1st Time with my E-Trac

[JMT Detectors]

I took my E-Trac out for the first time today and was impressed. I didn't find anything old but found several coins. I found a key, six pennies, 2 dimes and a quarter. I even found a nail in a hole and thought surely that wasn't it. Took the nail out and checked and it was a very small snap button off of clothes. It was fairly deep. Only had about 45 minutes of hunting and it was using the default coin program. The park I took it to has been hunted to death in the last 30 years. It was fun to use and look forward to using it again.

 

[Bill_S]

It should only get better from here.....;o)

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Great post but taking a new machine to a park (target rich environment) may be the worst way to learn a new machine.

 

[JMT Detectors]

Great post but taking a new machine to a park (target rich environment) may be the worst way to learn a new machine.

I was wondering if I was going to get hit with too many targets at once. I knew I was short on time so I tried to limit what I dug. I found pulltabs, aluminum screw caps, and a shotgun shell case.

 

[tmanly]

With a little practice, you will get where you will dig fewer pulltabs and can slaw. Watch you numbers, if they jump around as you circle the target, then they will most likly be junk. Make notes of what the VDI numbers are doing. Listen for any nulls in the threshold. You will soon see a pattern for junk targets. Then try guessing what you think the target will be. go ahead and dig all possible targets and before you know it
you will be getting the good stuff and leaving the bad. If I go to a new site, I will only dig the best signals, then I will return and try to pick out the iffy ones. That is when you start to get the really good stuff that others have missed.

Tom in SC

 

[TabWhisperer]

Try a soccer field. I have found them far less trashy than public parks and you will still hit good stuff.

 

[JMT Detectors]

Thanks for the tips and info. I just hope the weather up here in Illinois gives us a few more hunting days. It's supposed to be down to 20 degrees out tonight. I'm about like a kid with a new toy...Hah! I may just have to dress warmer as long as the ground doesn't freeze.