I have been reading the replies to the post asking if anyone is having difficulties pinpointing with the E-Trac. I have had my E-Trac for a couple of weeks, and have definitely had better luck pinpointing with it than with my Ace 250 (the only other detector I have had experience with). I wonder what techniques E-Trac owners are using. I know Andy included at least three methods in his book. I have tried different ways, but the way that seems to work best for me is to use normal pinpointing and find the center of the target with the coil (I use both the display and sound to do this) then I turn 90 degrees to the line I now know the target is in, and repeat the process. This pretty much assures me that the target is under the center of the coil. When I try pinpointing the target without turning the 90 degrees, I find I have a harder time getting getting the target centered by moving the coil back and forth (Y Axis) instead of side to side (X Axis). With this method, I usually dig about a three or four inch plug for targets down to four inches, and slightly bigger for deeper targets (mostly to have room to maneuver in the hole). My experience is that the deeper the target, the more accurate the E-Trac's pinpointing. I would say the target is in my plug over 90% of the time, and this will probably improve with time.
HH,
Bruce
HH,
Bruce