Minelab E-TRAC Forum

It says "The Future of Discovery" with a countdown... I don't think it is their new pinpointer.... Someone on another forum said he heard something about "wireless" We'll see soon enough.


Just look on Minlelabs homepage, it has a countdown...


http://www.minelab.com

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Detector - E-Trac
Pro-Pointer w/ Sidekick (supertuner)
Lesche Knife

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
Yoda

Lightweight with minesweeping depth will be nice.

Waterproof E Trac would be nice to go up against the AT Pro

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Excalibur 11 E Trac and a Garret pro pointer

Very cool that would be an overly dramatic announcement for just a pinpointer so I am hoping its something more - much much more.

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Gary E Killmer Jr.
Dutchess County New York
Future: Looking forward to it
Present: CTX 3030, Detectorpro Uniprobe, Lesche tools
Past: Minelab E-Trac, Minelab Explorer II, Minelab Sovereign, Fisher 1210-X

Just go to the minelab homepage to see the countdown clock.

Dangit, I just bought an excalibur. I can't afford a new machine! Hopefully it's not a new coin or beach detector so I won't have to be lusting after it.

http://www.minelab.com/usa/consumer/knowledge-base/news?article=87806
Home page http://www.minelab.com/usa/



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Man, I just bought a new machine about a month ago. I hate when this happens. Might have to get another.

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HH

Steve - Northern Virginia

Detectors: Minelab Excalibur II w/ Plugger Two Piece Travel Shaft and Knob Guard
Minelab E-Trac w/ Sun Ray Probe, Pro-Tector Rain Jacket, Pro-Tector Padded E-Trac Cover, Swingy Thingy Harness
Garrett Infinium LS w/ Plugger Two Piece Travel Shaft

Accessories: Predator Tools Model 75 Digging Tool, Predator Tools Model 85 Digging Tool, Predator Tools Raven Model 25 Shovel, Sunspot Stealth 6.5 Classic Beach Scoop, RTG Beachmaster Water Scoop, Pro Beach & Water Hunting Pouch, Sun Ray Deluxe Treasure Pouch, Sun Ray Pro Gold Headphones, Garrett Waterproof Headphones, Garrett Pro-Pointer, Sun Ray Coin Popper, Minelab Detector Carry Bag

Excal II Coils: Stock 10"

E-Trac Coils: 6" DD EXcelerator EQ 2 Pro, Sun Ray Stealth X-8, 12x10" SEF (Butterfly), 15x12" SEF (Butterfly)

Infinium Coils: Garrett 10 x 14 DD, Garrett 8" Mono

Oldest Coins Found - 1816 Coronet Large One Cent (Matron Head), 1834 Bust Dime, 1847 Seated Half Dime

Well, a "countdown" like this is a switch from the norm (in advertising).----Presentations like this (of course) is designed to stimulate curiosity/excitement.----I guess it's working! ------Remember the "teaser" ad Garrett had before the debut of their AT Gold?-----Pickups driving up a creek (amongst a few other indistinct things)---some of the guys thought it was a truck ad when they first seen it. ----I WONDER WHAT MINELABS GOT???? ------------Del

High end waterproof E-Trac. Check with your dealer for pre-order information. HH

Taken from the minelab forum:

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Taken from a dealers website....so its defo a new general use detector

The latest top of the range general treasure hunting metal detector has been announced by Minelab. It is so top secret that what you see here is as much as we know. More details are to be released on May 4th.The new metal detector Minelab are hailing 'The Future of Discovery'

Note the bolded!

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Detector - E-Trac
Pro-Pointer w/ Sidekick (supertuner)
Lesche Knife

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
Yoda

well do you think this is anything to do with it from the patent office
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-number?csbtype=F&csbapp=GB1121831.0



and another link
http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/8106770.html


well the last link certainly makes for an in depth bedtime story WHOOOOOOPEEEE does anyone comprehend it



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sugar
well do you think this is anything to do with it from the patent office
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-number?csbtype=F&csbapp=GB1121831.0



and another link
http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/8106770.html


well the last link certainly makes for an in depth bedtime story WHOOOOOOPEEEE does anyone comprehend it

The company I work for, we will file patents without ever intending to manufacture the product. It just keeps the competitor companies from pursuing the technology. Minelab may be planning on using the patent or they could have filed just to sit on the patent.

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Fisher Cz-6a, Fisher 1266x
Minelab CTX 3030, Sovereign XS-2a Pro
Teknetics Omega 8000, Eurotek Pro
Tesoro Silver Sabre µmax x2, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro DeLeon, Tesoro GB modified Cibola
Whites Spectra V3i, Whites Eagle Spectrum, Whites Classic III SL (Mr. Bills mods)
Whites Classic I.D. (Mr. Bills mods)
XP Deus

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earthmansurfer
Taken from the minelab forum:

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Taken from a dealers website....so its defo a new general use detector

The latest top of the range general treasure hunting metal detector has been announced by Minelab. It is so top secret that what you see here is as much as we know. More details are to be released on May 4th.The new metal detector Minelab are hailing 'The Future of Discovery'

Note the bolded!

OK, here's some more mindless speculation for you...

With that tid bit of information combined with the patent link that was posted that makes reference to ability to handle rough ground minerals...Perhaps the only real new ability of this machine will be to get deeper in severly mineralized ground that even current Minelabs have trouble with such as the red iron rich clay in VA and such.

And so *maybe* it will only show a real advantage in depth in those rare situations...And that you wouldn't really see a performance increase over current Minelabs in most common moderate to heavy mineralized sites that they can handle with no real problems. That's what I'm hoping. I can live with that, because then there would be no need to sell off the current Minelabs unless your ground was so severly mineralized that this machine would get deeper in those rare spots that they couldn't handle, but in most moderate to heavy mineralization the current line up will get just as deep there as it will?

That's a big stretch, I know. But it is fun to speculate, ain't it? Just don't want to see some new super ability to reach deeper coins in most grounds than the current machines, or ability to unmask stuff like magic, or say the ability to get gold rings and leave the trash all behind. Those kinds of things would be the end of the hobby IMHO.

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Think I'm finally home after a lot of years searching for my particular needs. Custom 1.5 lb lighter Sovereign GT (easy to do by just "building" lighter shaft) & SEF 12x10 as everyday coil. 8" Tornado (actually 7.25") as super heavy trash coil (Very deep & separates better than typical 8/9" true size coils). 13" Ultimate for large fields/beaches on certain days I want to grid faster than even the 12x10's nice improvement over stock for that. Stock 10" Tornado stays on water rig (stock shaft). ProPointer. Owned 15x12 & SunRay S-5 (5.5") at one time. Loaned a prior 13" Ultimate & SunRay S-12 (12.5").

Some Oldest Silver- 1835 Bust Dime, 1842 "O" Seated Dime, 1855 Seated Quarter, 1858 3 Cent Piece, 1891 Seated Dime, & another Seated Quarter too damaged to read date. Highest Value- 3 Cent Piece, Seated Quarter, & now 1921 F-12 Standing Liberty. Oldest Coin? Got to give large cents a good look & see. 2013 so far- 1 Seated Quarter, 1 Barber Quarter, 1 Standing Liberty, 2 Washingtons, 1 Barber Dime, 9 Mercs, 3 Rosies. 1 War Nickel. 19 silvers in total, & 1 1872 key date Indian, 2 Bufallos, 1 man's 14K gold medium sized ring & 1 gold chain, with possibility of few 8"+ deep mystery coins being Indians after cleaning.

What matters in life is the journey and not the desitination. How you handle that journey determines if you were a success, not so much what you achieved if and when you finally get there, especially if you made it by stepping on people along the way...

In loving memory of my long haired (wooly) husky Sky. She taught me just how beautiful and pure a soul can be, human or not...



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I think we are going to see an Etrac replacement with better depth and discrimination, wireless headphone option?? We haven't seen anything new in five years other than the Excal II how much of an improvement was that? Blisstool has a new machine that shows some promise, I am not sure how it will handle trashy areas or how well it will deal with EMI but in an open field it is at least thirty percent deeper than anything in its price range. Whites V3i looks like a great machine too... I think Minelab has been sitting back working out the bugs and now, hopefully, waiting to launch this one. Just my HO

HH