Is E-TRAC deeper than previous Explorers?

[johnnyboy25]

my xs punches deeper than any of my previous detectors. i've had it 3 yrs; (i'm still learning it but i'm at the point where i;m pulling some deep targets and digging a lot less trash.) if however they come out with an explorer that gives same target info but is deeper then i got to go with it. up to now i've never seen the need to upgrade and from all the post it doesn't appear i'll have to yet

 

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[Olderactor]

I have an Etrac and was out hunting with a someone using an Explorer2. He has also owned 2 etracs, but switch back to the explorer2. I had him set up my etrac to something like his explorer settings. He had a deep very repeatable signal. Both of us were using 11 in Pro coil. My signal was very broken, his was a solid repeatable. He used his headsets on my machine and said he would not have dug the target. My headsets on his machine and it was a very repeatable signal.
He dug the IH at about 9 inches. I've had this same thing happen before and I sent back my machine to be checked out. No problem with the machine.
Not sure, but it appears that the explorer had better sound on a deeper coin

 

[Keppy]

NO it is not deeper.

 

[conlaodh]

I have a friend in minelab his name is Kevin he lives in Prescott A.Z and travels all around the country teaching minelab owners how to use their machines he told me that if their are to many programs in the machine as in unused programs it will screw with the depth and the shut down time he said you fix it by {turn off the explorer or the etrac and press menu and power at the same time the machine will turn on and say factory- preset and keep holding down for three seconds}this will clear all the back filled space and let the detectors work proper I was getting only getting 5 inches and I cleared it like he said and now I getting wheats and silver dimes at 10 inches in semi trash

It's just like a computer, when something seems a little off you restart. And people who are new should do it often because there are very slight problems that make the detector a little quirky that I wouldn't have realized if I had just started. Just make sure you know your settings before doing it, otherwise you'll have a different detector when done.

Just curious, what settings do you usually use Ironpatch.
You sure seem to have great faith in your Explorer II and how it works for you.
I also have a Explorer II but would describe myself as a rank amateur compared to youself and other people on this forum

Con

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Yes and they said the II was deeper than the XS, and the SE deeper than the II.

I'd bet if (huge if) it was deeper the disc. wouldn't be as good and that is a trade off I would not be willing to make. 10 years later and I still can't believe how well this thing rejects iron but finds everything else. I have zero interest in buying an E-trac, but would like to play with one for a few days just to judge for myself and make sure my gut feeling is right on how it would compare.

If we ever do a hunt together, I would lend you one of mine. Just to see what you thought about it.

 

[Iron Patch]

Yes and they said the II was deeper than the XS, and the SE deeper than the II.

I'd bet if (huge if) it was deeper the disc. wouldn't be as good and that is a trade off I would not be willing to make. 10 years later and I still can't believe how well this thing rejects iron but finds everything else. I have zero interest in buying an E-trac, but would like to play with one for a few days just to judge for myself and make sure my gut feeling is right on how it would compare.

If we ever do a hunt together, I would lend you one of mine. Just to see what you thought about it.

And when I'm done can I smash it like a rockstar smashing his guitar?

 

[dbsmokey]

Yes and they said the II was deeper than the XS, and the SE deeper than the II.

I'd bet if (huge if) it was deeper the disc. wouldn't be as good and that is a trade off I would not be willing to make. 10 years later and I still can't believe how well this thing rejects iron but finds everything else. I have zero interest in buying an E-trac, but would like to play with one for a few days just to judge for myself and make sure my gut feeling is right on how it would compare.

If we ever do a hunt together, I would lend you one of mine. Just to see what you thought about it.

And when I'm done can I smash it like a rockstar smashing his guitar?

If this happens, please take a video. I would like to see IP smashing it like a rockstar with his minelab spandex on: the stuff of which nightmares are made! LOL