grumpyolman
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(A disclaimer...Nobody asked me to write this and I get no pay for this) I just got a copy of Andy's new book in the mail this afternoon. I can't begin to describe how detailed this book is. It's page size are the dimensions of a magazine but it is 188 pages long. I have only had time to glance through the book but after owning one of the first ETs and reading all the posts in both the Explorer and ET forums, I can say I already saw it speak to a lot of the very questions that were and continue to be asked. This is the kind of book that could put you way ahead of the pack if you read it and STUDY it. It's not light reading. I think in this book, were you to read and study it, you would have the knowledge that Andy has accumulated in all his years of experience...and of course about a year testing the ET before it went on the market. It's detailed enough to be a college text.
One part I started to read is a real world explanation of the ET and how and why it is not an Explorer. It is not written to rank on the Explorers but contains a detailed explanation of the manufacturing and technical differences between the two machines. There is no bias about one being better than the other. There is just a really good explanation of where they are different in construction and how they operate differently.
Remember the 12 ferrous reading that seems not to change? Andy explains the logic of that feature in detail. He had to have learned that from use and from long discussions with the Mine-Lab engineers and technicians. Again, there is no attempt to justify or rationalize that aspect of the machine. There is just new information about how and why its the way it is. I think with an understanding of what he is explaining, it could increase you recovery rate of old stuff.
Finally, Andy gives credit and acknowledges a large number of the folks we all know as the Gurus of the detecting world, and obtained permission to publish their thoughts and some of their pictures. If you are serious about the hobby, this one book you must really have in your working library. Regards...Jim
One part I started to read is a real world explanation of the ET and how and why it is not an Explorer. It is not written to rank on the Explorers but contains a detailed explanation of the manufacturing and technical differences between the two machines. There is no bias about one being better than the other. There is just a really good explanation of where they are different in construction and how they operate differently.
Remember the 12 ferrous reading that seems not to change? Andy explains the logic of that feature in detail. He had to have learned that from use and from long discussions with the Mine-Lab engineers and technicians. Again, there is no attempt to justify or rationalize that aspect of the machine. There is just new information about how and why its the way it is. I think with an understanding of what he is explaining, it could increase you recovery rate of old stuff.
Finally, Andy gives credit and acknowledges a large number of the folks we all know as the Gurus of the detecting world, and obtained permission to publish their thoughts and some of their pictures. If you are serious about the hobby, this one book you must really have in your working library. Regards...Jim
Oh, and Yeasty; thanks for that link ! 
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