New E-Trac Arrived Today! A Bit Confused...

[okdiggermark]

Feel like you got a handle on it yet? Its really VERY easy once it all clicks. Made any hunts lately?

Yes, and I've found my FIRST EVER wheaties & Mercury dime! Thanks Bart!

 

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[Gonehunting]

Congrats Mark...the E-trac is definitely a silver magnet.. I think I hunted that same park last year on the way to another hunt, only found wheats and an IH..

 

[okdiggermark]

Congrats Mark...the E-trac is definitely a silver magnet.. I think I hunted that same park last year on the way to another hunt, only found wheats and an IH..

Thank you!!! It's an awesome machine!

 

[Viddy]

I got my first machine, an X-terra 705 Aug 2011 from Big Boys Hobbies. I learned it and loved the hobby and a few months later upgraded it. I got the ETrac.

It was like going from a good midsize sedan to a Ferarri!

I ran it for the irst few weeks JUST ON COIN MODE! LOL. I was afraid to mess something up or to confused to do aything else. It found more on stock program, 'coin mode', than my 705 ever could have... laughable now.

MY ADVICE.....

Start Fresh,,,

#1 Give yourself 1-2 hours. Set your ETrac up on a table. Air test diff coins, gold, silver, jewlery, nails, tabs, foil, etc... just to learn the tones..
#2 (if you have a laptop?) bring up the ETrac Owners Manual on a PDF file or download it. Go thru the book while the ETrac is next to you. Go thru the diff menus while you are reading and actually trying them.
#3 (if you have no computer but the paper manual?) same thing as above. You'll realize, there are diff groups of things (on the menu) for what you want to do and fine tune...
#4 learn a feature...one feature... then try it out. Don't try and learn everything and modify your stuff all at once. you'll go nuts. The Etrac has soooo many adjustments to fine tune it that you'll get overwealmed.
#5 Airtest thru the menus again, and see how the ETrac reacts when you change an on/off type setting to a coin/target. Tones, depths, sounds, speed.... they will all change with an adjustment.
That's why I learned mine airtairtesting...out in the field, over and over..., I had an idea what the heck was going to happen and WHY it was happening... out in the field.... after doing that it helped me optimize the ETrac to a condition, a place, or targets I wanted to find, you know?

Just my idea.... Worked for me...

There was a point when thought...no B.S. .... "I should just trade this thing straight up for an F75 unit that has less bells and whistles!" Nothing against the F75. I have a F2 and will rave about Fisher and the F2 til I am blue in the face.... BUT!.... I broke it down to what I decided to do, and learn the ETrac, and I am SO GLAD I took the time to learn it. the more you learn, the more you will adjust and the speed/depth will only get better.

This is way beyond 'beep and dig' .....

 

[okdiggermark]

I got my first machine, an X-terra 705 Aug 2011 from Big Boys Hobbies. I learned it and loved the hobby and a few months later upgraded it. I got the ETrac.

It was like going from a good midsize sedan to a Ferarri!

I ran it for the irst few weeks JUST ON COIN MODE! LOL. I was afraid to mess something up or to confused to do aything else. It found more on stock program, 'coin mode', than my 705 ever could have... laughable now.

MY ADVICE.....

Start Fresh,,,

#1 Give yourself 1-2 hours. Set your ETrac up on a table. Air test diff coins, gold, silver, jewlery, nails, tabs, foil, etc... just to learn the tones..
#2 (if you have a laptop?) bring up the ETrac Owners Manual on a PDF file or download it. Go thru the book while the ETrac is next to you. Go thru the diff menus while you are reading and actually trying them.
#3 (if you have no computer but the paper manual?) same thing as above. You'll realize, there are diff groups of things (on the menu) for what you want to do and fine tune...
#4 learn a feature...one feature... then try it out. Don't try and learn everything and modify your stuff all at once. you'll go nuts. The Etrac has soooo many adjustments to fine tune it that you'll get overwealmed.
#5 Airtest thru the menus again, and see how the ETrac reacts when you change an on/off type setting to a coin/target. Tones, depths, sounds, speed.... they will all change with an adjustment.
That's why I learned mine airtairtesting...out in the field, over and over..., I had an idea what the heck was going to happen and WHY it was happening... out in the field.... after doing that it helped me optimize the ETrac to a condition, a place, or targets I wanted to find, you know?

Just my idea.... Worked for me...

There was a point when thought...no B.S. .... "I should just trade this thing straight up for an F75 unit that has less bells and whistles!" Nothing against the F75. I have a F2 and will rave about Fisher and the F2 til I am blue in the face.... BUT!.... I broke it down to what I decided to do, and learn the ETrac, and I am SO GLAD I took the time to learn it. the more you learn, the more you will adjust and the speed/depth will only get better.

This is way beyond 'beep and dig' .....

It seemed for me anyhow, that there was a day with mine, that everything just suddenly made a whole lot more sense. I'm MUCH more comfortable with it now. Thanks for the response.

 

[dbennett7]

i have had mine for a month now i have found a seated 4 barber and a half dozen or so mercs plus a few rosies and a lot of wheats and even a few indians where i have hunted for years it like getting to start all over in the same place dennis