I am a new e-trac owner, I still have my mxt as a backup in case I cannot learn the e-trac, so I will be reading & re-reading the forum for bits of info that will help me adjust to the e-trac as I am still in the smoke signal era when it comes to metal detectors&communications lol, Has anyone else here made the transition from an mxt to an e-trac successfully, Thanks and look forward to any help I can get and I look forward to messaging back and forth with you guys. (Btw I have used the mxt since 2003 with very great success but I just wanted something newer) Thanks, Jimmy (USNavy 1965-71)
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MXT to E-Trac
- Thread starter jimmy
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I wasn't an MXT user but a Garrett user. The first few hunts the tones drove me crazy but that was because
i haden't learned what to listen for. The settings seemed a lot to learn until I figured out that most are set to your preference and forget. Once you get the hang of it it's not really much to set up and run. It's a great detector and there's lots of good help here!
i haden't learned what to listen for. The settings seemed a lot to learn until I figured out that most are set to your preference and forget. Once you get the hang of it it's not really much to set up and run. It's a great detector and there's lots of good help here!
I came from the E series mxt, and my silver coin finds went up 75% changing to the etrac. For me it was testing with the different coins and hearing what the etrac was saying, silver coins came the 1st hunt for me with the others to follow. You will adjust fine and not look back but keep that mxt for hunting gold its great for that.
kraykepler
New member
I did the switch 1 1/2 years ago. No regrets, though the ET is much more complex. I run TTF and mostly play in the woods.
Tenspeed
Member
I use Andy's program for everything (he gave it to me when he sold me my ETrac nearly four years ago). I open up the screen when I have a questionable signal to verify whether it is trash or not. The ETrac usually doesn't lie.
I bought an MXT Pro last fall for DIV and could never get used to it. I was too used to the ETrac and couldn't go away from it. I sold it to a hunting buddy who is now hooked and starting to find things with it now.
Both are great machines, but you will find more silver with the ETrac. The ETrac is definitely not as good on small jewelry as the MXT.
I also hunt with the XP Deus and it is similar to the MXT when it comes to small jewelry. This past Saturday one of my hunting buddies couldn't see a signal with his ETrac that was very solid to my Deus and it turned out to be a tiny butterfly (unfortunately not gold or silver). He prefers his ETrac most of the time but uses his MXT for small gold hunting instead of his ETrac.
Once you are used to the ETrac tones, it is hard to listen to other machines because the tonal variations don't seem to be as great.
Happy Hunting!! The silver will come.
I bought an MXT Pro last fall for DIV and could never get used to it. I was too used to the ETrac and couldn't go away from it. I sold it to a hunting buddy who is now hooked and starting to find things with it now.
Both are great machines, but you will find more silver with the ETrac. The ETrac is definitely not as good on small jewelry as the MXT.
I also hunt with the XP Deus and it is similar to the MXT when it comes to small jewelry. This past Saturday one of my hunting buddies couldn't see a signal with his ETrac that was very solid to my Deus and it turned out to be a tiny butterfly (unfortunately not gold or silver). He prefers his ETrac most of the time but uses his MXT for small gold hunting instead of his ETrac.
Once you are used to the ETrac tones, it is hard to listen to other machines because the tonal variations don't seem to be as great.
Happy Hunting!! The silver will come.
Thanks to all you guys on here, I appreciate the help & encouragement on switching from the MXT to My new E-Trac. I may keep the Mxt as I have fund many gold items of jewelry and some nice natural gold nuggets also, but I am getting on in age(66) and feel my best hunting avenues will be beach and coin hunting now, I have given up my leased claims in Alaska and I am going to cncentrate my efforts here in North Carolina. as I am close to a lot of beaches and many old areas.I have downloaded the Emulator and slowly learning the controls before I actually put the coil on the ground. I hope to hunt starting in the e-trac's factory modes befor I g messing up something by trying more sopisticated settings after all I am still in the smoke signal era frame of mind lol, I just hope this ole dog can learn a few new tricks! I look forward to communicating with you good folks on this forum, Thanks Jimmy (USNavy 1965-71)
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
Jimmy it wont be long till your VERY VERY impressed!
Hi Woodie, I am new to the etrac so I am not qualified to answer your question but I am going to use the presets coin or beach program for a while untill I get the hang of things and then experiment sme with better more specific settings, my advice would be to start with the basic programs imho. There are some great guys on this forum for help and as we learn we can pass it on ourselves,Good luck on your adventure