gunwolf
Well-known member
Yes it is! these are some of my observations since I "figured" it out.
when I first bought my E-trac in Feb. I researched all I could, learning numbers ,and tones...trying to take it all in. I read and was told Indian head pennies ring in at 12-38 roughly (give or take) so I was only digging around that range (the 12 line).
I found my first IH by accident, I was MDing some woods near my house and came across a nice tone, but the numbers were crazy. 08-32,9-35, I dug it just to see. at 10" I found my first IH! that is when the light bulb went on...I really never looked at how deep an object was, just the numbers. so fast forward a month or so, I really started listening for good repeatable tones....glance at the numbers, then the depth. If it was at least 4" deep I dug, my IH count started climbing. I now have over 40 in just a few months.
yes you have to be in that older area where they might be...but if they are there you can find them.
Remember that your soil, and depth of the IH are going to give you different numbers. the majority of my IH's were at least 8" to 10" deep(some even deeper) and Most came in at 09-35, with a few as low as 05-24...even some 08-32. so when the guys who have been using the E-trac for a while tell you to listen to tones because the numbers lie...they are right!
I am using Goes4Ever's settings in the stock coin program(with nickel range opened up a little) the auto sens usually runs between 16 and 24, and I often switch to manual and run it hot at 28 and deal with a little falsing.
Hope this helps someone, I am still a newb myself and just thought I would share.
when I first bought my E-trac in Feb. I researched all I could, learning numbers ,and tones...trying to take it all in. I read and was told Indian head pennies ring in at 12-38 roughly (give or take) so I was only digging around that range (the 12 line).
I found my first IH by accident, I was MDing some woods near my house and came across a nice tone, but the numbers were crazy. 08-32,9-35, I dug it just to see. at 10" I found my first IH! that is when the light bulb went on...I really never looked at how deep an object was, just the numbers. so fast forward a month or so, I really started listening for good repeatable tones....glance at the numbers, then the depth. If it was at least 4" deep I dug, my IH count started climbing. I now have over 40 in just a few months.
yes you have to be in that older area where they might be...but if they are there you can find them.
Remember that your soil, and depth of the IH are going to give you different numbers. the majority of my IH's were at least 8" to 10" deep(some even deeper) and Most came in at 09-35, with a few as low as 05-24...even some 08-32. so when the guys who have been using the E-trac for a while tell you to listen to tones because the numbers lie...they are right!
I am using Goes4Ever's settings in the stock coin program(with nickel range opened up a little) the auto sens usually runs between 16 and 24, and I often switch to manual and run it hot at 28 and deal with a little falsing.
Hope this helps someone, I am still a newb myself and just thought I would share.
