Thrust into the Etrac family and I like it - - -

[cometguy]

I was lucky enough to win a new Etrac at a competition hunt last week. I posted it to sale and then decided that might be a mistake. I put it together and hit one of the older spots that I have pounded for years. People I take care complain there are no signals. Today in about thirty minutes I dug two coins. I picked up an 1884 Indian and a green 1917 Wheat. I was in the coin program with variable tone boosted to 29 and deep recovery enabled. I was hunting mostly by sound and it is a good thing, I can't see the screen. Too much glare, not enough contrast, something keep me from seeing it. I am sure others have fought this. Can anybody share any ideas for boosting my ability to see? Maybe a non-glare cover or a contrast adjustment? I might even play with a partial hood to shade the screen. Please share any tricks you have discovered.

Thanks, Don

 

[Damar2003]

Welcome to the brotherhood and congrats on winning the e-trac. You will love the machine as long as you can some time on it. It is a silver finding machine adn the Two Tone ferrous option is just amazing to use. As far as not being able to see the screen, I am with you on that one. It is terrible. I had thought about making some kind of hood extension to see if that helps but have not done so yet. Good luck with your new e-trac.

 

[Ray-Mo.]

The ant-glare shields/screen protectors like you use on cell phones and such help a lot.You can get a whole sheet of the material and make several and they keep the screen from being scratched as well.Most big box stores have them for a few bucks

 

[DukeOBass]

The screen glare is the biggest complaint I have against the E-trac. You would think they could come up with a way to fix that. Maybe by using some high impact, scratch resistant glass so it wouldn't need a protective cover.

 

[banditicey]

Welcome

Good Finds and especially in a pounded area!

The Glare situation continues to be an issue for many of us but screen covers and position changes help

I just want to add that you need to open up the right upper corner to allow Big Silver


Good Luck and HH

 

[bilyum73]

congrats on the new etrac It is a great coin machine, I don't have a lot of time to hunt but it has doubled my silver count in the first five months of this year compared to last year. I got it the first of the year it has become my favorite.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Comet Welcome home to the silver getter !!!!!

 

[khouse]

Running the stock coin program is OK. But to find the deep coins you need to lower the fe line down to at least 27. I have the same problem with glare. Especially with a cover on it.