Minelab E-TRAC
Price: $1500
Number of Reviews: 19
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Minelab E-TRAC
The Best!
Brian in Small Town USA -
I have been using the E-Trac for about 5 months, and all I can say is WOW. The learning curve is simple, the depth is mind blowing, and the quality is what is expected from Minelab. Using Coin Mode with just a few slight changes, I have found coin after coin at depths in the double digits that my previous detectors (DFX, X-Terra 70, F75) have all missed. The use of both Co and Fe numbers are great for backing up what the audio already tells you. With a little practice you will easily know a silver from a clad, and that is NO joke. I never thought it would be as distinct as it is, but it's night and day once you start to know your machine. I was considering a V3, but I am a coin shooter, and know the E-Trac is unmatched in this area.
Aug 21, 2009
17 Yes
1 No
Listen
Grant in Central TN -If you are a screen watcher, this may not be for you. If you listen for the sweet sound a silver coin makes as you sweep your coil over its hidding spot, this is the machine for you. While the screen is very helpful, giving both Co and Fe numbers to verify what was just scanned, the audio is dead on. This is a machine you will never have to upgrade from. I don't think its performance will be surpassed 10 years from now.
Jul 20, 2009
12 Yes
1 No
The Best
Trent in Illinois -I really don't have much to add. This machines is simple to use, DEEP, very accurate discrm., and comfortable to swing. I have tried the F75, DFX, MXT 300, and X-Terra 70, and I must say this is by far my favorite machine. The X-Terra was great for the money and easy to use, but I have found so much that all of these other detectors have missed. The 1st thing you must do is buy the Andy Sabisch book for the E-Trac. Within the 1st week you will be finding silver at 10" or more like I did. Those that are digging nails have not put the time into the machine. I know what this machine is telling me 99% of the time.
Jul 19, 2009
9 Yes
1 No
E-Trac #1
Eddie in Indiana -I just want to say I love my E-Trac. These boys from Whales (although I think it is one person causing trouble) need to learn how to hunt. This machine beats the V3 and any other machine I have faced off against.
Jul 19, 2009
8 Yes
1 No
This is NOT a Plug and Play Machine
Mark in Colorado -When I first received my E-Trac, I HATED it. I thought I had been ripped off. I used it a few times and found only a few clad coins. I ended up boxing it up and putting it in the garage.
A few weeks later I saw a guy using one at a park. I was curious about how bad his results were. Interesting enough, he was digging deep and finding great targets. He said the key was learning the machine and listening carefully.
I went home and actually read the manual and did some practice runs in my backyard, burying coins at different depths to get a grasp of the sounds and graphs.
What a difference!
In the past three months I have pulled countless Mercury and Roosevelt dimes from worked out sites. The Wheaties are numbering over 100 found so far. I even pulled THREE standing Liberties from a field that I personally worked to death for a year.
The E-Trac is an incredible machine that hits coins 8 to 12 inches deep WHEN YOU KNOW the machine. If you want a great machine and are willing to learn how to maximize the results, then the E-Trac is for you. If you want a Plug and Play machine, then forget it.
Jun 20, 2009
10 Yes
2 No
New e-trac
Mitch in Tn. -I have had the e-trac for 2 weeks, it is light, powerful and a joy to use. I have a 10 inch silver dime in my test garden and it was too easy to find. Have been over my lawn with a Ex-2 a dozen times and I still was able to locate a 1944 penny in 10 minutes at a depth of 6 inches. Its a Mercedes. Solid smooth tone, makes it so easy to hear the lightest of signals. I am going to redo my test garden down to 12 inches deep to see just how deep this thing will go? Very well built and solid but light. This has got to be the top of the line of anyones line of detectors...........And its mine, all mine he-he-hee! Oh sorry, I got carried away. You get the point.
Jun 20, 2009
6 Yes
1 No
LEARN WHAT THE ETRAC IS TELLING YOU
J HOLSEY in OPHIR, CA USA -First detector I've had since the 70's with a white's coinmaster really.
First day I thought what a piece of junk.
Second day after watching the video's on MLOtv I started to get it, and wow this machine is awesome! After a week I only dig coins now mostly, sometime's I want to dig because it so deep down on signals I know arent coins and found a 1915 porcinlin red seal battery sign in good shape 2 feet down. I see lots a great future ahead.
Would recomend it for a beginner just study all you can and time out in the field will pay off. Get a small coil for trashy areas.
May 13, 2009
13 Yes
2 No
My experience with the E-Trac
LilloEsquilo in Janesville, WI -I bought the E-Trac as a user of the Explorer. I found the E-Trac to be different and somewhat intimidating at first glance. However once I got into it, it really can be turn on and go, and you can run it for a bit and get used to it as you use it, and it gets easy before you know it.
This is a powerful and deep machine. My first target dug with it was a 1927 Mercury dime about 7" deep in a park where I had not found silver in 20 years, and in an area I've gone over with every other machine I've owned. I should mention that I use the 12x10 SEF coil as I prefer it to the pro coil, but in my opinion the pro coil is very good.
I've seen a lot of negative reviews on here, with the writer just saying to the effect "trust me it's garbage just because it's garbage", and while I realize this detector will not please everyone, that's got to be the lamest thing I've heard in quite a while. Truth is, this detector will re-open your worked out areas. Don't trust me or take my word for it - try it for yourself and see. I saw for myself and I can say I'm impressed with it.
I would recommend getting an aftermarket arm cuff for it, Jeff Herke makes a great one. The Sunray X-1 probe is wonderful too and after using it you will wonder how you lived without it. And the selection of aftermarket coils is unmatched by anything else I'm aware of.
What would I improve? Honestly not much. It IDs as accurately as depth as anything out there, goes as deep as anything out there or deeper, and once you get used to it, is not that complicated in my view. I suppose I would buy Jeff's arm cuff and sell that standard with the machine as the plastic one they give you with it is a joke. But otherwise these are built solid.
I hope this helps someone who is considering the E-Trac.
Mar 30, 2009
29 Yes
2 No
The
Mike in California -I have had and used many different detectors from Whites, Garrett, and Minelab. They all found stuff, and they all have their good and bad points.
The E-Trac is Minelabs best detector to date. It is in my opinion the most technically advanced machine out there. Does that mean it will find more good targets out there? Not necessarily. The person swinging the machine finds them. But if you want something that goes deep and separates trash from the good targets, this is what you want.
The E-Trac is a new product modeled after the popular Explorer series but with a faster processor and added features that allow you to customize it to your specific needs. not everyone will need this but if you do, then look at the E-Trac if you are thinking of buying a metal detector.
Mar 11, 2009
18 Yes
2 No
Poor
mark in london -
I've had my machine for about 6 months now and what chris from north wales said is so true, their is a big problem with this machine, for £1400 I've dug up more rubbish than good, I would say about 70% of rubbish, so now am selling mine and going back to my fisher75. minelab your product is very poor for the price.
Feb 15, 2009
25 Yes
26 No
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