E trac.....ctx....or other

[bailey1]

Recently purchased a new (12/16) t2 classic. Got the nel sharpshooter coil. Like what I see so for. Looking at getting a good coin machine and the e trac and ctx interest me but I am concerned that they will struggle (with depth) in my ground. Fe 3-4 bars (some 5 bars) and G.C. phase is 65-75 and some areas up to 85. Anybody using/used these machines in ground like this? Do they fare well or should I look elsewhere?

 

[jd88047]

Have some pretty bad soil here. Get 10 inches easily. Being new to the Etrac it is good for coins. The CTX has a color screen and a little more umpf but the Etrac was best for my hunts. Old silver and copper coins and relics. The T2 will find gold, so enjoy as your ring count will go up. My F75 is really sensitive and good for coins. But after a few hundred hours on the Etrac I will be better with it than both my AT Pro and F75. The minelabs are cool, but you have to forget everything you kn ow about the T2 when you hunt with it lol.

 

[chuck ky]

The t-2 is great for coins.

 

[daddyflea]

Etrac was made for Bad Ground. Best there is in bad dirt

 

[bailey1]

Thanks to all who took time to respond. Your right Chuck, I have done pretty well with the t2. Just thinking (maybe) one of the fbs machines might have the edge in some situations.

Barry

 

[jd88047]

I believe the fbs does have a edge from my last hunt.

 

[bailey1]

Well, I picked up a e trac from Marty at JMT Detectors this week. It arrived just yesterday. Looking forward to getting out and learning the machine. I ran it on the test bed for a while today and was impressed with the depth and id (especially in my soil). It was hitting the 8" dime and nickle well enough that I'm confident I would not have passed over them in the field and certainly were "dig me" signals. The 10" quarter was right on the edge of detection. The tone and id was good maybe 60% of the passes. Yeah, I would have dug it showing 10" depth, but easily could have walked over that one in the field. This is multi tone, conductive, manual sensitivity 26 (ran stable) with just a little iron disc. This soil registers 4 bars and 85 avg. on the T2 Classic. So, I will be looking at the small coils and tinkering with ttf and 4tf to see how it goes in some of the sites I hunt littered with nails.
Thanks for every ones help.
Barry

 

[amberjack]

have fun with the new toy sure you will.

AJ

 

[jd88047]

The problem is some of the settings do different things. It really pays to know what to set things at. Deep on, Fast off, and such. Good luck, Im sure you will be happy with the Etrac.