woods hunting in thick pine straw with FBS detector

[chipper97]

As I understand it the FBS machines do not like air between the coil and undisturbed soil matrix. They supposedly do not do well in plowed, fluffed fields. Some of my hunting sites are in pine forests. My question is; Would the fluffy pine straw mat above the soil cause the FBS detectors to suffer loss of depth due to the air filled pockets in say a 3in. or so mat of pine straw? Would a single frequency detector penetrate this environment better? Any thoughts?

 

[Dale(Ia)]

You know, I had a Whites DFX before I got my Etrac.......Neither one of them like "fluffy" soil! I could not tell any difference between the two.(On fluffy soil) I hunt primarilly farm fields & have made great finds with both machines. Personally, I think you will do just fine with the Etac in those conditions! JMHO!

Iowa Dale

 

[chipper97]

Thanks Dale. I've hunted some pine woods sites with my Explorer and seemed to do ok, but I keep hearing about FBS's not liking air above targets. For instance pulling out a plug and the target disappearing in the hole. Anyhoo, I've got an Etrac now and so far very happy. Like all detectors it isn't the perfect one for all applications but it does pretty dang good at most of them.

 

[daddyflea]

Dale what you are describing is the Halo effect and it has nothing to do with air. The moisture around a coin or object makes it appear larger and it easier to pick up. In a plowed field this Halo dries up and disappears leaving just the object to detect. In answer to your question the Etrac is effected no more or less than any other detector. In fact just stretching a little here the Etrac could do better than other detectors because of its superior ground tracking.