Steve from Ohio
New member
OK. I should have listened and got the E-Trac sooner. But at least I got it, finally. I'm dealing with a bad knee so it is not easy to detect right now. But I forced myself to go out and was glad I did.
Was out yesterday and was just fooling around trying to learn a little about the new machine. Found a few things and was digging everything just to learn. Today I put some of the knowledge to work.
Today I had a chance to spend about 4 hours out with it. I will say this, the E-Trac sure does work well. I for the life of me cannot figure out how a Hotwheel car can get over 12 inches deep. It is not a real old one either. It read 11-45 and hit real hard. The depth reading was a little off..by about an inch. Not too bad. Why is it that so many hotwheel cars are lost? I have found several dozen lately and a lot are fairly deep.
I hit $3.21 in clads (not in the photo) and as you can see a few other things.
The Palmolive soap token was at over 15 inches and I thought I was digging to friggin China ! I never hit a target that deep ever with any other machine I have owned. It hit at 11-43 and my Pistol Probe did not get a whiff of it until I dug down deep. They are from the 1920's.
The standing liberty quarters were all found within a few feet of each other. In the area I was searching, I did some research and found that there used to be a small general store in the area and that where I was searching was the parking lot. It is now just grass. The quarters read 11-47 each one. Pretty much the same depth of 7 inches. The 53 quarter read 11-46 and was down about 4 1/2 inches.
The 1835 large cent was found almost by accident. I was MD'ing around an area that had a lot of iron nulling out the E-trac. I was about ready to detect another area and then it hit at 11-46 and I thought at first it was another quarter. I found it buried under a piece of rotten wood and a broken piece of china and was in pretty good shape. Almost no corrosion. My first large cent.
The barber dime hit at 11-46. Down about 5 inches. It is pretty well worn but still silver is silver.
And finally, the gold ring. My first with the E-trac. 22 kt. gold. With gold rising in price, and my confidence in the E-Trac growing every day, I can figure on a lot more gold rings and much more money for them down the road. It hit at 14-47.
Saturday I will be detecting San Toy, Ohio. A coal boom town and the only town east of the Mississippi that lived up to the legends of old west towns. Started back in the late 1800's and stayed a town till the late 20's. Many shoot outs, many murders, several saloons with working girls and now abandoned. And right here in Ohio. It's going to be a fun day.
Was out yesterday and was just fooling around trying to learn a little about the new machine. Found a few things and was digging everything just to learn. Today I put some of the knowledge to work.
Today I had a chance to spend about 4 hours out with it. I will say this, the E-Trac sure does work well. I for the life of me cannot figure out how a Hotwheel car can get over 12 inches deep. It is not a real old one either. It read 11-45 and hit real hard. The depth reading was a little off..by about an inch. Not too bad. Why is it that so many hotwheel cars are lost? I have found several dozen lately and a lot are fairly deep.
I hit $3.21 in clads (not in the photo) and as you can see a few other things.
The Palmolive soap token was at over 15 inches and I thought I was digging to friggin China ! I never hit a target that deep ever with any other machine I have owned. It hit at 11-43 and my Pistol Probe did not get a whiff of it until I dug down deep. They are from the 1920's.
The standing liberty quarters were all found within a few feet of each other. In the area I was searching, I did some research and found that there used to be a small general store in the area and that where I was searching was the parking lot. It is now just grass. The quarters read 11-47 each one. Pretty much the same depth of 7 inches. The 53 quarter read 11-46 and was down about 4 1/2 inches.
The 1835 large cent was found almost by accident. I was MD'ing around an area that had a lot of iron nulling out the E-trac. I was about ready to detect another area and then it hit at 11-46 and I thought at first it was another quarter. I found it buried under a piece of rotten wood and a broken piece of china and was in pretty good shape. Almost no corrosion. My first large cent.
The barber dime hit at 11-46. Down about 5 inches. It is pretty well worn but still silver is silver.
And finally, the gold ring. My first with the E-trac. 22 kt. gold. With gold rising in price, and my confidence in the E-Trac growing every day, I can figure on a lot more gold rings and much more money for them down the road. It hit at 14-47.
Saturday I will be detecting San Toy, Ohio. A coal boom town and the only town east of the Mississippi that lived up to the legends of old west towns. Started back in the late 1800's and stayed a town till the late 20's. Many shoot outs, many murders, several saloons with working girls and now abandoned. And right here in Ohio. It's going to be a fun day.
