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I put the E-Trac in the coal cinders yesterday and found a few.

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Ray-Mo.

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One side of the old 1880 era stone school yard is solid coal cinders/slag and is about impossible to hunt but I found a few targets.None were over 4" deep and most were about 2"-3".

I was running in auto at 5 to 7 :hot: and the signals were iffy at times and pinpoint was tough but I now know it will work in those terrible cinders and it is the first non-PI machine I have found that will.

The E-Trac became a silent machine as a constant null most of the time.The site is close to home and it sure beat not going at all,Ray.
 
that is some tuff detecting. Congratulations on the finds. Wonder what you could do with a smaller coil?
 
Ray; I read the post about the machine running silent, I have found several areas where I've been lately where mine also does that. Over the years I understood that if you did not hear the threshold it may be a problem. It seems that with the E-Trac its not a problem to run silent. Have you seen any problems or draw backs with the unit running silent. I'm learning the ins and outs on it but I'm just not sure. I also saw your post about not looking at the numbers, just learn the tones and dig, I knew my DFX tones inside out but the E-Trac is kicking my butt. Lots of high pitch smooth tones that are junk, Tried to slow down my swing some but was still the same. I've been detecting too long to just give up any help would be appreciated, thanks..
 
In the trashiest of areas where the ground is loaded with nails, can slaw, zincs bottlecaps and ever imaginable kind of trash. Hunt by good solid tones that you can get from more than one direction and read deep on the meter. FORGET THE NUMBERS ON DEEP TARGETS> That is how I have managed to pull out over 150 silvers and hundreds of wheats over the last 6 months with the Etrac.
 
Well first of all I was running in factory coins and don't seem to get many high smoothe signals that are false or junk with mine.I have found that the E-Trac will hit good targets in a solid full sweep null or silence of threshold.

As I stated the depth is not over 4" in the cinders and more like 2"-3" on coins.Auto sens. was way down to 5-7 but a coin would come through now and then but the ID # were way lower than usual.

I knew there were still coins in that area and just kept plugging away and found a few but it was not all that easy.In other words I had to work at it.I might be able to tweak some of the settings and do better but just left it at my usual settings this time.

Also in the trashy sites I hve found multi tones to work better.In some of the old sites with little lost after 1930s and a lot less modern trash that 4 tones work well .

I have tried running in open screen or quickmask in conductive and did not get along very well,maybe a lack of patience.Keep in mind that almost all my sites and finds are from old parks,fairgrounds,schools and churches.I think relic hunters will need to set up differently for best results.

My statement about not watching the numbers to close was to point out that some nice buttons and other good items will hit different from coins but still sound good.In a nice park or any lawn the E-Trac will do a great job IDing coins and especialy silver to good depths and keep digging to a bare minimum with wery little junk.Again I want to point out that this is in coins program that I make this statement or refference.

Hope this helps a little and I hunt alone 99% of the time and so have not had a chance to compare with others except when I first got the E-Trac.I just hit on a setup that is working well for me here in MO and may not work as well for others and their style of hunting.I am the kind of person who tweaks a machine untill I am happy with results and then leave it alone as long as I am happy with the results/finds.

I have not tried any patterns or even opened the CD that came with machine,my motto is IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FOOL WITH IT,Ray.
PS not to say patterns are bad just not my cup of tea.
 
Hi Ray,
I have used the stock coin program at an old school that sounds real similar to the one you spoke of. I hunted the thing to death or so I thought. I decided to go back with a program that opened up the screen alot and coins and relics started popping up everywhere. I think that while the Etrac is very good in the stock coin program at unmasking targets it is even better at unmasking with the screen opened up to just reject nails. I have also found ( and I know this don't make sense ) that a slower sweep speed and higher manual sensitivity actually unmask targets YES you heard me right. I have found this works on the F75 as well. Tony Hunt has an excellent program that I use a lot, I have found this program will walk the dog in heavy iron and cinders (coke). You can find it on MLO.
Not trying to seem like a know it all, this has just been my experience with the Etrac and it might not work as well in your ground.

John
 
I don't get along to well with open screen because of all the signals.I to have found it works well if you have the patience and take it slow,Guess I like to hurry to much.Always glad for any input of info that may help me find more coins,Thanks Ray.
 
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