My winter hunt with Minelab E-Trac

[The Treasure Hunter]

My winter hunt with Minelab E-Trac

 

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[ToddsPoint]

You must be a young guy with a new detector. A team of horses couldn't hold you back. Hardcore! I'm an old guy and I think I'll wait till spring. Gary

 

[The Treasure Hunter]

You must be a young guy with a new detector. A team of horses couldn't hold you back. Hardcore! I'm an old guy and I think I'll wait till spring. Gary

I've been searching for treasures for 5 years. At the end of 2020 I bought Minelab E-Trac. Used to be Garrett ACE 250

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Welcome to the Forum and congrats on the finds !

The E-Trac is hands down one of the best machines ever made !
How many other detectors can tell you if a small Penny target is a Flying Eagle or a Indian or a Wheat or a Copper Lincoln or a Zinc Lincoln before you dig it !
I've only ever found one Flying Eagle Cent - I said to myself before I dug it - "If this target's a coin it's a Flying Eagle" - 6" down - I was right.

A few things I learned about Winter hunting ...

(1) - I used to do a lot of Winter hunting - the open areas freeze first - you can usually hunt in the woods year round because the decaying leaves keep the ground from freezing solid.
(2) - Grind a sharp tip on your digger every Fall - makes it a lot easier to get through the top layer of frost.
(3) - Most important of all - A Minelab repair tech told me this - It's OK to hunt in very cold weather but ...
"DO NOT bring your machine in from a very cold day and let it warm up to fast".
Wrap your detector up in a towel or put in an insulated carry case.
Keep it away from the heater in your car and if you bring it in the house keep in the coolest area you can so it warms up slowly.
If the machine warms up to fast condensation can form in the Processor and cause a lot of expensive damage !"

Good Hunting !

 

[The Treasure Hunter]

Welcome to the Forum and congrats on the finds !

The E-Trac is hands down one of the best machines ever made !
How many other detectors can tell you if a small Penny target is a Flying Eagle or a Indian or a Wheat or a Copper Lincoln or a Zinc Lincoln before you dig it !
I've only ever found one Flying Eagle Cent - I said to myself before I dug it - "If this target's a coin it's a Flying Eagle" - 6" down - I was right.

A few things I learned about Winter hunting ...

(1) - I used to do a lot of Winter hunting - the open areas freeze first - you can usually hunt in the woods year round because the decaying leaves keep the ground from freezing solid.
(2) - Grind a sharp tip on your digger every Fall - makes it a lot easier to get through the top layer of frost.
(3) - Most important of all - A Minelab repair tech told me this - It's OK to hunt in very cold weather but ...
"DO NOT bring your machine in from a very cold day and let it warm up to fast".
Wrap your detector up in a towel or put in an insulated carry case.
Keep it away from the heater in your car and if you bring it in the house keep in the coolest area you can so it warms up slowly.
If the machine warms up to fast condensation can form in the Processor and cause a lot of expensive damage !"

Good Hunting !

Thank you very much!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Noah_D]

Nice! The only thing that's stopping me is the depth of the snow, I can't get close enough to the ground to detect much. Can you tell us more about what you found? I see roundness but that's it.

 

[oldmxrat]

Please, a bit more info on the coins would be appreciated. We like lots of pics on here!