Realizing the recovery speed on the previous Explorers was paint dry slow, and so was the smartfind display, many of us tried hunting in Conduct tones, by tone only, checking the screen when we got a nice tone, with nails notched out. BUT every now and again, small iron would sneak in there and spit out a high tone. So we switched to ferrous tones, all metal, and maybe notched out bottle caps in the bottom right corner if they were a problem. Now it's important to realize that the whole reason any of us were in all metal to begin with was because of the slooooooow recovery speed of the previous models coming back from a null and waiting for the smartfind screen to update. On the ETrac, since all coins have a ferrous value of 12, they are also going to give the same tones when the machine is in ferrous sounds which is probably not going to be a very used set up, except for maybe relic hunting. So since all ferrous tones are the same on coins then one would assume that most will hunt in conduct tones. Now for the monster question, which only an experienced previous all metal hunter swinging an ETrac can answer.....In conduct tones with nails disced out (basically relic mode) does small iron sneak in there with an occasional high tone? And if so, than it would seem difficult to use this machine as an all metal detector in the previous way we used the other models. But again, here I am thinking in an SE mindset, MAYBE on the ETrac, the tones and the display are so fast that with the updating screen, we may not need to hunt in all metal and can actually truly hunt with discrimination, YES, on an Explorer
( I know, I said it, don't quite yet believe it, but I said it).
NEXT question is shared coordinates, which trash and what coins share the same ID's? That situation will not be overcome by either the faster processor or the quicker recovery speeds. Chris poses a seriously good question, why expand the ferrous scale to 35 and then give everything a linear value of 12??? One would think more coordinates, more separation. In fact, my first glance at the specs on the ETrac with now 1750 coordinates versus the old 1024 made me jump for joy. Tomorrow, I am going to put an ETrac in some really dense, dense trash that has now befuddled every coil made for the SE including the new PRO and I am going to find out if it's possible and/or necessary to hunt in all metal and I will let you guys know. I know one day and one site is not going to be a true test of anything, but I will be able to tell you guys something as to whether or not you can "tone" hunt with it.
( I know, I said it, don't quite yet believe it, but I said it). NEXT question is shared coordinates, which trash and what coins share the same ID's? That situation will not be overcome by either the faster processor or the quicker recovery speeds. Chris poses a seriously good question, why expand the ferrous scale to 35 and then give everything a linear value of 12??? One would think more coordinates, more separation. In fact, my first glance at the specs on the ETrac with now 1750 coordinates versus the old 1024 made me jump for joy. Tomorrow, I am going to put an ETrac in some really dense, dense trash that has now befuddled every coil made for the SE including the new PRO and I am going to find out if it's possible and/or necessary to hunt in all metal and I will let you guys know. I know one day and one site is not going to be a true test of anything, but I will be able to tell you guys something as to whether or not you can "tone" hunt with it.