new etrac owner

[alexrollins]

Just got my first minelab detector today, I have been using the Whites dfx and Tesoros Cortes, ready to find out if all this is just hype or if the etrac is what they say it is! The ground is still froze here in Tennessee, but have a great place in Alabama to hunt for relics come saturday!

 

[bcoop]

You will enjoy it. Good Luck, have fun and keep us posted

BCOOP, Missouri

 

[rbholt80]

welcome over to the dark side lol.
take your time and if it seams that you will never learn the etrac just get more determ to learn it.

for some the minelab is easy to get but for others it is hard.
i hated it for about 2 months but one day the light in my head came on and now i would give all my detectors up just to keep the etrac.
good luck to you

 

[Ray-Mo.]

Looking forward to your results on your Sunday Relic hunt.I am sure that several on here could give you some good pointers for relic hunting with the E-Trac.
I am more of a old coins kinda guy as not a lot of good relic sites close by .Good luck,Ray.

 

[alexrollins]

Thanks for the comments and if I have any luck saturday I will definetely let yall know!

 

[mascard1]

If I where you I would just go slow( on the coin program sens+3) and listen for the high pitches....then go back and wiggle the coil....You will find silver!

 

[3RINGER]

Glad to see ya come over...Hope all your holes are topped with silver.

Need any help just ask, these guys are great with the advise.

 

[alexrollins]

Ive been reading Andys book and the owners manual and I like what Im reading, but there is a large learning curve from a Whites or Tesoro to this.I got to take it outside a little yesterday evening but the ground is still froze here so hard to dig! Cant wait til Saturday, hope its not raining!

 

[Ray-Mo.]

I think one of the most important things with the E-Trac is to not try to max out the sensitivity but rather set it on auto and work up to plus 3 if it remains fairly quiet and stable.If you crank up the sens. to high you will get all kinds of trouble and lots of noise.I have found that auto plus 3 gives me great depth and seperation with very smooth audio.Hope you get to put her through the paces soon,Ray.

 

[jbow]

if you are relic hunting try ferrous/2 tones/deepn/fastn/pitch hold/relic pattern.

If you search back in the last year or so you will find "Jasons relic pattern" posted on here. It is slightly modified and works well for me. Remember that on the ET the conductive number will be accurate until you get to extreme depth, then it will drop a little. The ferrous number may be a little off but if it's between 8 and say 16... dig it. That is only a general guideline though, dig some others just to learn. Sometimes the ferrous number may be higher even in the 20s. I have never found anything non-ferrous if the ferrous number is 30+

You'll find that 2 tones will almost eliminate the falsing. I almost always use the relic pattern when coin hunting too, I like to hear everything. Sometimes I use the coins or other pattern and conductive/multi when coin hunting but mostly I stick to ferrous/2 tones and the almost open relic pattern no matter what I am hunting. It just works better for me.

I hope to hear a good report from you. It is going to rain here on Saturday and Sunday...

J

 

[etracjoe]

Good luck with the new machine and hope it treats you well. Takes a little practice but it all just clicks one day. HH Joe

 

[alexrollins]

Hey jbow have you ever hunted Crow Valley?

 

[jbow]

Don't know where Crow Valley is...

never heard if it. Gimmme a clue.

J

 

[alexrollins]

Crow valley lies a little north west of Dalton on the east side of Rocky Face mtn. General Johnson formed a line across this ridge when Sherman was on his famous march to Atlanta.Ive found lots of relics there but finds on the land I hunt are starting to dwindle away!

 

[C&RHunter]

The learning curve may be large/long whatever for some, but my advise is, just don't try to do too many things to soon. Just don't out think things. It is way more user friendly than some people think. If you are experienced, and had good success with your other machines, I think things should come to you relatively easy. I live in Missouri and have not had a chance for relic hunting, but different posts seem to show that it does a good job with relics as well as on coins. Regardless of the type/brand of machine used, silver is always silver, copper is always copper, and lead is always lead, just find where it hits on the machine and you'll do well.