darin Brown said it had a intermittent fault. Best customer service and...
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    Where to send e-trac for repair?

    Something is definately wrong with my machine. Went last night Seemed good, did noise cancelation and checked Coil jack connection to Make sure it was tight. Found an Indian a few wheaties. However, today started the weird low tones After 15 minutes. Lowered the sens to +2, noise canceled...
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    2500 Bucks VS Summer School Flattened

    What seemed like a great idea has been flattened for now as I am going through a divorce and looking for fall work. The idea was I was going to metal detect to earn 2500 bucks instead of teaching summer school to emotionally disturbed kids. I'm actually doing summer school as well. (At a...
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    Worried about My Machine

    I was out with my daughter hitting up a spot loaded with new change. Every couple of minutes, the machine would just lose it's tracking. There would be just low tone beeps, even if I wasn't moving the machine. I lifted the coil up in the air, still would be doing it. I turned the machine off and...
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    Summer School vs 2500 Bucks a Bust

    What seemed like a great idea has been flattened for now as I am going through a divorce and looking for fall work. The idea was I was going to metal detect to earn 2500 bucks instead of teaching summer school to emotionally disturbed kids. I'm actually doing summer school as well. (At a...
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    metal detecting vs summer school and 2500 bucks

    Here is the bet. I'm a special education teacher and bet my wife I could make the 2500 metal detecting rather then teaching summer school in Buffalo. ( A challenging experience) SHe took the bet. Let's see what happens. Unfortunately, I don't live in an area with tons of swimming, one ok beach...
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    Make 2500 in Metal Detecting of Summer School

    Here is the bet. I'm a special education teacher and bet my wife I could make the 2500 metal detecting rather then teaching summer school in Buffalo. ( A challenging experience) SHe took the bet. Let's see what happens. Unfortunately, I don't live in an area with tons of swimming, one ok beach...
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    TTF in regular Trashy Parks

    DoesTTF work well relic mode 2 tone in trashy parks where there isn't A lot of iron and mulling? I tried for another hour at a local park, lots of new coins, etc. and The machine didn't seem to be hitting them, seemed too quiet. If there isn't a lot of iron, how is TTF advantageous? Des in Buffalo
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    Not as Many Nails but Nothing Great

    Used a program Hoppy gave me, just the good stuff. Tried sweeping from all angles and the iron was Pretty obvious. Didn't dig a lot of nails. Couple of Indians and wheat use. Dug a lot of lower tones for gold, lots of pull tabs. Des in Buffalo
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    Really, Really Frustrated

    I went out yesterday for the first time in a while about 4-5 hours. I tried to TTF, felt like I was missing alot. I've heard it's very noisy, but I didn't get that. I thought it was way quieter then I'm used to and must have been missing targets. . I went back to Goes4ever's settings, and used...
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    Relic Mode and Old Houses

    Have permission to hunt alot of older homes, mostly sandy soil and little garbage targets. Would relic mode be best here? Houses all in Massachusetts Des in Buffalo.
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    Some Questions

    Hey everyone. Hit Cape Cod, where I lived for 30 years, but hadn't gotten into metal detecting then. Too bad. Hit a nice gold ring with the Excal 2 yesterday morning, but off to hang with my boy today. Had three questions. 1) How do I edit a mode that I've down loaded? Every time I go into mode...
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    Cape Cod Detecting

    Anyone on the Cape I'm back visiting at Mom's house through Sat, Widah, Plymouth,etc. in Orleans. Shoot me a PM. Des in Buffalo
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    Discrimination vs Mode

    What is the difference.I know how to manually enter a discrimination pattern, but when I try to save it as a mode, I can't. What is the difference between a pattern and a mode? Should I just hunt using a pattern and forget about figuring the mode? Des in Buffalo
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    HELP!!!!

    Hey everyone. Trying to get back into her, had a real hard year, went through a major depression, etc.didn't detect but twice last year. The year before that was my first year with the E-Trac. Manually down loaded Goes4ever's program off his website and only used that the first year. Loved the...
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    Hard time with Computers

    OK everyone, sure this has been asked a million times on this forum. I'm finally going to try the computer hardware, and try downloading some programs. I struggle with my confidence in computers and have used Beep Goes On basic program from a few years ago. So I think I'm right in saying you...
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    Sanibel Island

    Heading to Sanibel Island for a week with the in-laws. Any body know about this area.? Worth bringing the Excal? Des in Buffalo, NY
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    What to Buy

    Just wondering peoples advice here. I was debating on buying a new coil for my E-Trac,(I have the stock coil) or picking up a used DFX for gold only. I haven't picked up a gold ring with the E-Trac. Had an ok year. Not as much silver because of a bad injury, but did pick 13 silver seated, some...
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    Hurricane Wind direction

    Any way to predict what the sand will do during specific storm, or do you just go check? Strom is to blow more or less north here. which is mostly an off shore wind in Western NY, Lake Erie area. Des in Buffalo
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    Gold Program

    Don't want to start alot of arguments here. Just wondering if anyone has a solid gold program. I've been more or less using the beep goes on's general program with some mods. I haven't even found a buffalo nickel yet, but nice seated and barbers, indians. etc. I know I'll get a used DFX at some...
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