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Going to the beach
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Beach hunting sounds great! These settings are merely a suggestion and I'm sure there are far more experienced beachhunters than myself who might provide you with settings that work for them. My experience comes from freshwater beaches so it may be different for where you are at...
All I can tell you is Max sens in manual without driving you nuts. noise cancel, see where auto runs and bump it up a few notches in manual. If it's too unstable, drop 1 notch until you reach tolerable stability (you want depth on the beach) Try not to disc too much unless it is REAL trashy. Use conductive tones/ max variability and a threshold that is comfortable for you.
This is personal preference but I would put gain between 25 and max/ deep on/ fast off...
The E-trac will go deep at the beach
and dig the low conductors, you will get pulltabs sure but that's where the gold is hidin too!
Be careful not to get your machine wet!
All I can tell you is Max sens in manual without driving you nuts. noise cancel, see where auto runs and bump it up a few notches in manual. If it's too unstable, drop 1 notch until you reach tolerable stability (you want depth on the beach) Try not to disc too much unless it is REAL trashy. Use conductive tones/ max variability and a threshold that is comfortable for you.
This is personal preference but I would put gain between 25 and max/ deep on/ fast off...
The E-trac will go deep at the beach
and dig the low conductors, you will get pulltabs sure but that's where the gold is hidin too!Be careful not to get your machine wet!
I used the beach/gold setting in Andy's book used by Joe Demarco with very good success. The E-Trac goes deep on the beach so you better have a good long handle beach scoop. I dug handfuls of junk jewelry on the beach, and brought back 14 rings. Some targets I dug around 18 to 20 inches deep, a child's bracelet at 2 feet and also a pair of women's sunglasses at 2 feet.
Good luck
BCOOP
Good luck
BCOOP
RandyNorthridgeca
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Your going to get lots of different opinions. I only use my E-Trac in the dirt, but I've been using a Explorer for years on the beach. I would use zero discrimination or as close to zero as you can stand. I'd also switch to Ferrous tones (that way iron will come in as a low grunt) and dig everything that isn't iron. I'd also check what your sensitivity shows it should be then switch to manual and kick it up until it becomes unstable and then I'd drop it down one or two numbers. If you don't have a long handled sand scoop I'd just keep it in auto sensitivity.
What ever you do don't go by the numbers. Just go by the tones. No matter how crappy the higher tones are you have to dig them.
What ever you do don't go by the numbers. Just go by the tones. No matter how crappy the higher tones are you have to dig them.
I usually run Ferrous 2 tones with the ETrac at the beach. You can add a little iron discrimination if you want, by knocking out everything below 22-23 or so. Will keep things a little quieter. Sensitivity settings will depend on how much falsing you are willing to tolerate. Good luck. - Jim