Upgrading to E Trac

[vabuckhunter]

I will be getting my new E Trac in the mail tomorrow thanks to Bart at Big Boys Hobbies. I am upgrading from an AT Pro and have done a lot of reading and watched many You Tube videos about the E Trac. I am wondering if anyone can give me some beginners advice on what to expect?

 

[Jason in Enid]

Thanks for the advice Jason. I am watching your you tube videos right now and I can say is WOW. What smaller coil are you using and which would you recommend for trashy areas?

depends on the trash level. If it's "trashy" I put on the Sunray X-8, if it's REALLY trashy I put on the Sunray X-5. The 5" is incredible in pulling goodies out of heavy trash, but it's like trying to paint your house with a toothbrush.

 

[Normsel]

It appears to me that fella has enough detectors to know whether he likes the way any detector performs. If you're very proficient with any detector it is hard to get used to like like a new one. I still love my ATP but I have it on shelf until learn my V3i well enough to know I am getting as much as i can from it.

 

[cudamark]

cudamark what size and name brand coil to you use for trashy areas?

I use a 5X10 Coiltec Joey but I've used a SunRay Stealth X-5 too, and find it's an excellent coil also. The E-trac will be a definite upgrade to the ATP. As for salt water hunting, i find the Sov or Excalibur (BBS) in pin point mode, goes a bit deeper than the E-trac (FBS) in discrimination. If the Sov or Excal are in discriminate mode, they're about the same as the E-trac in depth. The advantage to the E-trac is the tone and target I.D. With the Sov and Excal, you only have tone I.D. and it's reasonably good once you get some hours under your belt. At the beach, you're going to scoop any non-ferrous sounds anyway so it doesn't have to have an excellent tone I.D. The E-trac has a very good to excellent tone and visual I.D.