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Heya guys,

i will give my overview, but not the machine-the experience with it and you will understand me :-)
First of all i will cover a little bit the detecting in Auckland it self :
* Almost all of our historical parks are reinstated/filled
* Small old parks has a fresh soil layer over 30 deep
* Main detecting goes at the beaches

So, i wanted to have a land detector to keep searching for old silvers, but comparing with CHCH guys- getting 1-2 silvers a week is GOOD for us in Auckland, where south island guys pull 20+ day! :-( that makes me sad...
.. and sad for a reason that we have so much trash that you can not imagine here. the amount of afford i put in finding a silver coin is so enormous, that i can find more gold ring at the beach even during winter time.

The etrac-l it goes really deep, like the whole 25-30 SM down and i am really happy with that! being able to find 3D's that deep is insane! but,
I am really tired digging that deep with Lesche, and there is no way i can bring spade to any park as onlookers will call cops right away or council and it will create a lot of trouble.

So, i am thinking that i will do couple more attempts to find that elusive Half Crown at couple of sites i am planning to visit and probably would like to sell Etrac before summer begins as i will be using mainly Excal all around the beaches:-)

So, here i am asking does anyone want Etrac ? :)
asking price will be 2000$ nzd

I also can sell following separately :

Spare Shaft assembly 100 NZD
Sunray stealth X-8 200$ NZD (almost brand new)
Coiltek 12 X 8" Platypus Coil For Etrac 200 NZD (in used condition)

Edited by user Tuesday, 13 November 2012 8:59:05 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Yap :-) on Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Its not that i ma giving up, its that we do not have much easy access park or old areas. :-(
Just think of all recent hunts you had... hours and hours and nothing, except the old School...

While at the beach- always something even after Hunt/rehunt overhunt. as sand movement changes everything. and it is not the case in the park :-)

Also, its not that i am selling it 100% right now, as still need to find buyer :-) ans that will take a while, or for someone to collect money/sell their initial gear etc.....

I love the etrac for its depth and no wire around the coil (super simple smart design by minelab -wish that was same on Excalibur)
ITs just not viable to dig for a 2cent piece 20 sm down :-(

I am all about fun :-) but at the proper cost,

With Excal- the cost is to be wet if you go into water, and that is fine. Also it is fine when you dress for the beach/water and go into mud- you still fine.
but with Etrac, it is not fine to be all in mud hunting digging all that soft dirt and get a 2C piece or a penny if you lucky :-)

also you can not really metal detect properly if it is raining, pinpointer getting wet, everything is wet, extra caution required not to make detector wet etc...

where with beach, i can put wet suit on to keep me warm and detect in wind, rain ,what ever you name ....

Also when detecting in the parks, its not often you get much of a running water- maybe only handbasin, so can not wash the gear of mud etc....

my main bullet point :
* way more time spent to recover target at the park than at the beach,

In 3 hour time i can recover over 100 + targets at the beach without efford, where at te park that is only several dozen....

Its a dream machine by all means,if only you could rent it out i hunted 2 days an found more targets i couldn't dig due to same reasons an found myself plotting which night i could do a ninja .Its dirt fishing not every hunt is the catch of the day.

Same as i did :-) sell you current detector and cash in gold ring(s) and all those coins :-)

That is why i posted it now, so people will have time sort finances :-) took me a month to get money together for the guy .

If not sold before that time- i might try to come :-)
But only if there is a half Crown left for me int he ground :-)

how many half crowns do you want for the etrac ??? lol :))

sorry - couldn't resist ;)

Edited by user Thursday, 27 September 2012 10:46:21 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Hi Max, I would recommend that you give it a bit more time. I had loads of concern about my teknetics T2 SE when I got it this year. I didn't know how to use it and was unaware of its potential. Now I understand how to work it, I find it an excellent machine. Cheers Tony.

oh I so want this Max...

How close will I get with....

british) 51 thruppences, 23 sixpences, 13 shillings, 4 florins
(new zealand) 126 thruppences, 164 sixpences, 77 shillings, 20 florins and 11 half crowns
(australian) 5 thruppences, 4 sixpences and 4 shillings

and I chuck in a 1909 solid gold half sovereign AND a 8.2 gram mens 9ct ring

Dan