E-Trac tone is not smooth on deep coins is this normal

[Goldfinds]

Bought an E-Trac in March and have been learning it the best I can. I've noticed on deep targets the tone is not smooth, its kind of choppy, even on air tests.

Is this normal for the E-Trac, it just seems like the tone was smoother for deep targets when I first purchased it, I've reset to factory, cleaned the coil cover. And it still exhibits choppy growling tone on deep targets.

Scott

 

[FooserPaul]

Depends... If the soil is not to mineralized and no other targets in the area... It can be smooth... but if you watch some of my video, as I record the sounds and depth in the video's before I dig, then probe sounds after the plug and finally recovery... You will see that even a wheat penny @ 6" can be far from smooth...

Video's >> Click Here!

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

I agree with Paul.Under ideal conditions you may get the smooth tone,but add depth,mineralization and ferrous materials and you will most definately not get textbook signals.In the cellar holes where I hunt,most signals are like this.Many deepies only repeat one way.I dig em anyway,sometimes they are junk and others keepers.

 

[HaroldILL.]

Sometimes if the coin is on edge it will be choppy. That is one of the reasons I run deep on it seems to make the tones more smooth and rounder sounding. But I still get the choppy coin hits just not as often. This is in my ground but worth a try. I will say one thing though out of all the detectors I have used nothing has as sweet as deep silver tone as an E-trac/Explorer.

 

[Goldfinds]

Fooserpaul, thanks for the comment, I'm considering purchasing a new E-Trac to compare and for a backup machine.

By the way do you play foosball? I used to play years ago, went to the world championships in the early 1980s and placed 33rd in doubles.

Scott

 

[NebTrac]

Scott. Have you experimented with the different tones? Long, Pitch Hold, etc.? Might fiddle with those and see what differences they make.

NebTrac

 

[Goes4ever]

alot of coins on edge will give you a lil blip, a chirp, a choppy signal, etc.....when I get these signals I walk around them investigate a little further. Sometimes it is a real deep coin laying flat but normally those type of signals will produce a coin straight up on edge that might only be 5-6" deep. Coins DO NOT always give clear smooth signals, depends on soil conditions, co-adjacent targets, depth of coin, angle of coin etc......

 

[onemore]

n/t

 

[utahshovelhead]

One thing for certian the tone on the high silver pitch is not the same as it was with the SE, EX or other Minelabs. But the steady accurate read is much better. Still I do miss the high pitched warble on the silver.