Is there a shielded coil for Minelab??

[Ohio bud]

On several occasions I have gotten into a yard where there was power lines that made unbearable noise on the E-Trac. I remember that there used to be a coil for the Whites, I think, that had a shield over the coil so that you could detect under power lines. Is this available or can you fashion one to do the job?

Also someone used to sell a booster for detectors. Wonder if they could be used to boost the output on the E-Trac?

Ohio Bud

 

[Jason in Enid]

The coil is already shielded, if it wasn't you couldn't use it in wet grass.

Powerline EMI affects all detectors.

 

[hershey1]

Lower your sensitivity and noise cancel often. Doc's sells amps for some Minelabs not sure about the E-Trac. A small coil helps also. Then again some locations are just too noisy. Underground utilities and home burgular alarms are a pain in the a$$ also. I have dug solid signals 6 or 7 inchs with sens. at 10. HH

 

[tippyhound]

I have hunted areas with over head power lines and transformers with my E-Trac that for years I could not hunt with any other machine. I would simply Ground Cancel and hunt. The machine would hunt quietly. The only thing I did notice is the Target I.D. was not as accurate.

I have found that in areas with buried power lines no amount of ground cancel would do any good. The machine would just go crazy until I got away from those power lines. Rick IL