Brooklyn55
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Anyone out their give lessons on the e-trac?
I will even try them over the internet.
Brooklyn
I will even try them over the internet.
Brooklyn
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E-Trac
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Brooklyn55
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I have read Andy's book twice. But I learn better by using the equipment.
Would like someone to show me the basics, What to look at and listen for.
What is a good dig sound and number and what is not.
Brooklyn
Would like someone to show me the basics, What to look at and listen for.
What is a good dig sound and number and what is not.
Brooklyn
Erik in NJ
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n/t
Brooklyn55
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Columbia SC
grumpyolman
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If you find that someone who can help, buy a $7.00 headphone splitter from Radio Schack. Plug it into the teachers machine and then you can both plug into the splitter. It's long enough that you can shadow the teacher and hear excatly what he/she is hearing while you watch the way the coil is swinging. It's a great little accessory that you an use to learn and if friends want to hear and see what you are doing, you can set them up to shadow you. I did it with someone who was kind enought to teach me and it was the single most useful learning I did. Jim
Andy Sabisch
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Steve from Ohio
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Not sure if you are new to metal detecting.
See if there is a local metal detecting club in your area. I am sure Columbia has a few. I am also sure that there is someone in a club in Columbia that has an E-Trac.
Club hunts are an excellent way to learn how to use your machine. Lots of experience with all the folks in the clubs means knowledge for you. It is amazing how the old timers can take a new machine and show you how and why even if they have not ever owned one. Some knowledge is forever.
See if there is a local metal detecting club in your area. I am sure Columbia has a few. I am also sure that there is someone in a club in Columbia that has an E-Trac.
Club hunts are an excellent way to learn how to use your machine. Lots of experience with all the folks in the clubs means knowledge for you. It is amazing how the old timers can take a new machine and show you how and why even if they have not ever owned one. Some knowledge is forever.
Brooklyn55
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I have not been able to find any clubs in the Columbia SC area. The closets is about an 1 1/2 Miles away.
I went out some today and found 4 rose nails and a flat button. See picture
I went out some today and found 4 rose nails and a flat button. See picture
Brooklyn55
New member
First thing I should of said 1 1/2 hours away. Must of went brain dead.
These are the setting I use on my E-trac are they OK or should I adjust something.
This is the setup I am using for coins and relics
Threshold 25 - 28
Volume Limit 28
Volume Gain 28
Response smooth
Tone ID Multi
Ton id sounds Conduct Coins, Ferrous for Relic
Variability 25
Limits 30
Threshold pitch 15
Sensitivity Auto
Recovery deep on
Recovery fast off
Trash Density Depends
Ground Difficult
Are these settings OK?
Brooklyn
These are the setting I use on my E-trac are they OK or should I adjust something.
This is the setup I am using for coins and relics
Threshold 25 - 28
Volume Limit 28
Volume Gain 28
Response smooth
Tone ID Multi
Ton id sounds Conduct Coins, Ferrous for Relic
Variability 25
Limits 30
Threshold pitch 15
Sensitivity Auto
Recovery deep on
Recovery fast off
Trash Density Depends
Ground Difficult
Are these settings OK?
Brooklyn
We are going to need some more info to help you out then, for starters a lot of the settings you are using are a preference, not a rule.
What type of hunting are you doing? What are the sites like? Are they very trashy? Are they hunted out sites that you are trying to find missed items in? What type of items are you expecting to find? What type of discrimination pattern are you using?
With those questions I will say this... If you are new to the ETrac and having a tough time with it or completely new find someplace that is fairly clean to start. Try a new park, go to some ball fields maybe even the beach if possible. You want to go someplace that is not trash infested. Not to say the place does not have trash, just not infested with it. You want someplace to start off that you are not getting multiple targets every swing. This will help you to hear good targets, nulling and even the combination of them. In all reality go dig a bunch of clad, you will be amazed what you will learn. Dig some of the iffy signals, keep an eye on the depth gauge. Mess around with coil sweep speed especially when you find a target.
Keep the machine in auto mode at first. After a while and you are finding targets, good or bad, come off of auto and try some manual. Start manual a few numbers above where the auto is. Gradually crank it up one level at a time and then hunt a while. Pay close attention to the threshold every time after you increase it. You will hit a point where the threshold will no longer be a steady hum and you will hear it waver a bit, maybe even giving a false tone every once in a while. If this happens back it off until you get better at it.
You have to also decide whether you want to hear different tones for different types of targets or just want to hear a single type tone when you find a target. PM when you hit this point or post again and i will try to help you along with that.
When doing the above dig anything that gives a repeatable tone when you pass the coil over it in both directions. Dig some of the iffy or one way tones too. Before you dig the iffy tones listen to it closely and pass the coil over it back and forth, then turn your body so the coil is passing over the target from side to side (so you now have made a cross over it), pay close attention to it's characteristics. After you dig a bunch you will quickly learn what makes the good ones "just" sound better than the bad ones.
The multi tones are awesome but they can be confusing when it comes to interpreting them from falses, if you are having some issues listen to the target in multi and single. It is a lot of button pushing but I think it is one of the things that confuses newbie's in the beginning. Also smooth can really change the target sound, you may want to go back to normal until you get the feel for the machine.
Good luck and HH. Post more once you give it a try.
What type of hunting are you doing? What are the sites like? Are they very trashy? Are they hunted out sites that you are trying to find missed items in? What type of items are you expecting to find? What type of discrimination pattern are you using?
With those questions I will say this... If you are new to the ETrac and having a tough time with it or completely new find someplace that is fairly clean to start. Try a new park, go to some ball fields maybe even the beach if possible. You want to go someplace that is not trash infested. Not to say the place does not have trash, just not infested with it. You want someplace to start off that you are not getting multiple targets every swing. This will help you to hear good targets, nulling and even the combination of them. In all reality go dig a bunch of clad, you will be amazed what you will learn. Dig some of the iffy signals, keep an eye on the depth gauge. Mess around with coil sweep speed especially when you find a target.
Keep the machine in auto mode at first. After a while and you are finding targets, good or bad, come off of auto and try some manual. Start manual a few numbers above where the auto is. Gradually crank it up one level at a time and then hunt a while. Pay close attention to the threshold every time after you increase it. You will hit a point where the threshold will no longer be a steady hum and you will hear it waver a bit, maybe even giving a false tone every once in a while. If this happens back it off until you get better at it.
You have to also decide whether you want to hear different tones for different types of targets or just want to hear a single type tone when you find a target. PM when you hit this point or post again and i will try to help you along with that.
When doing the above dig anything that gives a repeatable tone when you pass the coil over it in both directions. Dig some of the iffy or one way tones too. Before you dig the iffy tones listen to it closely and pass the coil over it back and forth, then turn your body so the coil is passing over the target from side to side (so you now have made a cross over it), pay close attention to it's characteristics. After you dig a bunch you will quickly learn what makes the good ones "just" sound better than the bad ones.
The multi tones are awesome but they can be confusing when it comes to interpreting them from falses, if you are having some issues listen to the target in multi and single. It is a lot of button pushing but I think it is one of the things that confuses newbie's in the beginning. Also smooth can really change the target sound, you may want to go back to normal until you get the feel for the machine.
Good luck and HH. Post more once you give it a try.
I downloaded the E-trac simulator from the web. This allowed me to sit at the computer and see and hear what each target comes up on the E-trac.I feel that this was a big help and shortened my learning curve greatly with my machine. I am new and the E-trac is my first MD. I also feel that every time out I learn something new. When I first went out I thought I would never get the hang of this new hobby. Now three weeks later I have 12 silver coins, 1 IH, and 1 V-Nickel. I also have a box of very interesting Relics. Nothing beats time in the field.
HH,
Dave
HH,
Dave