rayoh
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2017
- 164
- 468
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Etrac-Notka Legend
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I have had most every detector made, except for the two new detectors(Deus 11 and Legend). Both appear to be solid detectors, but I was not financially ready to buy an unknown detector. Last winter I started looking for a low usage Etrac and luckily I found one. Winter just broke here in northeast Ohio and I got a chance to take my new to me Etrac out.
First day out I found three coins from a park where I have found over 700 silver coins. I hate to admit that in the last couple of years I sometimes go home skunked. These coins were two wheats and one silver quarter. I would rather find one silver coin than 50 clad coins so this hunt made my day. All three coins were 8-9 inches deep and after spending hundreds of hours with FBS detectors, I knew they were coins. With an Etrac, I dig very little trash as I have learned to trust this detector.
Second hunt at a different park I started finding clad coins by the handful. Fun, but not what I wanted. I went to the playground area of this turn of the century park and continued with my clad success. I went to the area where I have found some of the oldest coins this park has given up to me. I was creeping and listening for any deep squeak(coins are sometimes over 10 inches deep). I finally got one and it was one of the deepest wheat pennies I have ever dug. Many will think I am stretching the truth, but it was 11-12 inches deep. Most people would not have dug it as it was only a whisper, but repeatable from most angles. I ended up with two more wheats, one merc, and finally, the deepest Buffalo nickel I have ever dug. Some people believe the Nox is deeper on nickels than the Etrac and up until yesterday, I did too. Again , barely a whisper and only occasional 12-12, 12-11 type numbers. This nickel was over 10 inches deep and it turned out to be a beautiful Buff with a crisp 1935 date. Not only was it the deepest Buffalo I have ever dug, it was the nicest and I have found several cool whip containers full.
Sure the Etrac is heavy and slow, but once learned, it is the best coin detector I have ever used!
First day out I found three coins from a park where I have found over 700 silver coins. I hate to admit that in the last couple of years I sometimes go home skunked. These coins were two wheats and one silver quarter. I would rather find one silver coin than 50 clad coins so this hunt made my day. All three coins were 8-9 inches deep and after spending hundreds of hours with FBS detectors, I knew they were coins. With an Etrac, I dig very little trash as I have learned to trust this detector.
Second hunt at a different park I started finding clad coins by the handful. Fun, but not what I wanted. I went to the playground area of this turn of the century park and continued with my clad success. I went to the area where I have found some of the oldest coins this park has given up to me. I was creeping and listening for any deep squeak(coins are sometimes over 10 inches deep). I finally got one and it was one of the deepest wheat pennies I have ever dug. Many will think I am stretching the truth, but it was 11-12 inches deep. Most people would not have dug it as it was only a whisper, but repeatable from most angles. I ended up with two more wheats, one merc, and finally, the deepest Buffalo nickel I have ever dug. Some people believe the Nox is deeper on nickels than the Etrac and up until yesterday, I did too. Again , barely a whisper and only occasional 12-12, 12-11 type numbers. This nickel was over 10 inches deep and it turned out to be a beautiful Buff with a crisp 1935 date. Not only was it the deepest Buffalo I have ever dug, it was the nicest and I have found several cool whip containers full.
Sure the Etrac is heavy and slow, but once learned, it is the best coin detector I have ever used!