Rattlehead
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Review of the E-Trac from a lifelong White's user.
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BlackRain
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Some of the locations only ground probed 3 percent so it wasn't the soil..EMI shouldn't have caused it either. ..was far away from power lines in several places
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Rawhide
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My buddy dug a barber today with his etrac.
Seems there was other guys detecting with him and they couldn't even get a signal with their detectors. I told him be happy I wasn't there with my F75, we have had that discussion before. I dont have any trouble seeing what he has detected with his etrac. I told him I am giving him a headstart, he said thank you. I told my wife I may have to up my game as my silver count this year is zip. I did dig silver, just a piece of jewelry I found at the park. I was using my AT Pro lol. Maybe tomorrow I will find my first silver.
Seems there was other guys detecting with him and they couldn't even get a signal with their detectors. I told him be happy I wasn't there with my F75, we have had that discussion before. I dont have any trouble seeing what he has detected with his etrac. I told him I am giving him a headstart, he said thank you. I told my wife I may have to up my game as my silver count this year is zip. I did dig silver, just a piece of jewelry I found at the park. I was using my AT Pro lol. Maybe tomorrow I will find my first silver.
Rattlehead
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I woke up Saturday feeling kind of sick, but decided to get on up and go detecting at the honey hole anyway. Loaded up Bill's Park Program and spent the first couple of hours at the heart of the location where I had dug the most coins, but didn't find anything other than rusted nails and iron junk. So I decided to venture further out, along a tree line roughly 100 yards from where the cache was found. I had hunted this area a couple of times before but never got any coins there, so I never really spent too much time detecting the area.
As far as signals go, this area is very clean compared to the spot I usually hunt. The first signal I got was bouncing around between 12-45 to 12-46 and sounded great, so I got all excited thinking I had a quarter or dime. Turned out to be a round piece of junk.
The second signal sounded even sweeter! Awesome shallow high tone reading 02-46 on the Etrac, which is right around where my other halves were reading. Dug out a plug and found a 1901 half! Apparently these coins were spread out a LOT further than I originally thought, which is great news! It means I have a whole new area that needs some serious attention from my detector! 
I hunted for another hour or so and only found one other target worth mentioning. Its an old tire pressure gauge. Its marked "Shrader Universal Tire Pressure Gauge" and has some other writing that I can't make out.. But I've found one of these before at another location and I know they date from 1910-1920.. Around the same time period that I believe this cache was buried. Pretty neat.
Anyway, I used my iPhone to get some footage. Enjoy!
As far as signals go, this area is very clean compared to the spot I usually hunt. The first signal I got was bouncing around between 12-45 to 12-46 and sounded great, so I got all excited thinking I had a quarter or dime. Turned out to be a round piece of junk.
The second signal sounded even sweeter! Awesome shallow high tone reading 02-46 on the Etrac, which is right around where my other halves were reading. Dug out a plug and found a 1901 half! Apparently these coins were spread out a LOT further than I originally thought, which is great news! It means I have a whole new area that needs some serious attention from my detector! I hunted for another hour or so and only found one other target worth mentioning. Its an old tire pressure gauge. Its marked "Shrader Universal Tire Pressure Gauge" and has some other writing that I can't make out.. But I've found one of these before at another location and I know they date from 1910-1920.. Around the same time period that I believe this cache was buried. Pretty neat.Anyway, I used my iPhone to get some footage. Enjoy!
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Very nice find.
Congrats.
Etrac for coins-- almost feels like cheating.
Congrats.
Etrac for coins-- almost feels like cheating.
CoiltoSoil
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Wow, not sure what it could be then. I would try a reset and see if that helps, if not it could be an issue with the detector. It could just be a weird site. I have a site here that's almost impossible to use my F75, E-trac, and V3i at, no matter what I do they go nuts, which is weird because the site is in the woods with no power lines or anything nearby. I actually thought my F75 was broke so the next time I went with my V3i and E-trac and had the same issues with them. It's a Rev. war site so maybe it's the ghost messing with my signal.
CoiltoSoil
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I woke up Saturday feeling kind of sick, but decided to get on up and go detecting at the honey hole anyway. Loaded up Bill's Park Program and spent the first couple of hours at the heart of the location where I had dug the most coins, but didn't find anything other than rusted nails and iron junk. So I decided to venture further out, along a tree line roughly 100 yards from where the cache was found. I had hunted this area a couple of times before but never got any coins there, so I never really spent too much time detecting the area.
As far as signals go, this area is very clean compared to the spot I usually hunt. The first signal I got was bouncing around between 12-45 to 12-46 and sounded great, so I got all excited thinking I had a quarter or dime. Turned out to be a round piece of junk.
Anyway, I used my iPhone to get some footage. Enjoy!
Great find, I love big silver.
The Jersey Digger
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Man Rattle that is one helluva site. Blows away my house of coppers. No doubt the Etrac is a silver slayer. I used it for over three years. The upgrade to the CTX 3030 has helped it even more...
Rattlehead
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Thanks guys. 
Went out again yesterday with the modified version of Bill's Park Pattern. Dug a ton of iffy signals and only dug one coin. A 1917s Walking Liberty half. At first I got excited thinking I had found a key date coin but after researching, its the 1917s with the mint mark on the obverse thats rare. Mine has it on the reverse. Still happy to find it.
Now that I've tried the Etrac and realized that I really like FBS detectors, I've been tossing around the idea of stepping on up to the CTX. The only thing holding me back is that I keep hearing folks say that the CTX doesn't have the same silver high tone warble sound that the Etrac does.. I love that sound! Not sure I want to give it up. However, the CTX has a few things going for it that I really like.. The top of the list would be the better balance, nicer display and the target trace feature seems like it would be really useful. I may end up getting one.
Went out again yesterday with the modified version of Bill's Park Pattern. Dug a ton of iffy signals and only dug one coin. A 1917s Walking Liberty half. At first I got excited thinking I had found a key date coin but after researching, its the 1917s with the mint mark on the obverse thats rare. Mine has it on the reverse. Still happy to find it.It sure does! I am just amazed at how easy it is to spot deep silver with this machine! If I had known then what I know now, I would've had an Etrac years ago.
Now that I've tried the Etrac and realized that I really like FBS detectors, I've been tossing around the idea of stepping on up to the CTX. The only thing holding me back is that I keep hearing folks say that the CTX doesn't have the same silver high tone warble sound that the Etrac does.. I love that sound! Not sure I want to give it up. However, the CTX has a few things going for it that I really like.. The top of the list would be the better balance, nicer display and the target trace feature seems like it would be really useful. I may end up getting one.
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Crackerjack
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Just one bit of sage advice from others wiser than me:
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Rattlehead
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
The E-Trac is still kicking butt and slaying the big silver! Another day on the out-skirts of the cleared area netted two more Walking Liberty Halves! One 1918D and one plain 1918.. both in really nice shape. One was a really iffy signal (deeper with iron around it), and the other was crystal clear at only 4 or 5 inches deep.
Here's a live dig on the shallow one. I apologize for the shaky camera work but its very difficult to film with one hand and dig with the other! Fortunately, I have a head mount on the way to me so future vids should be much better.
The E-Trac is still kicking butt and slaying the big silver! Another day on the out-skirts of the cleared area netted two more Walking Liberty Halves! One 1918D and one plain 1918.. both in really nice shape. One was a really iffy signal (deeper with iron around it), and the other was crystal clear at only 4 or 5 inches deep.
Here's a live dig on the shallow one. I apologize for the shaky camera work but its very difficult to film with one hand and dig with the other! Fortunately, I have a head mount on the way to me so future vids should be much better.
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TerryRB
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Wow!
Nice work Rattlehead - I'm amazed at all the halves you're finding. I'm still new on the E-Trac, so taking notes from folks like you. Had it out today; got a 1961D Rosie, three Wheats from the 40's, a silver pendant and an old 1958 Uncle Sam toy dime. Not too bad, but I'm thinking that I'm not in sync with the machine just yet.
Congratulations on your awesome finds and keep the tips coming-
Cheers,
TB
Nice work Rattlehead - I'm amazed at all the halves you're finding. I'm still new on the E-Trac, so taking notes from folks like you. Had it out today; got a 1961D Rosie, three Wheats from the 40's, a silver pendant and an old 1958 Uncle Sam toy dime. Not too bad, but I'm thinking that I'm not in sync with the machine just yet.
Congratulations on your awesome finds and keep the tips coming-
Cheers,
TB
Jason in Enid
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You're kicking butt! Congrats!
Rattlehead
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Thanks Terry! I'm still very new to this detector too so I can't offer much in the way of tips other than the little bit I've learned over the past couple of months. The one thing that stands out to me about using the Etrac vs other detectors is that in trashy areas you need to go slow... and when you think you're going slow enough, slow down some more. Listen small, if that makes any sense. When you hear a blip of a high tone, investigate it more closely from different directions. If any part of it is repeatable, even if only in one direction, dig it! Also, following Jason's tips about iron falsing (a few posts above) really helped.
Thanks bud!
Yes it does. The crazy thing is, these halves that I've been finding recently are nothing compared to the other coins I've pulled out of this spot over the last few years. It was definitely A LOT of money back in those days. Heck even at face value it was a fair amount of money by today's standards.
dumbdigger
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Just wanted to say your hunting site is amazing! Hell of a honey hole!
Keep at it!
HH DD
Keep at it!
HH DD
Rattlehead
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Thanks guys.
I think I finally figured out what FBS really stands for...
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Silver
Here's the result of the last few days of detecting, along with another pic showing the Etrac's awesome ability to pick out silver in iron. I actually hit this big nail with my shovel while digging the plug. Its pretty amazing to me that the Etrac was able to see an 8" dime with a large nail just inches above it. The signal wasn't great, but was good enough to make me dig it! All 5 of these coins came from the heart of the cache location, an area that I have literally pounded from every direction since 2012 with my V3i.
Since this cache was buried sometime around 1920, all of the later dated coins are in really nice condition. One of those Walkers (top left) is another 1918-D with outstanding detail. I'm no coin expert but once cleaned up I think it'll land somewhere around AU-50 or AU-55. According to my coin book that date and mint mark is fairly valuable in this condition. The other one is a 1918-S, also with great detail but unfortunately I hit the rim of it with my shovel just below the date.
I found that one with my backup detector. A Fisher F2 with the tiny 4" coil.
I'll post more updates in a few days as long as the silver keeps coming.
I think I finally figured out what FBS really stands for...
Finds
Big
Silver
Here's the result of the last few days of detecting, along with another pic showing the Etrac's awesome ability to pick out silver in iron. I actually hit this big nail with my shovel while digging the plug. Its pretty amazing to me that the Etrac was able to see an 8" dime with a large nail just inches above it. The signal wasn't great, but was good enough to make me dig it! All 5 of these coins came from the heart of the cache location, an area that I have literally pounded from every direction since 2012 with my V3i.
Since this cache was buried sometime around 1920, all of the later dated coins are in really nice condition. One of those Walkers (top left) is another 1918-D with outstanding detail. I'm no coin expert but once cleaned up I think it'll land somewhere around AU-50 or AU-55. According to my coin book that date and mint mark is fairly valuable in this condition. The other one is a 1918-S, also with great detail but unfortunately I hit the rim of it with my shovel just below the date.
I found that one with my backup detector. A Fisher F2 with the tiny 4" coil. I'll post more updates in a few days as long as the silver keeps coming.
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Crackerjack
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I have got to get me an E-trac!
It's amazing that your White's couldn't pick those big coins up but the E-trac could! I'm a believer!
It's amazing that your White's couldn't pick those big coins up but the E-trac could! I'm a believer!
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