A freind of mine did well with the E-Trac on Sunday

[Rick(ND)]

I wish I would have had a camera with me today as I seen his finds from a fairground and a couple parks he was at. He is learning more every time out with the E-Trac and doing great. He was detecting with a couple of other friends that have the XS and showed them what the E-Trac can do as he got 13 silver coins a silver ring and 3 IH pennies and only about 15 wheaties while one guy I hear got 2 pieces of silver and the other my have got 8 or 9 silver with one a walking lib half and a barber quarter. Out of the 13 silver 3 were silver rosies, 3 merc dimes, 3 barber dimes, a standing lib quarter, a silver quarter, a walking lib half and the best a 1881 SILVER DOLLAR. the half he said was about 14 inches deep and a iffy signal because of iron touching the half while the silver dollar was over 13 and had a wheatie 6 inches above it. The E-Trac has been good to him, but the first few hunts the XS where kicking his butt until he learned the E-Trac and what it can do, but I guess most that have used the E-Trac and what it can do know this already. All the Explorers are great detector as we see on the fourms with the finds they get, but feel the E-Trac is a bit better.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Neil]

Sounds like some nice finds there Rick.

Ron C. kept telling me about the auto sens feature and how smooth it runs and although I didnt see it at first, I do now.

Thanks much,
Neil

 

[dgathman]

Nice finds Rick. Are you from North Dakota? If so, where at?

 

[dougmanning]

Injoyed your post!! Doug N.C.

 

[Rick(ND)]

I am in a very small town 35 miles southwest of Fargo called Chaffee where my wife and myself own and operate a small town bar and cafe.
My friend Tim that got all this stuff was one of my bar customers I got started detecting back in 1998 with the Minelab Sovereign and got a write up in the 1999 Minelab information book with all he found the first year. He then went to the EX II, then the SE Pro and now the E-Trac and does well as he learns his detectors fast. Since 1998 he has got over 1300 silver with some key date barbers and this will make his 5th Silver dollar also.

 

[Rick(ND)]

Neil,

I too have been using the auto sensitivity on the E-Trac and bump it up +3 and really like it, but with the Explorer I didnt like auto as i seen some area where in auto it couldnt pick up a dime on top of the ground. I am really impressed with how smooth it runs and yet hits hard on good targets and great depth in auto.

I hope you been doing well with your E-Trac and glad you got it.

Good luck

 

[Rick(ND)]

He does learn them fast and does a lot of digging the first while, but with in a week he is kicking a$$ with is detectors. The first time out with the E-Trac he had some problems as he tried to use it like his SE pro but has found out it is a little differnt and yet some things are the same. You read about JamesND on the Explorer forums but this guy is as good and sometime better as he knows his detectors and knows ever squeak it make.

 

[dgathman]

Hey Rick,

I'm from Bismarck ND. I have been detecting since 1974, but not much in the last 15 years. I just purchased an etrac hoping I will get out and detect more often. I was excited to see your post since you said your friend found coins real deep. I purchased the etrac hoping to go back to old worked out sites and find the older, deeper coins that we all missed years ago.

I have never been to Chaffee, but if I ever get that way I will stop in for lunch and a drink.

 

[Rick(ND)]

We would love to see you stop by, always like talking detecting. I been detecting since 1973 so we are some of the old timers around the state and many of the ones we used to detect with have quit as they say it is all worked out, but with the Minelab we are showing many that some of the better finds are still waiting for us. I too dont get out like I used to and didnt for a few years, but in 1996 I became a Minelab dealer as the Sovereign rated so great on this forum and I couldnt get one other than Kellyco could mail order as there was no dealer up here and had to have one so I became a dealer in 1996 and been having fun ever since. Took a few time out, but boy did a differnt friend and me find coins and when people seen what we were getting the Minelab took off up here in ND. I sold a few in Bismark and also Jamestown were we have most of our club members from and beleive the club now is over 90% Minelab users and see some great finds every month at the club meetings we have here in Chaffee.

If you need any help or questions feel free to ask, maybe meet up in Jamestown some Saturday or Sunday as they have a couple of parks that still have a few items in yet.


Rick