Hello Ray.
May I begin by using your reply to this matter of whether the E-trac or any of the other detectors quoted, can
SEE THROUGH IRON
The capitalised words are the basis of this debate, not the distorted and imaginative variety of scenarios quoted by others.
I chose to reply to you because it is very obvious that you think before you comment.
Firstly; I accept and endorse
your statement.100 %
Why?
Because you don't claim, like the others, that the E-TRAC is 'SEEING THROUGH', but rather that IT IS SEPARATING ferrous from non-ferrous.
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Ray's statement:-
Everyone is aware it can't see through sheet steel, however it does have incredible separation capabilities, possibly better than any other machine on the market.
I know what I have found in the field, when tested side by side with my Whites XLT its the ET that continues to detect a coin that has been buried next to a large rusty nail.
infinte wisdom no, actual facts yes.
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The debate is taking on many facets, which all add to the confusion.
The replies that I find interesting are those of the forum members who posses 3 dimensional X-ray vision, but no scientific knowledge about the behavior of alternating currents, and how they behave in the real world. This leads them, in their ignorance,to make silly claims and statements, that are incorrect.
The Minelab E-Trac doesn't need the kind of enthusiastic clap-trap of 'seeing through iron', to justify its excellent functionalities.
The E-trac has excellent capabilities of 'seeing' or more suitably stated,
separating, some non-ferrous objects which are suitably displaced from nearby ferrous items.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IS MEANT BY [size=large]"SEEING THROUGH"[/size]....IRON.
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To the other gentlemen who prefer to follow their own ideas of how the Etrac 'sees through iron', I have no wish or desire to argue.
Instead, may I recommend that you go back to your school books, and revise the notes you so obviously failed to comprehend, on the laws of magnetism...especially the bits that deal with alternating fields and current.
There is an old saying, "That ignorance is bliss". So be happy, and enjoy your E-Trac....SIMPLY THE BEST.............MattR.UK..