Relic Hunting Program ?

[SWMO Mark]

I will be a new owner of an Etrac later next week. I am primarily a relic hunter, and would like to see if anyone has a relic program that is working good for them, besides the factory relic program. Thanks, Mark

 

[jimmyk]

I have one I downloaded from this forum. I can send it to you.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[jbow]

I hunt relics too. Jimmy is probably sending you Jason's relic program, it's the only one I remember being posted and I use it too.

For relics I prefer auto+3 sens; fast on; deep on; pitch hold; ferrous sounds; 2 tones; digital screen. The ferrous number may be in a range, usually between 4 and 20, mostly between 8 and 15 BUT the conductive number is usually spot on. Minnies usually run 32 to 34 for example. However I have CW bullets including carbines, three, two, and one ringer, all the ones that are somewhere near .58 caliber and they run from 51 to 63 on the conductive side. A colt .44 type will read down in the 30s, I don't remember exactly... my point it that the two tone is like using the F75 in 2F. Low tone iron / high tone not iron. Learn the conductive numbers and you will soon know what you are digging most of the time, Still... I dig most everything. I have dug kepi buttons and other buttons that read in the low 20s like a pulltab. It is according to the site but some really interesting items read like trash, but i'm sure you know that.

You'll find that the Pro coil on the ET will seperate good targets out of the junk and trash. Sometimes it may be a one way signal but if that conductive number is constant, it's worth digging, especially when you consider the gepth at the site. Like if it's an old park and the signal is at 7" it's worth a dig. Then again i've found pulltabs at 7" and on rocky clay slopes i've found buttons and minnies on top of the ground.

The E-TRAC will find masked targets that the others miss when you learn how to understand the iffy signals it gives. Of course it will give good signals too but the iffy signals are where it's at in those "hunted out" parks.

The conductive number don't lie.

J

 

[JCJEXPLORER]

This is what I use a CW SITES. It is pretty much wide open except for small iron.

Discrim Up to 34 Fer line
Auto +3 (as dictates)
Threshold 26
Vol. Limit 29
Vol. Gain 24
Response Normal
MultI Tones
Sound Conduct
Variability 27
Limits 30
Threshold Pitch 19
Recovery Deep ON
Recovery Fast OFF
Trash Density HIGH
Ground DIFFICULT

 

[JohnnyI]

Good advice from both posters. The only thing I peronally do differently is use manual mode in cases where I need better depth in areas littered with iron (coupled with the smallest coil possible to get comparitively good depth without masking) . I prefer 2 tone over multi, and I don't compound any extra nail discrimination with the stock relic mode's minimal discrimination because I think after you learn the sounds it is unecessary.