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A Beginner's Thoughts on the ET

grumpyolman

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I am not a expert Explorer user. Probably have 30 hours on the SE and 5 hours on the ET. From this point of view, a non expert not hunting in AM with ferrous tones, I really like the ET. Again, I don't know if it's merely the coil, but in dry hard ground at an fairground I have hit fairly hard with the SE, I found MANY targets I had not found before. It was all clad and don't suppose I'll find deepies until we get some rain. I chose not to dig the deepies I did see as the ground is so hard and I knew the plug, even with the flap intact, would die and leave a nice rectangular sign that a MDTer hobbyist had been there.
I would say the Pro coil provided more separation than the 8" Stealth I used on the SE, and I was constantly digging a target. Only twice did I dig a pull tab. I am having trouble precisely pinpointing with the Pro coil. The SunRay probe worked great on the ET and would put me exactly on the target. I dug most everything with a coin popper. I just need to learn where on the Pro coil the target it when pinpointing. It appears to be behind the center of the coil and a little to the right of center. The ET automatically detunes itself after each sweep to allow you to be more and more precise where the target is. I liked that feature. Maybe this is a major expensive beginner machine. Jim
 
Jim
This detector as far as with my use....About 40hrs

The pinpoint is best used this way.........

Move your coil slowly back and forth over what is targeted item ( you will get a target id number reading).........at this point then engage the pinpoint.

This will allow for a smaller target range on pinpoint of about 2-4 inches plug size, even targets at depths of 10 inches.
 
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