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howdoo can anyone explain too me what this guy is doin with his etrac please and why ? thanks peeps
 http://youtu.be/00vQpE4eyk4 (http://youtu.be/00vQpE4eyk4)

Well he's definitely not hacking it, that is just bringing up the locked technical screen which gives more precise readings for calibrating the Etrac on a bench, rather than the 1-25 visible to the user. But without having all the right equipment and software you can't alter them. All the Explorers have them too.

cheers geoff ,thought he was pimping it up somehow to hit gold rings at 2ft  ::)

What all that about then is it saying conditions of ground like mineralisation of ground

Yes but not in any figures that we would understand and none that can be altered.

It comes up saying something different every time you do it

I wonder if you had two machines side by side you wouldyou have the same reading come up

give it a go you said ur new one was playing up

do you get a different reading every time you do it again. I have sold my other etrac so cant compare

Well it's going too ??? Your not using it on a tech bench.
Ahh just realised I didn't make it explain, when they calibrate these machine they don't use a coil. The machine is plugged into a computer that feeds the machine with  preset data, the machines is then calibrated to this.

Can you get the software so I Can plug mine in I think its playing up

Lol well probably if you offered Minelab about 20K lol. I think the equipment is a little more involved than plugging it in to your PC

My mate has reprogrammed his ET to be more tuned to gold and small items like earrings.

He mentioned about inserting a chip and also altering the software. He's an electronics exepert so it
all goes over my head!

He did shave some weight off by using LiPo batteries but as they were cheap chinese copies, they swelled
after 5 charges and he had to revert back to the heavy Minelab ones.

It seems Minelab stuck with old battery technology to save money as they then did not have to re-engineer
the casing.

behave bob lol you know how gold winds me up ;D

would be nice to get a dial selectable frequency to select the best ones for your exact purpose !!!
I do not understand as to why it is not available yet.

What, like the Deus?    ;D

Its all over my head.

No variable frequency machine would ever be as good as a fixed  machine as the coil winding have to match the frequency length or a whole fraction of it.