THE STREAK IS OVER>>>ETRAC FINALLY COMES THRU

[pacecapital]

after 1 year, many hours and after a coin roll hunt yielded me 10 silver half dollars, I was ready to give up metal detecting..............but today, 1936 and 1943 pristine mercs, a 1943 war nick....and a infantry medal has put the fever back on.......but I Noticed my etrac was a little all over the place on the readings...and I think because of this I have gone over many silvers before.........my readings varied from 9-49 to 16-48 on the mercs...and the war nick was 15-21, usually and I was expecting a pull tab...any suggestions guys

 

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[joncooper1986]

Awesome finds! The next thing you need to find with your detector is a camera so we can see some of these beauties!

 

[pacecapital]

trying to upload them now, don't know how

 

[MrMikeJackie]

after 1 year, many hours and after a coin roll hunt yielded me 10 silver half dollars, I was ready to give up metal detecting..............but today, 1936 and 1943 pristine mercs, a 1943 war nick....and a infantry medal has put the fever back on.......but I Noticed my etrac was a little all over the place on the readings...and I think because of this I have gone over many silvers before.........my readings varied from 9-49 to 16-48 on the mercs...and the war nick was 15-21, usually and I was expecting a pull tab...any suggestions guys

We here in ny have very high mineralized soil. Upstate even worse. Your etrac did just fine. Look at your second numbers, 49-48, always told you silver was there. Yea the first number jumps a bit( can't tell if quarter, or dime) but the second number always told you silver. Learn the tones on your etrac and you will know what you got in no time. GL HH Mike

 

[CRUSADER]

Tape over the numbers & listern/dig more.

 

[antique man]

Nice finds!

 

[wanting rings]

That is awesome, congrats. HH

 

[madforclad]

after 1 year, many hours and after a coin roll hunt yielded me 10 silver half dollars, I was ready to give up metal detecting..............but today, 1936 and 1943 pristine mercs, a 1943 war nick....and a infantry medal has put the fever back on.......but I Noticed my etrac was a little all over the place on the readings...and I think because of this I have gone over many silvers before.........my readings varied from 9-49 to 16-48 on the mercs...and the war nick was 15-21, usually and I was expecting a pull tab...any suggestions guys

Were you using TTF?

 

[testing123]

As Crusader said, dig more signals. You'll be surprised what will come out of the ground.

 

[pacecapital]

Starting to learn that Crusader, I think I have left a lot of silver because I relied to heavily on the numbers,,,,at some point when I was pinpointing these finds, the etrac at least once told me these were iron, however, I am still having problems listening for those deep tones

 

[pacecapital]

yes, Beginning to learn that

 

[pacecapital]

TTF?----audio was on pitch hold if that is what you were asking

 

[CRUSADER]

Starting to learn that Crusader, I think I have left a lot of silver because I relied to heavily on the numbers,,,,at some point when I was pinpointing these finds, the etrac at least once told me these were iron, however, I am still having problems listening for those deep tones

I'm not being funny, the more you dig & listern - the better the results. Don't trust what the machine tellls you, thats a sales tactic.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Crusader is absolutely correct!!! I only look at the numbers as a reference. It's the sounds that I pay attention to.

But I come from a detecting era when sound was what you had and no VDI... Those sweet whispers, slow down and listen, and you shall hear!

 

[staydetuned]

As others have said, tones first, numbers second. If you're new to the hobby, dig most everything until you have hundreds of hours of experience that will guide you more accurately. And coins or targets that would ID perfectly numbers-wise were dug out of the ground long ago. 80% of good coins, especially at depth, will not read the numbers they're "supposed to". But the tonal range will generally be consistent with a Minelab, shallow and deep.

Also, war nickels hit ALL OVER the place, in numbers and tone. They're an anomaly.

 

[madforclad]

TTF?----audio was on pitch hold if that is what you were asking

TTF is Two Tone Ferrous. It is an audio function that allows the eTrac to produce 2 distinct tones...one for ferrous targets such as iron and one for non ferrous targets such as gold and silver. A low tone denotes a highly ferrous target having a high FE number whereas a high pitched tone denotes a nonferrous target having a low FE number. You will find this in the AUDIO menu. There are also functions for conductive properties as well.

 

[pacecapital]

I have been hunting under conductive, do you think I should switch to TTF?

 

[testing123]

I have been hunting under conductive, do you think I should switch to TTF?

You should at least test it out. I think the original TTF question was asked is because in "regular" multi-tone settings, a 16-48 should never be passed up. In TTF, a merc sounds the same as a piece of foil. I tried TTF a few times, and in highly iron-infested areas it drove me crazy. Everyone should experience it though.

The signal that is portrayed on the detector (not in TTF) is dependent on a lot of factors such as size, shape and metal type. Gold can even sound like a Zincoln.