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Etrac or Explorer SE Pro jewelry finds
- Thread starter BLRRLB
- Start date
E-TREC-Virginia
New member
I have used my E-Trac on the beach (Atlantic Beaches = white sand) several times and had excellent results. On the dry white sand, I was able to run it hot (between 25 - 30 sens) with little falsing. The E-Trac handles the transition to the wet sand quite well and I found that most of the time, I could still run the sens pretty high. The depth is excellent and pulling rings and coins over 12" deep in very common. I once found a mens gold class ring at 18". The only problem with using it on the beach is the lack of waterproof capabilities and the affects of the moist conditions could have on such an expensive machine. When hunting in the surf, I had to pinpoint my target, mark it with my coin popper, go back to the dry sand, lay the E-Trac down and then go dig the target, come back to the dry sand with my scoop and see if I found it. Getting water anywhere near the main unit is a death sentence and if you lift the coil above the height of the main unit, water can run up the shaft into the main unit as well. If you wear glasses, you know now much sea mist gets on them and before long, you cannot even see thru them. The same thing is coating your detector and slowly eating away at it. I found that I was so scared about taking care of my E-Trac that it took some of the fun out of it. I'm going to try and get a Fisher CZ21 and leave the E for strictly land use only.
Anyway, you won't be disappointed with the results the E-Trac will give you on the beach, unless you get it wet.
Anyway, you won't be disappointed with the results the E-Trac will give you on the beach, unless you get it wet.
I don't think you could tell any difference between an E-Trac and and SE Pro performance wise for the beach, they both will do you a good job finding gold, silver, coins and other jewelry.
My first year with my E-Trac, I took it on vacation to the beach. I found 14 rings that week, dug some deep holes and could not believe how deep this machine hit targets.
We take an annual beach vacation trip with friends, our wives do the shopping thing and the guys spend the week hitting the beach. There are 3 of us guys, I use my E-Trac some but mainly my Excalibur. One of my hunting partners uses an E-Trac the other an Se Pro.
Last year my buddy with the E-Trac found a woman's ring that appraised for 1,800 dollars. These machines penetrate the salt water wet sand like no other and will find the jewelry, gold, silver and everything in between.
They have 1 major drawback which is they are not water proof.
BCOOP
My first year with my E-Trac, I took it on vacation to the beach. I found 14 rings that week, dug some deep holes and could not believe how deep this machine hit targets.
We take an annual beach vacation trip with friends, our wives do the shopping thing and the guys spend the week hitting the beach. There are 3 of us guys, I use my E-Trac some but mainly my Excalibur. One of my hunting partners uses an E-Trac the other an Se Pro.
Last year my buddy with the E-Trac found a woman's ring that appraised for 1,800 dollars. These machines penetrate the salt water wet sand like no other and will find the jewelry, gold, silver and everything in between.
They have 1 major drawback which is they are not water proof.
BCOOP
the wet sand to the water at low tide. I hunt the high tide line to the water at low tide, most of all the jewelry and rings I find are in the wet sand to low tide which is usualy the middle of the beach to low tide.
Hunting the dry can be beneficial except you have to deal with all the pull tabs and aluminum drink seals. I only get to beach hunt once a year while on vacation, no salt water beaches in Missouri, so I don't have time to mess with working around the junk.
BCOOP
Hunting the dry can be beneficial except you have to deal with all the pull tabs and aluminum drink seals. I only get to beach hunt once a year while on vacation, no salt water beaches in Missouri, so I don't have time to mess with working around the junk.
BCOOP
Yep do not get wet LOL
Drying out after a dunking now lives in a waterproof bag with cable clams
These things are amazing on the beach
They go very deep
Put the 15x17 NEL coil on it and it becomes a beast
A plat ring from 14in
Plus will pull deep coins all day long
These coins were all from the 12 plus range
Took it to France with me on holiday and pulled all these in 2 days
So yes they are among the best on the beach.
Just better if you mod it in a waterproof bag
Drying out after a dunking now lives in a waterproof bag with cable clams
These things are amazing on the beach
They go very deep
Put the 15x17 NEL coil on it and it becomes a beast
A plat ring from 14in
Plus will pull deep coins all day long
These coins were all from the 12 plus range
Took it to France with me on holiday and pulled all these in 2 days
So yes they are among the best on the beach.
Just better if you mod it in a waterproof bag
grumpyolman
New member
I have water machines and the E-Trac. I first had an SE Pro. It drove me bonkers. I sold it and got an E-Trac. Much less steep learning curve and it's also easier to set up and run in the parks/schools if you want to do that. If you are pondering either machine spend about $20 and get Andy Sabisch's book about the Explorers and the E-Trac. You'll want one anyway no matter what machine you get.As E-Trac-Virginia said no matter what you do, salt air moisture will get into the electronics and it will destroy the machine. Somedays it's not too bad of a risk, but other days it's not advised. The fog/moisture on the glasses is a real indicator of what your machine will collect. Had a friend who lived very near the surf line. Every piece of metal in his house that wasn't stainless (The toaster, refrig. etc.) eventually grew a fuzz that was nasty looking and eventually destroyed things. Just moisture in the air. jim