Today I hunted a park in a small town. I found 18 coins - no silver. The E-trac is a coin magnet. But so far all I've been able to find are newer coins with the exception of one wheat cent. I figure I just have to keep hunting and learning this detector. Right now my biggest problem is pinpointing. I'm way off and some of my holes are too big. The coins aren't where I think they are. It's a good thing I have a Sunray Probe. It has helped me out a lot. I've used "Normal" and "Sizing" pinpoint modes. I'm sure I'll eventually figure out how to accurately pinpoint. Any tips for pinpointing...and finding silver?
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3rd Time Out with E-trac
- Thread starter gibsondan
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Hey Gibson, you're on the right track using the probe, use it for the coins close to the surface, it'll put you right on. I don't pinpoint, I X the target, swing across the target, note the location, and the swing 90 degrees across the target, and X marks the spot. If the coin isn't where it's supposed to be by pinpointing or X'ing it, it's usually because the coin isn't laying flat in the ground, and that throws everything off, the more the angle the farther off you'll be and that can't be helped.
If you're hunting parks, it would depend on how old they are as to how much or if any silver they have to find. You have to go to where the silver is. Around here, the fair grounds and parks are hunted to death by many folks, me included. Might the that you need to find some old houses to hunt, to find some goodies. Don't give up, keep hunting and posting those finds. Good luck, Ken-ks
If you're hunting parks, it would depend on how old they are as to how much or if any silver they have to find. You have to go to where the silver is. Around here, the fair grounds and parks are hunted to death by many folks, me included. Might the that you need to find some old houses to hunt, to find some goodies. Don't give up, keep hunting and posting those finds. Good luck, Ken-ks
tmanfromtexas
New member
Ken is right about going where the silver is. I have been to places where I just knew there would be silver and couldnt find squat and went to places where I figured it had either been hunted out or was too new and hit the jackpot. Ya just gotta keep huntin... TMAN...
A little trick on the pin pointing (PP).
This is for sizing mode (i don't like normal): If you have a broad target response in PP then partially go onto the target and quickly hit PP off and then on again. What this does is "de-tunes" the PP response a bit and the target becomes much 'narrower' in PP, then turn 50-90 deg and complete the "X". Should be smack bang under the centre of the coil (or centre of the X).
With this 'de-tune' method the target is usually within 1-2 in max of the centre of my plug. Once you get the knack of this you'll be impressed by the E-trac PP ability....even on the deep stuff.
This is much the same as the normal (rachet) PP mode, but you have manual control over it.
Give it a crack in the back yard.
P.S If you hit PP off & on and the target disappears, then you were too far over the target and 'de-tuned' the entire target out. If this happens just move off the target and hit PP off & on and try again.
Cheers,
Greg
This is for sizing mode (i don't like normal): If you have a broad target response in PP then partially go onto the target and quickly hit PP off and then on again. What this does is "de-tunes" the PP response a bit and the target becomes much 'narrower' in PP, then turn 50-90 deg and complete the "X". Should be smack bang under the centre of the coil (or centre of the X).
With this 'de-tune' method the target is usually within 1-2 in max of the centre of my plug. Once you get the knack of this you'll be impressed by the E-trac PP ability....even on the deep stuff.
This is much the same as the normal (rachet) PP mode, but you have manual control over it.
Give it a crack in the back yard.
P.S If you hit PP off & on and the target disappears, then you were too far over the target and 'de-tuned' the entire target out. If this happens just move off the target and hit PP off & on and try again.
Cheers,
Greg
Pinpointing will get better. Take some coins and put them between some cardboard and tape a poker chip on the top peice of cardboard above the coin and see if that helps you. I would recommend Andy's book if you don't have it.
Silver, take time to talk with the older generation and find out about the county fairs and check out the old churches, country churches are usually good locations for some silver if they were built in the early 1900's thru the silver coin years.
Silver, take time to talk with the older generation and find out about the county fairs and check out the old churches, country churches are usually good locations for some silver if they were built in the early 1900's thru the silver coin years.
DirtDean said:also, disc patterns can nock out coins if they are close to nails or other iron, junk. also the Fe numbers are unreliable. i can get a merc to read 27-32 Fe with nails next to it, however the Co #'s stay consistent.
I too noticed the ferrous numbers vary sometimes. Now we know it just means there's a nail or iron close to the target. I also now pay more attention to the conductivity number. I dig all the high tones but like to look at the conductivity to see if it's over 40.
Arturo de Zorro
New member
You must push pinpoint as close as you can to where you hear the target so that you don't lock on to something else. In heavy trash it takes about two tries to get it locked on.
LilloEsquilo
New member
First you have to run your coil over silver. You might not have done that yet.
Once you do, the silver may be near trash so you need to learn how your machine responds in this case and what to look for. This hits hard on silver so you will usually get a hard hit, but if it's near trash, the effect of the trash will affect the signal. If you are just going by ID numbers alone looking for classic silver numbers you may not find what you are expecting so it's best to go by sound, and sweep from multiple directions, and best yet to do some testing at home with your machine before you go into the field. Put a dime near some trash and try sweeping slowly in on it from different angles and see what happens. Learn to do that "minelab wiggle" to pull the good stuff from among the bad. Go by the sound of the signal more than the ID. You'll find the good stuff with this.
Once you do, the silver may be near trash so you need to learn how your machine responds in this case and what to look for. This hits hard on silver so you will usually get a hard hit, but if it's near trash, the effect of the trash will affect the signal. If you are just going by ID numbers alone looking for classic silver numbers you may not find what you are expecting so it's best to go by sound, and sweep from multiple directions, and best yet to do some testing at home with your machine before you go into the field. Put a dime near some trash and try sweeping slowly in on it from different angles and see what happens. Learn to do that "minelab wiggle" to pull the good stuff from among the bad. Go by the sound of the signal more than the ID. You'll find the good stuff with this.