I have watched the Explorer II come out, the SE and now the E-Trac and all I can say is, I sure have saved a lot of money by still using the original XS, that has only ever been back to the factory once for the free replacement of the cracked housings that the XS had the first few years. I surely do not think I personally can complain that I am not finding targets I should have, since the vast majority are relatively shallow anyway and the homesteads I hunt are not usually full of modern junk! I also know I am still finding outstanding finds, so why change.
I enjoy reading the complaints and the compliments of the new detectors when they come out, and I usually just sit back and smile and think, how much more are the new detectors finding that their old one most likely would have found anyway..... Believe me, I go back many many times to the same sites and I have no doubt that many times if I had a new detector with me I would have credited it with my good fortune, but I know that usually you find what you missed before due the most logical fact, you did not really swing over the exact spot the times before, or ground conditions had changed.
Of course now, if you are now using an Minelab and were using something else before, well, that is a different subject.
Since we all enjoy seeing finds, here is one each of my best for 2008 so far, coin wise and my best relic wise.
The relic is an 1850's photograph that is called a Daguerreotype photograph that required the individual to hold still for up to 10-15 minutes for the exposure time, it is a photo that is silver on a copper plate, it was very corroded when I found it and I did a lot of reading and figured out how to restore it somewhat pretty good by myself. I have been trying to find who the young man was and so far no contacts.
The coin is a 1722 Rosa Americana coin, not too many found, my son found one years ago in much worst shape and I found mine in a freshly ploughed fire ditch. I am interested in hearing from anybody else who might have found one, and if so I have a researcher who would like some details of the find.
HH
Don in SJ
I enjoy reading the complaints and the compliments of the new detectors when they come out, and I usually just sit back and smile and think, how much more are the new detectors finding that their old one most likely would have found anyway..... Believe me, I go back many many times to the same sites and I have no doubt that many times if I had a new detector with me I would have credited it with my good fortune, but I know that usually you find what you missed before due the most logical fact, you did not really swing over the exact spot the times before, or ground conditions had changed.
Of course now, if you are now using an Minelab and were using something else before, well, that is a different subject.
Since we all enjoy seeing finds, here is one each of my best for 2008 so far, coin wise and my best relic wise.
The relic is an 1850's photograph that is called a Daguerreotype photograph that required the individual to hold still for up to 10-15 minutes for the exposure time, it is a photo that is silver on a copper plate, it was very corroded when I found it and I did a lot of reading and figured out how to restore it somewhat pretty good by myself. I have been trying to find who the young man was and so far no contacts.
The coin is a 1722 Rosa Americana coin, not too many found, my son found one years ago in much worst shape and I found mine in a freshly ploughed fire ditch. I am interested in hearing from anybody else who might have found one, and if so I have a researcher who would like some details of the find.
HH
Don in SJ
I agree with you 100% about our XS's. I keep finding stuff with mine and until she finally craps out then I see no reason to make the leap with the E-Trac. It's probably a great machine, but time will tell I guess. HH.
But hopefully that will never happen. Continued Success, Good Luck and HH to you.