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    $90 For a Rechargeable Battery Pack?????????

    I was just quoted $90+tax for a rechargeable battery pack and that's outrageous. You can get 24 AA's in bulk for $12.95 and that's $3.98 for a AA reload or 23 reloads for $90. Has anyone figured out how much it costs to recharge a rechargeable overnight? At $90 is the rechargeable really worth...
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    Falsing Problem Resolved

    This summer while relic hunting my E-Trac would start falsing wildly for no apparent reason. I tried every fix I could imagine with no success until today. While hunting this afternoon the falsing started and I decided to check the coil connector. It appeared to be reasonably tight but I...
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    High Ferrous Tones Question

    I relic hunt mainly in open screen TTF, +3 sensitivity and my question is this. Do you ignore the high ferrous tones or will you get surprised if you start digging them? In my experience the low ferrous tones are always iron but the deeper high tones are suspect. Some of the high ferrous tones...
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    Metal Free Sneakers

    Does anyone make sneakers that are totally metal free? I'm tired of detecting my toes when holding the coil close with high sensitivity. Paul
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    Sun Ray X5 Coil Question

    I just bought a Sun Ray X5 coil for my E-Trac and found that the spiral part of the cable was larger in diameter than the bore of the Minelab lower shaft. The only way that I could get it through the shaft was to attach a string and slowly pull it through. Has anyone had this problem.? I don't...
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    E-Trac Display Screen

    I like this detector but the E-Trac's display screen is giving me fits. With the protective cover on, the display is too dark in cloudy weather and it creates too much glare in sunny weather. Of all the detectors I've owned, this display is the most challenging. Neither the backlight nor the...
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    Relic Settings Question

    After using an SE for three years I upgraded? to an E-Trac last week. I'm primarily a relic hunter and my favorite SE mode was all-metal with ferrous sounds. My question is this. Will the ET in all-metal with ferrous sounds mimic the SE? My plan is to start with a setup that is close to the SE...
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    SE out E-Trac in

    Help! Tomorrow afternoon I'm trading in my SE for an E-Trac after a mid life crisis decision. In a nutshell what can I expect. I currently have an SE, DFX and a CZ-20 and love all of them for different reasons. Paul
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    Poor Hearing & Threshold Effect

    I'm 67 years old and had a hearing test a few months back. I tested slightly worse than for someone my age so I had a discussion with the doctor and it had implications for my metal detecting. What makes hearing worse in older people is background noise superimposed over what you are really...
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    Detecting Old Pig Farms

    An old timer gave me a good tip this week. He asked me if I had ever detected at the old local pig farm which has been closed now for 45 years. I remember it when I was in grammer school. I would see dozens of pigs running around in fenced in pens. The town now owns the property and it is used...
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    SE Falsing Cure

    I relic hunt with my SE in all metal and ferrous sounds. Recently I had an experience that somewhat puzzled me where the detector seemed extra sensitive and was creating those bothersome iron chirps. I realized that everytime I swung the detector to the left it responded to my digging tool, even...
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    Strange ID Issue

    I've been detecting the edges of a man made lake that goes back to 1746. I'm using an SE in all metal with ferrous sounds and max manual sensitivity. In areas where the muck is deep and wet, I'm getting foil level signals that jump into the penny range when about 4 inches of muck is removed. If...
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    Well Magnets

    All, Does anyone use a well magnet while relic hunting and, if so, what do you normally find at the bottom of a well. I'm thinking of taking one with me if it's worth the effort. Thanks, Paul
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    SE and Deep Iron

    I need a little help here! While detecting on fresh water beaches with streaks of decomposed iron mineralization, when do you dig an "iffy" iron signal? I've dug a few strange deep iron sounding signals and come up with pennies. It makes me wonder what I've passed over at other times. I hunt in...
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    Infuriated

    Fellow relic hunters! Will someone please get the message to Minelab that, if they want to sell metal detectors to relic hunters, they have to sell them with headphones that have 90 degree jacks with high structural strength. I have now lost two sets of headphones and it's getting infuruating...
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    Platinum Rings

    Beach hunters, Where do platinum rings show up on an SE in Smartfind and Digital display? Thanks, Paul
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    Best SE Wet Salt Coil

    Beach hunters, I'm now using the SE for wet beach and relic hunting and my DFX for small coil trash work. Both machines are great. At the beach, the salt flats are hammered and I need a deeper seeking SE coil to get at the remaining targets. What is the best coil other than the stock coil for...
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    SE Durability Issues

    I just came back from the Maine beaches and more parts are failing on my SE. The lobes at the top of the lower shaft are braking off - the coil cover cracked while removing sand - the camlocks will not tighten the tubes and they wobble - a while back the foam grip disintegrated - the plastic...
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    Cursor versus Audio Response

    When relic hunting with my SE in Iron Mask (20-25) mode and Ferrous sounds, I get a situation where the cursor is at the edge of the IM vertical line (indicating iron) but the audio is high pitched indicating non ferrous and high conductivity. If I keep sweeping over the target I can sometimes...
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    Iron Trash and Hot Rocks - Help!

    I've been detecting a cellar hole with my SE that is loaded with iron trash and hot rocks. The combination of the two ruins every trip that I take there. Has anyone tried to discriminate out the hot rocks which always show up in the extreme upper righ hand corner? I can handle the iron...
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