TTC?

[nge]

Has anyone out there ever used their machine in ttc (two tone conducive) I have and the only thing I was finding was, was clad quarters and copper pennies. I didn't even hear the grunts from the iron that I know is everywhere all over the place in my park. Was just wondering if anyone has ever got bored enough to experiment this way.......NGE

 

[etracjoe]

Yes I have but was not too impressed. A Minelab dealer actually suggested it to me, and some other guys at the long island hunts and I'm not really sure why. I have found a large cent with it in the 10 minutes I tried it out but that was just pure luck. TTF is much easier to use imo because of the split in the tones. In order to be effective you would need to use more discrimination in the iron range which makes no sense to me. You can see the tone split diagram in Andys book....not sure what page.

 

[nge]

Okay, I was just thinking out loud. I didn't get any other tones, only the coin tones, not even screw caps, of course I don't dig 12-41's (deep or shallow)......NGE

 

[Ray-Mo.]

You need to disc out iron in TTC or be driven nuts by all the good sounding iron.Unless a person wants to dig iron TTC is not very useful in my opinion

 

[Scortch]

I have tried TTC with not much success. I had trouble with the tones not being far enough apart for my ears. I suppose you just need to get used to it but is there a way to increase the range between tones?

 

[hershey1]

I just switch to the relic screen and then TTF I don't even have it saved which would be easier I guess but I find no problem switching in the field. And I might add in the right situation it works very well. I can't imagine hunting TTC. Mark whoever suggested that to you off your friends list. HH

 

[sugar]

I have tried TTC with not much success. I had trouble with the tones not being far enough apart for my ears. I suppose you just need to get used to it but is there a way to increase the range between tones?

i am trying to understand your post i am tone deaf so doo have problems with the tones detectors make but in 2tf there is either a high tone or a low tone and i dig all high tones with great success of course it is advisable to blank out most of the number 1 line as the iron can false round to the one line but other than that it should be plain sailing i have a completely open screen and although the iron sounds off the bleeps come through good and clear its a wicked way to hunt in trashy conditions this is what this forum is about helping others get the best out of this awesome machine happy hunting

 

[nge]

I used TTC with numbers, but was only getting sounds on coins, and I know there are rusted nails in this area. When using TTF, ya still have to look at numbers, unless you dig all the can slaw and aluminum crap. I was just playing around with the settings, and noticed a difference, one that I happen to like in certain areas........NGE

 

[Southwind]

When using TTF, ya still have to look at numbers, unless you dig all the can slaw and aluminum crap.

Exactly why I find TTF useless for me. To have everything above iron sound the same has no practical use in my areas.

 

[nge]

I'm gonna try FTF (4 tone ferrous) today, just 4 kicks, should be interesting. I wonder if it will alter the sounds that I get in conducive? Heck, why buy a machine that has 30 million possible settings, if you run factory settings all the time........NGE

 

[sugar]

I'm gonna try FTF (4 tone ferrous) today, just 4 kicks, should be interesting. I wonder if it will alter the sounds that I get in conducive? Heck, why buy a machine that has 30 million possible settings, if you run factory settings all the time........NGE

yeh you are sooo right it is just about messing about with the settings and getting it right for you lets face it we all want the easiest way to find the good stuff so i find a good target and then change my settings to see if it makes it better or worse just like the opticians really when they change the lenses and asks you is that better or worse and then you get to understand the noises the etrac is making you can listen to advice but it is all about how you want to hunt

 

[stasys]

try one more thing- detect in different noise cancel channels and you will see differents again, on channel one you will pick more iron than in 11 in ttf. all settings in some situation can be useful. My suggestion try them and have your opinion. good luck

 

[sugar]

um interesting i will try that one

 

[Goes4ever]

Okay, I was just thinking out loud. I didn't get any other tones, only the coin tones, not even screw caps, of course I don't dig 12-41's (deep or shallow)......NGE

I hope your joking about not digging 12-41 signals! Every barber dime I have dug this year has been a deep 12-41 .....why would you NOT dig these?

 

[reltolbert]

Goes4ever,

I agree with you.
12-41 signals are one of the best for silver.

 

[nge]

Because everytime I dig a 12-41 it turns out to be an aluminum screw top, no matter how deep it is, (4 inches all the way to 10 inches deep). And most 12-39's are pull tabs! But that is just in my area of the country and my machine.......NGE

 

[sugar]

i think you will find that this is abit of a trade off you do have to dig trash sometimes and then you will find actually that some are coins in england our cans come in at 12.40 and if i pull the coil ten inches off the ground it still gives a two way signal maybe and i am not in the states a coin will fade at 10 inches telling you hey i am a coin you will have to ask the guys that are finding them all the time to tell you if this happens happy hunting its all about understanding the etrac

 

[Flambeaux]

Okay, I was just thinking out loud. I didn't get any other tones, only the coin tones, not even screw caps, of course I don't dig 12-41's (deep or shallow)......NGE

I hope your joking about not digging 12-41 signals! Every barber dime I have dug this year has been a deep 12-41 .....why would you NOT dig these?

He has to be kidding..so many coins can fall into that area its not even funny. I want to hunt with him..Good Hunting

 

[sugar]

i am so glad we have this forum so people can learn it is a great help for newbies to learn from the more experienced guys or there could be alot of goodies BEING MISSED WHOOOOPS

 

[moose]

I too have dug a small spill that consisted of one barber and two IH @ 6-7" with a consistant 12-41 and a bounce to 42. 12-40 @ 4+ inches is getting dug even if I don't feel confident of target. It must be that what if syndrome !

Moose