choppadude
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Got up this morning and took the E trac out for a couple hours while waiting for the Racer to arrive. Went to the "pounded park" it's a place that makes you work for anything you get. Has been hit hard for years and it seems that all that is left is nickels, deep dimes and junk. Managed to hit a Rosie at about 5" and a 1893 Barber dime under a huge tree at close to 9". This signal was a 10 42 mixed with iron numbers but the good numbers came up enough to make me dig. I found a small nail at about 4" and after I removed that and rechecked the hole the signal evened out to a steady 10-42. I was running a mostly open screen with TTF.
When I arrived home the Racer was on my doorstep so I spent less than 5 minutes assembling it, read through the manual and watched a couple videos.
Went back to the same area that I had just run the E Trac through but I did not run the same exact route just the same general area. I ran the racer in 2 tone and was able to turn the gain up to 85 and run pretty stable and the ID filter at 35. The first thing I noticed is this machine is light and well balanced. Came with extra coil bolt and rubber washers. I see the coil is not the "Improved" version with ribs and wonder how long these thin ears will last. To be fair, I have the same complaint with the Fisher coils. I do not know why they cannot build a coil as sturdy as the NEL coils. Those have some THICK ears!
As I said, the machine ran pretty quiet with the gain at 85 and ground balanced at 79. In the two tone mode the iron "grunt" is unmistakable but like many other units a large piece of iron will give you a false high tone and read in the low 80's. Pull tabs were plentiful but I was trying to learn the numbers and tones so I dug a lot of tabs and foil. Was surprised much of the foil ran into the 50's as I expected it to be in the 40's range like the AT Pro. I was able to pin point without any problem but the tone change in pin point is very subtle and I would think a novice would have a hard time initially. I may be able to change some tones and improve this but this stuck out to me.
Coin signals read very clear and hit hard. The VID numbers are stable with a coin size target. Depth numbers do not seem accurate but again to be fair not many units do a good job at this and it really is not a big deal to me as long as I can pin point and dig a plug. Either its in the plug or you dig deeper LOL!
The fruits of my labor were 3 nickels, A no date Buff at 5" and 45P Silver War nickel at 5", a 64 Jefferson at 5" and the big surprise was a 1913 Wheatie at 8"! Funny thing is when I cleaned up the Wheatie I could see where someone hit it with a probe about a half dozen times LOL!
I really need to put some more time on this unit before I can make a full review but can say that this appears to be a good unit for the price. Seems to be as well built as anything on the market right now. If they can provide customer service on par with Garrett and Whites that would be a big plus. It's not going to replace the E Trac, F75 Or the AT Pro but looks like it may be a good addition to the stable.
Going out tomorrow for a few hours and will report any additional findings.
When I arrived home the Racer was on my doorstep so I spent less than 5 minutes assembling it, read through the manual and watched a couple videos.
Went back to the same area that I had just run the E Trac through but I did not run the same exact route just the same general area. I ran the racer in 2 tone and was able to turn the gain up to 85 and run pretty stable and the ID filter at 35. The first thing I noticed is this machine is light and well balanced. Came with extra coil bolt and rubber washers. I see the coil is not the "Improved" version with ribs and wonder how long these thin ears will last. To be fair, I have the same complaint with the Fisher coils. I do not know why they cannot build a coil as sturdy as the NEL coils. Those have some THICK ears!
As I said, the machine ran pretty quiet with the gain at 85 and ground balanced at 79. In the two tone mode the iron "grunt" is unmistakable but like many other units a large piece of iron will give you a false high tone and read in the low 80's. Pull tabs were plentiful but I was trying to learn the numbers and tones so I dug a lot of tabs and foil. Was surprised much of the foil ran into the 50's as I expected it to be in the 40's range like the AT Pro. I was able to pin point without any problem but the tone change in pin point is very subtle and I would think a novice would have a hard time initially. I may be able to change some tones and improve this but this stuck out to me.
Coin signals read very clear and hit hard. The VID numbers are stable with a coin size target. Depth numbers do not seem accurate but again to be fair not many units do a good job at this and it really is not a big deal to me as long as I can pin point and dig a plug. Either its in the plug or you dig deeper LOL!
The fruits of my labor were 3 nickels, A no date Buff at 5" and 45P Silver War nickel at 5", a 64 Jefferson at 5" and the big surprise was a 1913 Wheatie at 8"! Funny thing is when I cleaned up the Wheatie I could see where someone hit it with a probe about a half dozen times LOL!
I really need to put some more time on this unit before I can make a full review but can say that this appears to be a good unit for the price. Seems to be as well built as anything on the market right now. If they can provide customer service on par with Garrett and Whites that would be a big plus. It's not going to replace the E Trac, F75 Or the AT Pro but looks like it may be a good addition to the stable.
Going out tomorrow for a few hours and will report any additional findings.
