single frequency vs multiple frequency - what

[jmaryt]

this is absolutely true! when the hobby loses it's 'fun" aspect
then it's time to try something else!..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[jmaryt]

i believe this! it's definitely has something to do with the trac's ability to
electronically "see" the silver and isolate it well enough to give the user a "good" enough "hit" to
decide to dig! this,i believe is why the good stuff gets walked over!.other detectors are NOT giving
enough "good" info on the target to dig it!.trash,and iron mask a lot of the silver that IS being found with the trac!
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE! i believe!.the "cleanest" "frequencies on the trac at a given site are giving a "better"
audio to allow you to have confidence in opening a hole for that particular target!..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[jmaryt]

if psychologically it doesn't matter to you,then you are having fun doing what you do,and in the end ,THAT is all that counts!
remember,it's about the "fun" aspect of the hobby! never lose sight of this! just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[TerraDigger]

But in all fairness, I nabbed a walking half dollar last year with my 20 year old White's Silver Eagle that my very experienced E-Trac hunting partner walked/scanned right over. It was about 6" deep next to a curb.

 

[Neil]

two people hunting the same area doesnt mean two people scanning the same area. now do a side by side with each hunter skilled with each machine, that will tell you something. that would be a fair comparison.

 

[Critterhunter]

They do list the frequencies for the Sovereign (BBS) and the FBS machines (Etrac/Explorer). The Sovereign has 17 frequencies that range from I think 1.5khz to 25 or 27khz. FBS machines have a frequency range that is from I think 1.5khz to 100khz. The reason why they don't tell you which frequencies the FBS machines are using specificly is because that changes when you do a noise cancel to find the cleanest channels.

Companies saying they are the first two frequency or three frequency detectors are probably right because they are, but those machines don't hold a candle to the Minelabs with BBS and FBS technology. The proof is in the finds. Browse the Etrac/Explorer/Sovereign forums, then look in the DFX or V3 forums.

 

[Critterhunter]

What I meant was they may very well be the first two frequency or three frequency detectors, but that's playing with words because Minelabs are not 2 or 3 frequencies....they are much more than that. 17 for the BBS machines and more for the FBS machines. I have my doubts about the higher frequencies on the FBS machines. Much higher than what is needed for good sentivity for small or low conductivity targets. I've owned three FBS machines and my BBS GT is deeper in my soil. Regardless, Whites is way beind the times in terms of technology.

 

[jmaryt]

yes the forums seem to bear this out,and the trac electronically "selecting"
the channels for the site hunted would make sense as far as getting accurate "cleaner"
hits in a junked area,hence it's (m.o) for "seeing" stuff better in the "crap"..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[jmaryt]

hi terra!
what type of signal did ya receive?.."busted",or clean hit?
thanks!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[skookum]

i believe this! it's definitely has something to do with the trac's ability to
electronically "see" the silver and isolate it well enough to give the user a "good" enough "hit" to
decide to dig! this,i believe is why the good stuff gets walked over!.other detectors are NOT giving
enough "good" info on the target to dig it!.trash,and iron mask a lot of the silver that IS being found with the trac!
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE! i believe!.the "cleanest" "frequencies on the trac at a given site are giving a "better"
audio to allow you to have confidence in opening a hole for that particular target!..just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.

Hello there,
When/if I turn the normal disc on my 1270 up all the way to 10, all and only signals received will be either silver or copper.
Not having an E-trac at hand, I can

 

[kai_gold]

Skookum,
High disc on shallow items will work fine but the problem arises with deeper items in that the id starts to drift towards iron and you will not hear it with the high disc setting on many detectors. On the etrac you can watch this happen visually as the id is presented in a x-y format. If an item is in the right x coordinate area yet also appears near or into the iron range of the y axis with a deeper depth reading, then it may be worth digging as it could still be a good coin. On shallow items I would expect the y axis to be closer to the 12 position. This extra information along with the tones allows for more analysis of a target than that provided by simple discrimination settings. That said, it is not perfect but ups the odds.