Another Nastalgic Snow Hunt With A 1990 Model "GARRETT CX PLUS"

[John-Edmonton]

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Used the Garrett Master Hunter CX PLUS for my last couple of snow hill hunts. I made a camo cover for it years ago to help keep the batteries warm. It was a great machine during it's time...........came out at about 1990. What's really cool about it, is that it is both digital and analog. The meter as shown above is digital ( no needle like previous CX Models ) and the electronics are analog. If you have ever used an older machine with analog audio, you will remember it's great abilities to help separate junk from good targets. You can adjust both ferrous and non-ferrous discrimination with individual knobs. It has a true all metal mode like the AT MAX and AT Gold and also a threshold adjustment. It uses audio modulation for depth......deeper targets are quieter then surface.

I hunted in true all metal mode in the snow. It still gives you a probable target in this mode.The ID depth is very accurate. The target ID is just about the same as on other machines due to our crappy nickel plated steel clad. The depth is limited.....not as good as today's machines. The machine is balanced, and can actually be balanced on two fingers and coil sweeps can be done using your wrist action instead of your shoulder. Maybe a good ergonomic solution for someone with a rotator cuff injury.

I hunted for a little over 2 hours on a few hills and did manage some goodies as shown below......Please snow, go away!

 

[dan h]

I also have the CX Plus and occasionally use it. The 4" sniper coil may get a workout this summer when the ground is baked hard so deep coin hunting in parks is out of the question. The 4" coil can be used to poke under vegetation and close to metal fences. If Garrett produced a new model and incorporated Imaging, I would be interested. Had a GTI 1500 in the past.

 

[odancoiler]

Nice hunt Mr. Edmonton,
Yes I still carry that lil CX in my work truck. It makes a great,take a peek detector. When a customer decides I can do a lil diggin. My work areas can take me to some rougher parts of Cleveland. So i wont carry my best machies with me.
I also still have the oll CX 3. An old treasured favorite of mine. Have you ever opersted or owned one? Would you know any special tricks? I do seem to have a little trouble with ground tracking in all metal. Some areas its seems to keep hunting the best GB setting. Wonder if Garrett will still do a tuneup on this sweet old machine?
Thanks
T.M.