I love the E2. It's currently my "mop up" machine because the AT PRO is so much faster with recovery I can cover a lot more ground quicker. I bring it to spots that I have already hit with the pro and done well with to find the other lost goodies. I have found that the stock coil I have on it is really really good and pinpointing is a breeze. Takes a little getting used to but it makes intuitive sense after the 100th dig. I also run a pre-programmed park setting where I scanned in all of the items that I want to find in a park and then it leaves out everything else. It's a monster. That in and of itself is one of the best parts about the machine. U can switch/store different patterns for use in various places or just run it wide open with reject nails as the only descrim and dig relics all day long, or until your batteries run out. That's my only complaint, it loves batteries so use rechargeable and have extras because especially when using rechargeable ones once you cross the 50% battery life it's performance is noticeably different....
Works very well in mineralized soil and dry sand, wet east coast sand it doesn't like too much, at least not in the New England coast and DONT GET IT WET! Buy the $20 rain cover for the box, well worth it and you'll find that in clad in a day or two.
Also don't be discouraged by the threshold, it's supposed to make noise all the time, keep it low enough to barely hear but it proves valuable since it tells you when something is under the coil even if it's not reading it fully. Also helps to set manual sens in trashy areas. Set the sens to right where the point the threshold recovers the fastest and that's it. Most places around me it's about 26-28 trashy iron infested colonial sites it drops to 20-22.
And I will add that I am not an expert by any means in this machine so likewise if anybody else out there has any info to share please do! I'm just going on my experience with it in my life for juuuat over a year!
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