I'm beginning to think that........

[N2Treasure]

......the sounds and numbers and all that's inclusive of the E-trac is a personal thing. What sounds "right" to me or you and where the numbers land for each kind of target is not necessarily what it will sound like or look like for the next guy with his machine. I think too many people get hung up on the numbers "has to be this or that" and might miss something great. It's an individual thing and the only way to "become one" with your machine is to spend LOTS of time with it in the field and dig everything at least at first so you can understand where the CO numbers hit and what the sounds sound like. This is a great machine and I look forward to everytime I can get it out...

My two pesos........

Duane

 

[NebTrac]

Thanks Duane. Real good advice. I listen for tone first then I glance at the cond. numbers and also I justify these by where I'm hunting and how much time I think I need to spend chasing some of these signals....usually I end up digging anyway because....well I might not ever pass over that signal again.

NebTrac

 

[in the woods]

If it's sweat and it repeats, dig it.

Even the vrumm, vrumm's can be great stuff.

One of my favorite pastimes, beer and swingin' on a hot day in a producing field,


Tin Pan Man

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

You have to dig a lot of targets to understands the language of your machine.

Kept getting an iffy deep target yesterday where the numbers were bouning in an out. Best number I could get was 12-38. The tone wasn't real good either but digging those tones at that depth has been productive for me in the past so I dug it. Down at about 8" or 9" I got two 1919 wheat's.

Bottom line is you never just go my the numbers.

Good post

 

[Nick A]

This is exactly why I get my knickers in a bunch over people who want "programs" or to "hear the sounds" - you have to find your own sweet spot with the machine and just use the heck out of it to really learn what it's telling you. Read the book, understand the settings, ask informed questions, choose your settings, quit fiddling with the dang thing and get out detecting as much as possible in spots that have the potential to find the types of things you want to find.