Mayo South Elgin
Sr. Member
I'm just wondering if any of you more experienced E-trac users have experienced the depth gauge not giving accurate readouts?
To put it in a different way, have you noticed if you change certain settings it affects the accuracy of the depth gauge ?
I don't know if it's the way I have my machine set up or if it's typical for E-tracs but it seems like almost everything reads around 6 inches. And invariably when I dig, I'm finding things any depth from 1 1/2 inches to 8 or 10 inches.
Do you know of particular settings that insure the depth gauge is more accurate?
Or are ground conditions too varied to expect better results?
I dig almost everything that gives me good numbers anyways, it's just that if I could limit some searches to only deeper targets, I think I'd have more luck getting silver and older stuff. It's just rare for me to see deeper targets on my depth gauge.
To put it in a different way, have you noticed if you change certain settings it affects the accuracy of the depth gauge ?
I don't know if it's the way I have my machine set up or if it's typical for E-tracs but it seems like almost everything reads around 6 inches. And invariably when I dig, I'm finding things any depth from 1 1/2 inches to 8 or 10 inches.
Do you know of particular settings that insure the depth gauge is more accurate?
Or are ground conditions too varied to expect better results?
I dig almost everything that gives me good numbers anyways, it's just that if I could limit some searches to only deeper targets, I think I'd have more luck getting silver and older stuff. It's just rare for me to see deeper targets on my depth gauge.