what settings/mode for old foundations

[gunwolf]

for the first time ever with my E-trac I will be hitting some early 1800's foundations that we finally got permission to hunt. what settings should I use and should I go in multi cond or TTF. this is a heavily wooded area with little brush on the ground, just the old foundations and some big ass boulders . thanks for the help

 

[bertman]

I'd use a wide open screen and either 4 tone Ferrous or (if your ears can stand the melody) Multi tone Ferrous.

I recently hunted a house tear down in MTF and found several nice items myself and others missed.
(cherry pickin first time there with a pattern and conductive sounds).

My ears can stand the melody as I also use an F75SE which is a rapid fire machine for sure.

Robert

 

[gunwolf]

thanks, I have used TTF in an open screen before but never 4 tone... I will try it! the guy who owns property we will be hunting at is searching for iron/ brass collectables with his bounty hunter, he said there is a bunch of rusty iron nails ect... he has been weeding through it over the past year... deepest he has dug is 4 " he said.. his detector won't go that deep.. so I'm looking forward to this outing!

 

[daddyflea]

I am sorry but I have been hunting a long time myself and I just do not believe in this "Hear it all Dig it all" approach. This is supposed to be a fun Hobby where you find old stuff. In a place like this, I would hunt using my modified Trashy Park Program opened up to Ferrous 27 just like I hunt every place. The time you spend listening and digging all that junk will take up the time you could have spent digging good stuff.

Etrac thrives on Discrimination. I usually post every hunt and I hunted yesterday. I did not post anything about this hunt at all but I found a bunch of coins. None were old and I am sore from digging them, but I can't wait to get back there to dig some more. This same place has some old coins but I have to dig all the new ones on top before I can find the old ones down deep. As soon as I finish I will swap coils turn 90 degrees and hunt it again.

Remember Etrac really loses no depth using discrimination, just use it wisely. I dug a 17-14 yesterday that was a 6" Nickle passed up several 12-15s. Changing programs and settings is not good. Get used to what you use and use it all the time. Your finds will increase. I will pass up a shallow 22-44 every time in favor of a 23-44 at depth.

 

[bertman]

I am sorry but I have been hunting a long time myself and I just do not believe in this "Hear it all Dig it all" approach. This is supposed to be a fun Hobby where you find old stuff.

I to have fun in this hobby... I hear it all and only dig the good tones...
There is not enough time in the day to dig the bad tones...

Multi tone Ferrous is a monster option for any trashy iron laden site...

There is a magic tone (for me) near the 12 Ferrous line that I have trained my ears for and my finds have vastly improved...

I also enjoy using Conductive tones, but the recovery time of the E-Trac processor from one target (good or bad) is kinda slow when in an area where the threshold is lost for an extended time. Although some targets are heard
during a null, others are not...

Robert

 

[Mountain Mike]

If the site has little modern garbage then I typically use 4TF and disc from the 27 line down. In places with more trash I use a modified A.S. pattern opened up to the 27 line. If silver coins are your main focus use multi conduct.

 

[~ACE~]

I always used TTF or 4TF, but not anymore. My eyes have been opened. Try this; take a silver or copper coin, put it on clean quiet ground, then place a piece of iron on the left and right of the coin. Go over it in TTF with an open screen. Tell us what the results are! Do the same in 4 tone or multi conductive and let us know what you find. You can skip this process by watching Mowerdog on YouTube. I wanted to do my own test with my own settings and from that point on, I haven't used TTF again.