How does the Spectra V3 do in trashy areas??

[CoinShooter-Craig]

I bought my e-trac because it was supposed to do good in high trashy areas. granted I have pulled coins out of trashy sites that I couldn't find with my tesoro , but I have dug more rusty nails and bolts than I have ever dug before with the e-trac. Plus I get a good tone - hit the area again and get nothing , or I have a target that every time I scan over it I get different number readings ( FE & CO ). 90% of the sites I search are high trash , and while I do like my E-trac the things I mentioned above drive me a bit crazy. The e-trac just makes so many noises in a trashy area I have a hard time deciding if I should dig a target or not. Just curious how well the Spectra V3 handles trashy sites. Thanks for your input! CoinShooter-Craig

 

[CROCK of COINS]

I put the 4x6 DD Shooter on and just pick the solid sounds first! Then if I have time I will go after some of the ify targets.

Jerry

 

[tab-nabit]

There is a high trash program that I haven't used yet - I want the less discrimination so been mostly using the Coin & Jewelery program.
I'm still waiting out to see if they come out with a small coil that can take advantage of the Vision for three frequencies and work with the TX boost, and not skew the VDI numbers.

 

[CoinShooter-Craig]

How good is the spectra V3 on target seperation?? Has any one dug coins with trash in the hole or plug with the coin?? Sorry for all the questions , but I'm seriously thinking of trading my e-trac in because I've dug enough rusty nails to build a house with them. No matter what settings I try I can't keep rusty nails from sounding diggable on my e-trac. I'd rather dig pulltabs than a dang rusty nail! Thanks , CoinShooter-Craig

 

[woodchiphustler]

n/t

 

[magic]

I was out yesterday and got a good penny/dime hit at about 4" with my 5.3 coil. I cut my plug and checked the hole with my Garrett pinpointer and got a hit and pulled out a nail. Pinpointed in the hole again and found another nail....searched the hole again and found nothing... looked over at the plug and saw a penny just on top of the plug. The V3 did a good job on that one for me!

 

[Monte]

Generally, not the best idea. Nor is going to a larger coil. The challenges that come with trashy sites are best dealt with by using a smaller-than-stock coil and no more discrimination than you can tolerate.

For me, I favor the 6

 

[Ray-Mo.]

I did a test on some deep iffy targets that I suspected were cut nails and found the Etrac and the Vision both responded about the same as a iffy sounding target.I dug 6 of the targets and they were all deep over 8"rusty cut nails as expected.One machine was not any better than the other to my ears and both made me feel 90% sure the targets were in fact nails.Both were in factory coin mode for the test,Ray.

 

[go-rebels]

Ray, do you have access to an F75?

 

[Ray-Mo.]

Yes I have one of the early ones without any upgrades that I have found a lot of old coins with,Ray.

 

[tab-nabit]

Monte - I would like to use a small coil for the trashy areas, but would like to enable the TX boost feature when I get into cleaner grounds with the coil.
Sometimes I get into areas where it's just easier to swing a smaller coil, and if the areas then is not trashy, that's where the TX may be a handy feature to use at times.
I think should have been more clear on my reply.