wrong way ron
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About the Spectra V3 are they just as good as the Etrac? Looking to buy one or the other which one should I buy?
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What do you guys think ?
- Thread starter wrong way ron
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I have both of them and so far for me the E-Trac seems deeper by a little, it's easier to operate and suffers less from electrical interference. Having said that I will also say that I have less hours on the Spectra and that may be the reason I do better with the E-Trac. Both are good machines and the Spectra has some really neat features the E-Trac doesn't have. As a longtime Explorer user I favor the E-Trac but a longtime XLT or DFX user might prefer the Spectra. Good luck with whichever you choose.
Bob (OHIO)
New member
but after talking to Phil and others and reading all I could find on the two,I went with ML Etrac.One of the reasons I went this way,Whites made it so darned hard to get the V3,at least in my area.I've been able to get out a few times with the Etrac,but am looking forward when the crops are out of the fields.What I have been able to detect,so far,I am VERY PLEASED with it.I use the stock 11 in.?? coil and the ML 8 in. coil I have for the ML explorer XS.And again,THANKS PHIL !!! HH Bob
will be keeping the E-TRAC. It is an awesome machine. The V3 just requires too much tweaking for me. I'm sure the V3 is a fine machine but I like the ET better. I enjoy using the ET much more and I make good finds with it.The Et is very stable.
Using the V3 reminds me of the year I spent trying to master the Explorer... it was like work the whole time and the E-TRAC was like an old friend from day one. I use keep mine in the relic pattern, ferrous, 2 tones. It is very stable that way with almost no falsing and it misses nothing, as far as I can tell. In fact, set that way it makes consistant finds in "hunted out" places... and that with the Pro coil.
The V3 is my first Whites and it is complex, IMO. I'd rather adjust a very few things and make good finds. I can do that with the E-TRAC.
Julien
Using the V3 reminds me of the year I spent trying to master the Explorer... it was like work the whole time and the E-TRAC was like an old friend from day one. I use keep mine in the relic pattern, ferrous, 2 tones. It is very stable that way with almost no falsing and it misses nothing, as far as I can tell. In fact, set that way it makes consistant finds in "hunted out" places... and that with the Pro coil.
The V3 is my first Whites and it is complex, IMO. I'd rather adjust a very few things and make good finds. I can do that with the E-TRAC.
Julien
To be honest, I'm looking at the finds posted in the V3 forum and the E-Trac forum, and I gotta say the finds I'm seeing in the E-Trac forum are what I want to be finding! I have the E-Trac and I am definitely sold on it. If you are a coinshooter, no question, the E-Trac is your machine. If you are a jewelry and ring hunter I can see the V3 having some possible advantages. I just can't get over that the V3 just looks and acts like White's same-old-same-old, but the E-Trac has some definite real enhancements over the Explorer.
diggin jimmy hoffa
Member
First off, I am not knocking the Whites machines at all.
I started looking real hard at the V3 when it was 1st introduced and started seeing updates needed for this, a patch for that, and send it in for this. Nobody knew how to work it, it was as if it was marketed and thrown to the buyers as a learn it on your own type of thing. They didn't have a users manual out when it hit the market and there was not a finalized copy available on line at the time. This stuff started adding up on my Pro's and Con's list and the Con's column was growing faster than the Pro column. Why would a highly respected company release something to the detecting public when it had a lot of bugs yet to iron out.
I really looked at the V3 forum for a good couple of weeks seriously considering buying the V3, but seeing posts being listed about problems the user was experiencing just kind of turned me off. I still look at the V3 forum and still look to see what is going on. It seems there are still patches and updates going on.
I like my E-Trac and am glad that I made the decision to stay with it. I haven't found anything really deep yet, but then my detecting bud and I are on a piece of property where we have been finding Indiana Heads at 5 inches or less. I have found pennies at 7-8 inches and coins with nails and iron bits in the same hole. I do feel it is a good machine and I am sure that the V3 will be a good machine as well once issues are taken care of.
Again, just my 2 cents and I am not posting this to start a verbal war.
Best of luck on your decision and HH
DJH
I started looking real hard at the V3 when it was 1st introduced and started seeing updates needed for this, a patch for that, and send it in for this. Nobody knew how to work it, it was as if it was marketed and thrown to the buyers as a learn it on your own type of thing. They didn't have a users manual out when it hit the market and there was not a finalized copy available on line at the time. This stuff started adding up on my Pro's and Con's list and the Con's column was growing faster than the Pro column. Why would a highly respected company release something to the detecting public when it had a lot of bugs yet to iron out.
I really looked at the V3 forum for a good couple of weeks seriously considering buying the V3, but seeing posts being listed about problems the user was experiencing just kind of turned me off. I still look at the V3 forum and still look to see what is going on. It seems there are still patches and updates going on.
I like my E-Trac and am glad that I made the decision to stay with it. I haven't found anything really deep yet, but then my detecting bud and I are on a piece of property where we have been finding Indiana Heads at 5 inches or less. I have found pennies at 7-8 inches and coins with nails and iron bits in the same hole. I do feel it is a good machine and I am sure that the V3 will be a good machine as well once issues are taken care of.
Again, just my 2 cents and I am not posting this to start a verbal war.
Best of luck on your decision and HH
DJH
Orlensin-FL
New member
interesting posts guys. Thank you for the information.
sangamon
Member
...it's pretty obvious that more old silver coin finds are being posted on the E-Trac forum than on the Vision/V3 forum.
i'm no expert, but if you're looking for old silver coins...the E-Trac might be the machine for you!
unless you buy the argument that V3 users just don't like to post their finds...?
i'm no expert, but if you're looking for old silver coins...the E-Trac might be the machine for you!
unless you buy the argument that V3 users just don't like to post their finds...?
Southwind
Well-known member
I looked very long and hard at both the V3 and the ET. I've learned to read between the lines when it comes to posted information. I came to the conclusion that the ET was in fact finding more deep silver, and the V3 was finding much more jewelry. This still made it a tough choice because, while I do have sites where finding deep silver, I good majority of my hunts is for jewelry. In the end it was cost that made my choice.
I've put roughly a month in with the ET with about an hour every night after work, and as many hours on the weekend as I could. I have not been disappointed. The ET has pulled many deep silvers from my worked over sites, and not a bad amount of jewelry as well.
I've put roughly a month in with the ET with about an hour every night after work, and as many hours on the weekend as I could. I have not been disappointed. The ET has pulled many deep silvers from my worked over sites, and not a bad amount of jewelry as well.
I came to the conclusion that the ET was in fact finding more deep silver, and the V3 was finding much more jewelry.
I noticed this too. However, IMO, a cheaper way to find jewelry would be to use a SovereignGT (it loves jewelry) for that and an E-TRAC for other general hunting. I still like the Tejon best at old homesites with lots of small iron and I like the T2 and F75 too but my favorite machine is the E-TRAC.
Julien
I noticed this too. However, IMO, a cheaper way to find jewelry would be to use a SovereignGT (it loves jewelry) for that and an E-TRAC for other general hunting. I still like the Tejon best at old homesites with lots of small iron and I like the T2 and F75 too but my favorite machine is the E-TRAC.
Julien