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To anyone considering an E-Trac...

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Barry NY

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i strongly recommend the X-1 probe. it will be the best $200 you will ever spend.
thanks to everyone here for recommending it. without it i would be going nuts...
i'm getting at least 2-3" of depth and with the headphones on it's a really efficient way to detect.
finding targets at 8-10" without one will be a waste of time...also hearing the tone will help you separate out any close junk.
 
agree
 
barryny said:
without it i would be going nuts...
finding targets at 8-10" without one will be a waste of time...
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What a couple of ridiculous statements to make.
I guess all the deep silver and wheaties I've dug with my probe were a waste of time?
If you like X-1 probe, then fine. Great. It works for you. I'm happy you like it.
But, why cant you guys that use one accept the fact that they're not for everybody?
There are some advantages to the other types of probes. Is that so hard to accept?
 
sharpshooter said:
barryny said:
without it i would be going nuts...
finding targets at 8-10" without one will be a waste of time...
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What a couple of ridiculous statements to make.
I guess all the deep silver and wheaties I've dug with my probe were a waste of time?
If you like X-1 probe, then fine. Great. It works for you. I'm happy you like it.
But, why cant you guys that use one accept the fact that they're not for everybody?
There are some advantages to the other types of probes. Is that so hard to accept?
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???? I don't have anything against other types of probes.
 
When you say "ditto" to someone statement, it makes me think you agree with them entirely.

So Dan, your a reasonable guy, would you go "nuts" without your X-1 probe?

Would retrieving a deep targets with any other probe be a "waste of time"?.

Those are the remarks you said "ditto" to.
 
Hey Sharpshooter - what a ridiculous mustache you have - shave it off...
now, to be real - i never said:

"it's the only type probe to get"
"all other probes are bad"
"if you buy any other probe your an idiot"

i do AGREE you would go nuts without a PROBE - i just like being able to hear the E-Trac tones through my headphones - seems a very efficient way to keep the noise down and separate out the targets if they are close to eachother - which could happen with the E-Trac (finding the good stuff CLOSE to the junk)....
 
barryny said:
Hey Sharpshooter - what a ridiculous mustache you have - shave it off...
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I did, just once. Nobody at home recognized me.
The dogs barked at me, the kids ran off, and the wife was a little too eager to make love with a stranger.
So I said to heck with the whole lot of 'em and took up metal detecting.
 
sharpshooter said:
When you say "ditto" to someone statement, it makes me think you agree with them entirely.

So Dan, your a reasonable guy, would you go "nuts" without your X-1 probe?

Would retrieving a deep targets with any other probe be a "waste of time"?.

Those are the remarks you said "ditto" to.
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I agree with Barry entirely. But I think you are reading more into his statements than I am. I didn't get the impression he was slamming other probes, as you obviously did.

I wouldn't go nuts without my X-1 probe. As a matter of fact, I've hunted more years without a probe than I have with one.

Retrieving deep targets without a probe can be frustrating at times. I like using using a probe.

It just so happens that I use the X-1 probe and I like it very much. I strongly recommend it to anyone thinking about buying it. There are other kinds of probes on the market. It's up to each individual to find what works best for him/her self. To each his own.

My final thought is that whether one has a probe or not, just get out there and hunt.
 
Here's a few questions. Why do you guys need a probe? I've been MDing for years and have never used one. What is the appeal? Is it for coin hunting mostly? I mainly relic hunt and thought of getting one once or twice but I just can not see how it would help in my recovery of the artifact. Maybe speed of the recovery??? I doubt it, and if the speed was improved a little, is it worth the cost or weight??

Help me out here, what I'm I missing with this probe thing?
 
it's great with a deep coin, it helps pinpoint the spot in the hole (maybe on the side) where the target is stuck...
 
I use the uniprobe headphones and the 2 advantages of a probe are alot of the deep signals are gone once you brake open the hole with the grass plug, usally a 5" plug, I guess it brakes the halo that the coin has created and with the uniprobe, I can hear the coin is still in the hole, and like stated sometimes the coins or coins are in the side of the hole and if you have ever hit a seated coin with a digger , bad feelling. Relic hunting is a whole differant thing, usally you have a shovel and dig a huge hole, wave the detector coil over the plug and start peeling it down to find the item. My 2 cents.
 
sharpshooter said:
barryny said:
without it i would be going nuts...
finding targets at 8-10" without one will be a waste of time...
Click to expand...

What a couple of ridiculous statements to make.
I guess all the deep silver and wheaties I've dug with my probe were a waste of time?
If you like X-1 probe, then fine. Great. It works for you. I'm happy you like it.
But, why cant you guys that use one accept the fact that they're not for everybody?
There are some advantages to the other types of probes. Is that so hard to accept?
Click to expand...

Using the E-trac I personally think the X-1 is the best probe for it. I often find other targets in the same hole and with the X-1 I can quickly determine where the good target is and where the junk is. Of course I remove all the targets in the hole but it is nice to be able to remove the good target first so I dont scratch it chasing others.

I recently purchased another pinponter and I do enjoy it very much and it has some great features, best thing about it for me is I have several machines and now I can just grab my new pinpointer and use it with any machine. Since I have recieved my new pinpionter I carry it with me when hunting even with the E-trac, mostly to get familiar with it and compare it to my X-1 and although it is great, I still prefer my X-1.

This is just my personal prefrence, I am not knocking any other pinpointers.
 
I find it much harder to ensure that I have "all the targets" in a deep hole without a probe, especially in dirty sandy soil.

I even keep a backup probe in my car! I don't use an X-1 because I don't want my detector any heavier or any more out of balance.

Plus, I use different detectors, so I don't want my probe locked into one detector.

In a old location that was used for many years, I have actually dug older, deeper coins UNDERNEATH the intended target twice now. These are targets I did not hear on the detector! That was an eye-opener!
 
What if you were nuts already, then got the probe, then someone took it away from you?

Would you more or less nuts than when you started?
 
ditto


- Awesome reduction in deep coin recovery times, maximizing my precious little hunt time I get.

- Bugger all "lost" targets.
 
I am 56 years young, My hearing is not as good as it once was, so, I started using the X-1 Probe for easy pinpointing and recovery. I have been in this hobby since 1968. I wish they had thought about this idea 40 years ago. I have tried other probes since there inception, and this is the only one I can use. This is just me. Anybody asks me I tell them X-1Probe, but they have to decide which one that suites there needs. HH...Jesse.
 
I have had a Sunray on both my EX II and my SE and my F-75. Its a GREAT probe! Its nice to have the discrimination of the detector in your hand. Although I like to pull out every metal target in the hole I dig to see what I am up against. Also it gets good depth.

However, It does add weight to you detector. Doesn't switch from machine to machine very quickly. It also is VERY easy to forget to turn off. I cant tell you how many times I've "heard" of that being done. NEVER have I done such a stupid thing and spent 2-3 minutes detecting my keys in my pocket with every swing! HA HA

The garrets probe is a really nice probe. It gets great depth, 2-3 inches ( about same as sunray ) on pennies. Can use it on any machine and lightweight. Vibrates nicely (had to pry it out of my ole lady's hands ha ha) and sounds off well enough that you can easily hear thru headphones and is very sturdy. I actually use mine sometimes to pry really shallow coins out in softer soil or scrape the sides of holes with it. I personally prefer the garrets over my old sunray. These are the only 2 probes that I have seen worth using. The others are either to flimsy or don't get good depth. The Whites bull-eyes are worthless. I let my boys play with mine.

HH, Both are good probes. You wont go wrong with either.

Bart
 
I don't post here much, and quite frankly I was getting a little amused at this thread and thought I'd just say that I have a T/M pinpointer and have also used a V/P pinpointer and both have cross-talked with my EX II. They worked great with some of my other detectors, but if you use an fbs detector,you should be aware that the multiple freqs. can and will interfere with a lot of hand held probes, but it can't happen with the X-1 probe by design . Just something to think about before plucking down big bucks on a hand held probe. Back to lurking now, HH : )
 
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