SE and E-Trac owners ---- E-Trac and Iron

[DukeOBass]

Anyone who owns / owned both machines..........

Did you notice that the E-Trac falses more than the SE?

Does it seem to be more of an "iron magnet" than the SE?

 

[Southwind]

I think they give false signals on deep rusted iron about the same, but the E-Trac seems to be easier to tell when it is a false iron signal.

I change my tone variance to max(30) so iron tends to give a very high tink tone. Also when pinpointing iron will pinpoint just slightly off to the side from where the motion tone originates. Between those two tests I do very well at avoiding the false iron signals.

 

[DukeOBass]

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[onemore]

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[DukeOBass]

the guys that are saying that don't have their machines set up correctly.

Have you heard of any E-Trac defects that make those faulty machines iron magnets and / or is there a way to tell right away if the machine isn't acting correctly?

 

[Southwind]

Have you heard of any E-Trac defects that make those faulty machines iron magnets and / or is there a way to tell right away if the machine isn't acting correctly?

Only a lack of understanding. When I first got my E-Trac, and my SE for that fact, I dug a lot of iron that I thought sounded just like a good deep coin. At that point I would have thought it a "iron magnet" myself. Now that I've adjusted my tone variance and learned to spot the signs of iron, I don't dig much at all. In fact I can't remember the last time I dug a piece of iron.

That may not sound like much, but I mainly hunt our 125 year old city park that is full of iron nails and junk from years of buildings being torn down. Lots of false signals.

 

[DukeOBass]

I hunt a lot of trashy ground with my SE and I've had good luck but, it sounds like the E-Trac might be more stable and "hear" better through the trash than the SE does.

 

[Joe of South Jersey]

Most defective detectors are found to have issues with-in the first several trips out........

Most of the issues that we have noticed are the detectors are giving an over voltage, or going crazy.

Regards

 

[OhioCoinHunter]

In his book, Andy says to set variability at 29 instead of 30 to reduce falsing. At some iron rich/trashy sites he recommends lowering it more to reduce falsing even more. I just read this last evening. I usually hunt with variability at 30. I'm going to lower it to 28.

 

[DukeOBass]

Thanks Joe! The probe I bought from you almost 4 years ago is still going strong!!!

 

[DukeOBass]

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[Southwind]

In his book, Andy says to set variability at 29 instead of 30 to reduce falsing. At some iron rich/trashy sites he recommends lowering it more to reduce falsing even more. I just read this last evening. I usually hunt with variability at 30. I'm going to lower it to 28.

I tried this last night and didn't notice any anything other than iron sounded more like coins. I set it at 28 and still got a lot of iron false signals, just a little lower tones.