Hey all

[montanagold]

Took my new E-Trac out the last couple of days, and I have a question. I noticed that the Iron falsing was way higher than on the explorer. I was getting allot of targets that sounded great and were solid but turns out they were iron. Is this normal and is there a way to decrease this?

 

[go-rebels]

There is some very good reading comparing the Explorer vs the Etrac from "Jim Upstate NY".

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,838163,838163#msg-838163

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,838001,838100#msg-838100

... and Jim's last posting on the Etrac:

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,922926,923282#msg-923282

 

[mike - in]

n/t

 

[go-rebels]

If you run in Ferrous, then you'll need to look at the display all the time. Since the Etrac flattened out the CO-Fe line, all coins (except 1943 steel cents) and most junk lies on the Fe=12 line. I like to hear a little more difference from the audio than what Ferrous provides.

 

[jbow]

even ferrous/4 tone falses a lot more than ferrous/2 tone. Ferrus/2 tone is a lot like 2F on the F75 or 2+ on the T2. Low grunt for iron, high tone for non-ferrous.. check the conductive number, then the ferrous... it's all I need and like you said it hardly falses at all in ferrous/2 tone.

J

 

[JohnTN]

Practice is what it takes. Those high tone falses on deep nails are easily discerned with practice. When you hit a coin it won't sound flat like a nail. Coins will have a roundness about them. Come at all the high tones at different angles while swinging over the target if it nulls out and sounds flat at different angles then you can bet it's a nail if it sounds round and the tone is flutey dig.

 

[moseng]

Practice is what it takes. Those high tone falses on deep nails are easily discerned with practice. When you hit a coin it won't sound flat like a nail. Coins will have a roundness about them. Come at all the high tones at different angles while swinging over the target if it nulls out and sounds flat at different angles then you can bet it's a nail if it sounds round and the tone is flutey dig.

Good description! I think to add on this a bit, if you swing at different angles to the target it will be more clear as well. Even coins on edge will have a distinct "clearer" sound!