Couple of new short videos on the E-Trac from Des Dunne :detecting:

[Ray-Mo.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1XfJs8k_Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm0lk-JmvQA

 

[Jaybird]

Being new to the E-trac I appreciate this type of info. After being in the hobby for over 30 years I've had about every kind of detector.Jetco,Garretts Whites Tesoro and even a XS Minelab for awhile in the 90's. I'm geting aquainted with my E-trac after my DFX of the past 2 years. I've only been out a couple of times with the E-trac but already have respect for it's capabilities. So far my best find has been a Colorado Tas token at over 6" oin frozen ground. Come on Spring. Thanks for the post!

 

[John LA]

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[SWMO Mark]

Why does Des turn off Deep when hunting in stubble? Should you do the same when hunting tall grass?

 

[BJ in Okla.]

There something about the E=Trac that is better, I have 4 friends with E-trac's that have been hunting old hunted out parks here, these are old parks that have been hunted for lots of years, and the silver that they are finding is why I bought one to.
Good Luck with yours...
BJ

 

[Ray-Mo.]

I think he said it had more to do with the plowed disturbed soil rather than the stubble if I remember correctly,Ray.

 

[Dennis 2]

It seems like there are two trains of thought across the pond. On the other minelab site you see people running the E-T wide open .No one really argues that point since they are told ( from the big dogs) they don't know what their talking about , That their way is the only way. Then there is the other group ,People like Des that use programs and seem to do just as well in the field . Leaves us allot to think about

 

[Barry NY]

I'm off to England in March to hunt plowed fields. The overall concensus among those that have gone before me is to keep the E-Trac wide open except for disc out a few of the FE lines (27-30) to eliminate obvious iron and dig everything that sounds good. Small hammereds come up as foil...

 

[Arturo de Zorro]

My guess is that Deep and Fast uses different filters so if the unit already is at 26 sensitivity it is going to go pretty deep anyway so why use that filter and since there is stubble to keep the coil off the soil and you will need a tad more speed to swing against the stubble so Deep will not help, thats my guess. Happy Trails 2 U...

 

[Des Dunne]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your interest and I'm glad you like the videos...
There are more planned for 2010 - just a matter of weather windows to shoot some decent footage.

FAST & DEEP

These "filters" have been discussed many times before on this Forum and others.
Suffice to say that yes, they are "opposing" filters.

In our neck of the woods and the UK especially the needs for a detector set-up are much different to a USA set-up.
Most of our "desirable targets" are in the majority LOW Conductive and are 'usually' searched for in agricultural farmland.
As a consequence, and especially in a plowed field situation or a stubble row area many of these low conductive targets
can actually be buried at an acute angle or on edge: some can even be on the surface (after a plowing) or just a few inches deep.
So to give the detector ' an edge' the use of Fast only on can give an advantage in loose airy soils.
In parks, baseball diamonds, swimming holes and other land sites searched in the USA, 'typically' the targets are
from a MEDIUM to a high conductivity: so the needs for a USA hunter and a EU hunter are different.
The use of Deep on is an advantage looking for deeply buried coins in "undisturbed" soil.
Bear in mind also that the use of Deep on will also react to more junk as well as the good finds!

I hope this helps.

Good Hunting

Des Dunne

 

[Sonny(IN)]

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[Ray-Mo.]

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