Like many parts of the country, the rain has been brutal around here, but finally managed to get out for a nice hunt today.
Scored a pair of mercs, the first was on its side at 6 inches with a ferrous target in the hole happydance02 (ask me again why I love the E-Trac :smitten
, tough signal, figured it was 50/50 iron false, but I like those odds and I'm glad I dug it. The second was just plain deep.
Also scored a badly abused large cent. Can't get a date off of it, tho if you hold it at the right angle, you may see a 6. Trust me :angelic:
For all you E-Trac'ers, the copper was a 35-50 target, I've written about this before -- the threshold breaks and alerts you to the possibility of a conductive target, but pass after pass just shows 35-50 90% of the time, with a rare big silver number mixed in. All the books say this will be iron, but if it is small, and pinpoints center, I dig 'em. This is one of several 35-50 high conductive targets I've gotten using this system. This one was 8 inches from the plug cut, 10 inches from the coil due to a nasty clump of grass, almost on its side (15 degrees off straight vertical). Don't know why I wasn't getting a cleaner signal at 10 inches, but I still think there is something to the 35-50 being a catchall when the software can't figure it out. (Once its bust silver instead of an abused copper, I'll feel vindicated digging my 35-50 system lol). For now, I guess I'll wonder if there is something weird with my machine :crazy:
Also scored a couple of silvers the other day when I could work in a hunt between the rain. Hopefully the rain has passed where you live, and you can get out and score some. Thanks for looking and HH.
Scored a pair of mercs, the first was on its side at 6 inches with a ferrous target in the hole happydance02 (ask me again why I love the E-Trac :smitten
, tough signal, figured it was 50/50 iron false, but I like those odds and I'm glad I dug it. The second was just plain deep.Also scored a badly abused large cent. Can't get a date off of it, tho if you hold it at the right angle, you may see a 6. Trust me :angelic:
For all you E-Trac'ers, the copper was a 35-50 target, I've written about this before -- the threshold breaks and alerts you to the possibility of a conductive target, but pass after pass just shows 35-50 90% of the time, with a rare big silver number mixed in. All the books say this will be iron, but if it is small, and pinpoints center, I dig 'em. This is one of several 35-50 high conductive targets I've gotten using this system. This one was 8 inches from the plug cut, 10 inches from the coil due to a nasty clump of grass, almost on its side (15 degrees off straight vertical). Don't know why I wasn't getting a cleaner signal at 10 inches, but I still think there is something to the 35-50 being a catchall when the software can't figure it out. (Once its bust silver instead of an abused copper, I'll feel vindicated digging my 35-50 system lol). For now, I guess I'll wonder if there is something weird with my machine :crazy:
Also scored a couple of silvers the other day when I could work in a hunt between the rain. Hopefully the rain has passed where you live, and you can get out and score some. Thanks for looking and HH.
but at least you can add it to your tally :envious: