analyzing targets with etrac
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Tony Two-Cent
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A 12-45 signal is almost always a coin for me. I only seem to find can slaw when I dig nickel signals in the 12-12 range.
One possible way to tell a junk signal is if there is nulling (no threshold tone) on either side of the target. A coin should have a steady threshold tone all around it, unless there is a junk item near it.
Also, a coin will usually produce a solid, steady audio tone from every direction. The tone on a junk target will sometimes be broken or crackly.
Some people set the pinpoint mode to sizing and don't dig any signals that aren't coin-shaped.
Of course, if you don't dig these iffy signals you risk passing up a good coin that has junk in the hole with it, or missing a coin spill that has different conductive targets all in the same hole.
Most of all, it just takes some experience on the machine. However, even after a year and a half with my E-Trac I still dig my fair share of junk items.
Hope this helps! thumbsup01
One possible way to tell a junk signal is if there is nulling (no threshold tone) on either side of the target. A coin should have a steady threshold tone all around it, unless there is a junk item near it.
Also, a coin will usually produce a solid, steady audio tone from every direction. The tone on a junk target will sometimes be broken or crackly.
Some people set the pinpoint mode to sizing and don't dig any signals that aren't coin-shaped.
Of course, if you don't dig these iffy signals you risk passing up a good coin that has junk in the hole with it, or missing a coin spill that has different conductive targets all in the same hole.
Most of all, it just takes some experience on the machine. However, even after a year and a half with my E-Trac I still dig my fair share of junk items.
Hope this helps! thumbsup01
CyberSage
Moderator
The key word here is consistency. Start out by using the Auto Sensitivity. It will quiet things down a bit. At 12-45 the only occasional junk you should be digging is nail tips, and blobs of iron. Checking for repeat-ability at 90 angles like Tony mentioned will almost always give the deep iron away. You definitely should not be digging up aluminum shards however.
Here's my experience: the first number really doesn't matter in my opinion
12/10-16...solid not bouncing...nickels
12/24- 28 older indians
12/30-38 (typically 30-33) Indians
12/35-37 zincolns
12/37-46 (wheats)
12/38-46 silver dimes
12/41-45 clad dimes
12/44-48 quarters
12/42-49 halves
12/10-16...solid not bouncing...nickels
12/24- 28 older indians
12/30-38 (typically 30-33) Indians
12/35-37 zincolns
12/37-46 (wheats)
12/38-46 silver dimes
12/41-45 clad dimes
12/44-48 quarters
12/42-49 halves
happycamper08
New member
The numbers are just a general guide, they vary depending on the soil and the channel selected by the machine during the noise cancel. Get used to the sounds, they seem to be much more reliable than the numbers.
everyones advice has been very helpful and i am catching on to the tones and vdis im very impressed with the etracs stability and depth so far for keepere ive found 16 wheats and a 41 and 52 jefferson nickels im sure silver will turn up soon and 14 of the wheats and the jeffersons came from a park which i and everyone and there brother has hunted before