Good luck SwtTea! I would have done the same thing but let me tell you about cold...lol. It's going to get to minus 20 degrees tonight and i'm very jealous of your near 70 this weekend. Let us know how you like it and welcome to Tnet.
Thank you! Um... at some point I think it just become "cold" and the numbers don't even matter anymore :P I can't recall numbers that low here though. Ouch!
You are not going to want to share it! Yer partner is stuck with the f2! Just kidding, Lol! I'm not knocking the f2, I've never detected with one, I just really like my ETP, and I bet you're gonna like yours as well. Due to the weather, work, and never ending whatnots I've only been able to get out twice with mine since buying it. But that was plenty enough time to fall hard for it! I bought it to hunt some really trashy areas, and so far I'm impressed. It's very fast, and with the 5" DD coil, the target separation is truly outstanding. Oh, and being able to adjust the iron volume down while still hearing everything else at Max is way cool! Soooooooo looking ahead to warmer weather and unfrozen ground! Good luck and happy hunting!!!
Yes I am pretty sure he's going to be "stuck" with the F2... :P I am looking forward to getting more coils for both in the future.
Which coil did you get. I tested the 11" DD Biaxial against the 8" concentric in my test bed. They both hit the 8-9" quarter, but 11" better. The 6" nickel with iron around it was only detected with the DD. The concentric could not seam to hit on it from any direction on height very well. Either way it's a great machine!
I just got the 8" concentric for now. I want to get a DD as well, but I opted to get my own pin pointer as well so that we each have one and it wasn't in the funds to get the DD coil yet.
Soon, hopefully!
Enjoy the ETP, its fast, light and deep !
It's definitely lighter than the F2. Good for me
I went outside just for about 30 minutes. Started in my backyard which is iron infested. Just found some foil. Oh.. and my waterline, I think,
oops.
Next I wanted to see how it did with coins and my old neighbors moved out a long time ago, and their yard appears to be infested in modern coins. I found 3 modern coins (pennies, maybe a dime, I haven't checked it's so muddy) and 2 poptops. It was definately easier to see targets near iron. Fiance found one modern coin and a few poptops. We went over the same target a few times and the numbers were pretty similar.
I have to say, the volume on this thing seems really loud but I'm probably doing something wrong. Even on 1, it's loud. And the volume on the pinpoint function is deafening! It also seems to make really... grundgy/zipper type noises until I am right over a target then they become clear beeps, but it's not exactly a pleasent sound until then. Is this normal or does it mean there is iron nearby even when it's not blinking Iron in the top?
Overall impressed so far, though. Definately need to learn the sounds! But my holes were mostly accurate and I found everything I dug for.
Can't wait til I have some more time.
