E trac trouble

[Jason73]

Hey all!! I ran into an issue the other day with the e trac. I was looking for a ladies ring along a frontage road that she had lost earlier in the summer. I have a pattern i use all the time just to find gold rings.
So here is the issue... after i started detecting and locating a target i would push the pp button to narrow my target area when the detector would go into noise cancel. I had it do it multiple times. I waited for it to do its thing and try the pp again same problem. Turned off the detector and restarted it and everything was normal untill I pushed the pp again than it would nc again. Whats going on??? I have used it several times again with no problems... Could it be semi radio interference???
Maybe someone else has had this issue??
thanks.
jason73​

 

[John - Maryland]

Strange. Never heard of that before. Being an Electronic Tech I Don’t believe this would be caused by electromagnetic interference. The problem is probably with the Key Pad itself. Do you see any noticeable damage or dings on the key pad.

 

[Jason73]

None... I'm still stumped.​

 

[D&P-OR]

That is weird, never heard of that before.-----Try doing a re-set.-----If that don't do it, you might call Minelab & try to talk to a tech.-----They will probably just tell you to send it in though.---If the Etrac is under warranty it would just be the shipping cost.

 

[pghmole]

I don't even use the pinpoint,I wiggle back from 2 directions until the target disapears and the target is right in front of the tip of the coil,it's far more accurate in my opinion