I have owned the E-Trac now for a couple of weeks and have not really had the chance to get out except to the local middle school until yesterday. I took my machine to a site of an old church from 1854 where I had found a buffalo nickel 10 inches a few years ago with my GTI 2500. Stayed about an hour and picked up several old square ring pull tabs. and not one coin, disappointed but my son was using the 2500 and he was getting the same thing.
We left and went to a rodeo ground where they have been having rodeos and various other events for 45 years and this area has produced several clad coins and a few silver once in awhile. I am starting to get the hang of the E-Trac in recognizing the numbers, for instance the E-Trac hits pretty consistently on clad quarters at 12-47 and zinc pennies pop up like popcorn at 12-37 to 12-38 with this machine, crushed screw bottle caps a 12-42.
My son is now 14 and just showing an interest in wanting to run his own machine and dig his own targets, he is doing well with the 2500, yesterday he found 9 pennies in the same hole around 4 to 5 inches deep most in the mid 60's range no wheaties. I helped him locate the pennies, I have lost some patience in locating coins, I think I need a pinpointer. Going from the 2500 to the E-trac is like daylight to dark when it comes to recognizing targets but I don't have much time with the machine at all and it is a learning experience every time out. I am anxious to see how well it does on the beach this summer vacationing.
We left and went to a rodeo ground where they have been having rodeos and various other events for 45 years and this area has produced several clad coins and a few silver once in awhile. I am starting to get the hang of the E-Trac in recognizing the numbers, for instance the E-Trac hits pretty consistently on clad quarters at 12-47 and zinc pennies pop up like popcorn at 12-37 to 12-38 with this machine, crushed screw bottle caps a 12-42.
My son is now 14 and just showing an interest in wanting to run his own machine and dig his own targets, he is doing well with the 2500, yesterday he found 9 pennies in the same hole around 4 to 5 inches deep most in the mid 60's range no wheaties. I helped him locate the pennies, I have lost some patience in locating coins, I think I need a pinpointer. Going from the 2500 to the E-trac is like daylight to dark when it comes to recognizing targets but I don't have much time with the machine at all and it is a learning experience every time out. I am anxious to see how well it does on the beach this summer vacationing.
