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Well been out in fields a few times with the E-Trac and slowly getting the hang of it thanks to programmes and tips off here ...But since im surrounded by Beaches i think it's time to have a try.I gather theres a big difference between beach and land detecting especially on the wet part of the beach so any tips on settings discrimination patterns etc for the beach ???? any help welcome ... :)

No there is no difference at all with the Minelab BBS and FBS machines those programs I sent you will do just fine and as with inland if it gets noisy just turn down the sensitivity;)

Really !!! ....great thanks i didnt want to use the minelab mode as like the coin mode it's all discrimination in fact it looks exactly the same pattern . Ive been doing good with the tiny tadpole without a tail pattern and the mode settings you sent me so i will try them on the beach then  :)

You might find it a bit noisy on the beach compared to the fields. There's a lot of rubbish buried in that sand.  Give it a try and see if you still feel the same about discrim. ;)

At the end of the day the Etrac is a tone discriminator so the use of any blanking discrimination isn't necessary as the tones tell you when it's good or bad OK it takes time to learn the tones but an open screen will always find you more ;)

ive been using the tadpole no tail pattern in most parts of the field with multi tone conduct and getting used to the sounds but still digging everything just to see if i got it right or almost right then in part of the field i use quick mask with just bottom two bars black and still multi tone conduct takes a bit too get used to whats noise and whats signal but stuck at it and finding it supprisingly clever at telling you what the target is likley to be just by sound your ears soon take over and tell you to dig or not sounds wierd but its the best way i can explain it ha ha first ten mins or so each time out are hard as it takes ten mins to get used to chatter but after that the ears settle down and it becomes comfortable ....anyway i will try the same settings on the beach and see how it goes thanks Val and Geof appreciated  :)

Take my hat off to you raistlain.  That's the only way to go with Minelab.  I had a Minelab Safari which had a whole lot more tones than yours.  I hated it for months and goodness knows how much I missed. Like you I stuck at it and in the end I loved that machine. It spoke to me in dulcet tones and I  knew every note.
I only admitted defeat after being laid off for nearly 4 months, think my muscles had gone weak and I found it too heavy.
Now I'm going through the same with the Deus but I'm getting there.

ha ha the tones are addictive I've even heard them in my sleep after using the emulator programme  ::)

So I should be able to use a similar programme to my land programme any beach detecting - apparently I'm going to Redcar sur la mer on Boxing day :) ?