Which is the most reliable tones or the numbers??

[Dan(NM)]

n/t

 

[jbow]

Some will disagree but I hunt almost all the time, relics or coins, in the relic pattern. I use ferrous and two tones. I use the numbers, especially the conductive number. It don't lie. I work within a range of ferrous numbers. It works in trash or clean ground but you have to stop and check out the display... but it works! Fast on; deep on; pitch hold. Auto +3

J

 

[MT]

I hunt with tones only in conductive.
HH,
MT

 

[Wisconsin]

What are you hunting? It matters!

For coins I use 4 tones in conductive, long, deep off, fast on, +3 auto or manual to 28 when possible in trash with only bottom three rows black. (I only want to take out small nails so I stay below 30)

I do not want to have to stop and look at the meter for every sound so I want a high tone and only one high tone when silver hunting.

I dig all high tones no matter what the number is especially in trash. I dig all low tones that are around the 12 Fe line and 02 thru 08 Co looking for gold but most is tinfoil. (If I have the time I dig all repeatable signals)

I do not like muti tones as it is just to busy for me as I am an old Fisher CZ user.

My type of hunting is cherry picking for silver!

For relics I use the Minelab pattern and settings as it works great for me just like it is stock.

 

[Rick(ND)]

Dan,

I go by the tones first and if repeatable I check the conductivity number as it is very accurate and if they look good I then look at the ferrous numbers as they should be around 11-13 if not deep, but if deep they can bounce from around 8-16 or so. First good repeatable tones, then the conductivity numbers with the final being the ferrous numbers.

Good luck with the E-Trac.

Rick

 

[Southwind]

I hunt by tones and then numbers, but aren't they both reading from the same circuit? I mean if the VDI reads a CO of 45 you get the tone assigned to that number. In the same manor, if you get a high tone, associated with CO 45, you will get a VDI with a CO of 45. They are just two different forms of the same information. One sound the other visual.

 

[Jason in Enid]

I hunt by tones and then numbers, but aren't they both reading from the same circuit? I mean if the VDI reads a CO of 45 you get the tone assigned to that number. In the same manor, if you get a high tone, associated with CO 45, you will get a VDI with a CO of 45. They are just two different forms of the same information. One sound the other visual.

you would think so, but I have seen otherwise. Especially when trash is coming through, I have heard all kinds of tones without corresponding numbers. I think it uses the same base data, but different circuits pick different aspects to lock into. I have found silver that has good numbers and sounds bad, as well as ones that sound perfect and jumpy, low (38-42) CO numbers.

 

[mike - in]

Ditto for me jbow! Once you start using Ferrous 2 tones it's like keeping a starving dog away from a bowl of food.

 

[C&RHunter]

I agree with Rick(ND). I listen for nice repeatable tone (using whatever tone option I want at the time), and when I get a tone I like, I will check the numbers. The more information that, I myself can process, the better. Sometimes the ol' "gut instinct" my override what the machine is saying and I dig anyway.....Just get out, get some time in with the etrac, and you will find what works best for you...Good Luck and Merry Christmas to All.

 

[JohnTN]

Multi-tones, conductive sounds is the only way to fly. In my experience and a lot of field testing with 4 tones your going to miss alot of co-located targets you simply can't distinguish good targets in very close proximity of trash. With ferrous tones you cannot differentiate mid and high conductors there is just not enough variance in the sounds.

 

[jbow]

It also stops falsing.. 2 tone doesn't seem to false at all for me. 4 tone does and multi even more.

J