ETRAC and musket balls

[madforclad]

Question for any eTrac owners out there: What numbers are you seeing for musket balls? I know size etc.. will effect the ID so ranges are fine.

Thanks!

 

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[GatorBoy]

I see you have gotten zero response for at least a couple days.
While I use a different machine perhaps this will help... All the ones I have found read a solid midtone a bit higher than you would expect a nickel to read but lower than a penny.
They have a nice solid sound.
You can get a good idea by taking a fishing sinker of similar size and testing your machine with it

 

[Fletch88]

I have a friend in Tenn that says in some areas with hot soil that they can sound and register like trash without a good solid signal. I hunted with him once in these conditions, but was using a GPX. He scanned several of the targets that were good, repeatable targets and they wouldn't give a good signal on his Etrac. Just be aware that mid-highly mineralized or conductive soils can change the VDI readings quite a bit.

 

[kray]

On .69 Minie balls, I get a 12/37, give or take.

 

[madforclad]

Thanks for the replies guys.

 

[GatorBoy]

Good luck to you