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Back from my first real hunt with the CTX about 30 hours at the beach.

J

Jason in TN

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Spent some time this week on the beaches of SC with the CTX got in about thirty hours of hunting this week. Was a lot of fun. After hearing of some beach problems with the CTX from some I took my Sovergin for back up. Never had to use it on the beaches of SC the mineral content there is very low and the CTX for me ran great. Was getting some chatter trying to run manual settings then I went auto + 3 and never adjusted the sensitivity again. Most of my hunting was on the beach I did have it in the water up to about two feet as I first went in I would get some chatter but the CTX would adjust quick and be running smooth again quickly. I was most impressed by the ID even at good depth it was right on with coins pretty much every time. I dug some quarters at a foot that regestered as 12-46 every time. The next thing that I found really cool was after a four to five hour hunt the battery was still showing almost full. I would take it off and put on charger and less than 30 min it would be full charged. Balance was good much better than any stock Minelab set up I have ever used. It is a little heavy after long hunts but does not wear on me like the explorer or Etrac did that is the reason I sold both of them. Need some more time with it but for me right now it is a keeper for sure.

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Here is the mess less only a few bottle caps the CTX did great on ID with those. Also less way over a 100 pulltabs. Got to dig them if you are going to get the gold.

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The silver.


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The Gold


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Tungsten and titanium.

Jason
 
Fantastic first 30 hours and glad it is working well for you in the surf.
 
Silver and Gold, you can't beat that, thanks for the report and congrats on the finds.

Randy
 
Did have two problems with the CTX nothing that was major or really affected my hunting. First was the arm cuff would slowly work its way down I would have to slide the whole rig back up. I did also have the unexpected error message two times both were when I was leaving the beach and was cutting the detector off. Would not cut off and give error message. If I held power button down for a little while it would then shut down and turn back on fine. Any one have this happen. Thanks

Jason
 
Nice job

BCOOP
 
Jason in TN said:
Did have two problems with the CTX nothing that was major or really affected my hunting. First was the arm cuff would slowly work its way down I would have to slide the whole rig back up. I did also have the unexpected error message two times both were when I was leaving the beach and was cutting the detector off. Would not cut off and give error message. If I held power button down for a little while it would then shut down and turn back on fine. Any one have this happen. Thanks

Jason
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Hey Jason you need to turn that knob that is on the inside of the arm cuff, that is where the bottom of your arm lays against it, to lock it in so it doesn't slide anymore. Can't help you on the unexpected error, you may need to log onto the Exchange 2 software and check for an update, that may fix it for ya. Congrats on the rings, I'm heading to the Gulf this Friday for a week of water hunting myself, hope to do half as well as you did, again congrats!! Hope my suggestions help.
 
BootyHunter said:
Jason in TN said:
Did have two problems with the CTX nothing that was major or really affected my hunting. First was the arm cuff would slowly work its way down I would have to slide the whole rig back up. I did also have the unexpected error message two times both were when I was leaving the beach and was cutting the detector off. Would not cut off and give error message. If I held power button down for a little while it would then shut down and turn back on fine. Any one have this happen. Thanks

Jason
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Hey Jason you need to turn that knob that is on the inside of the arm cuff, that is where the bottom of your arm lays against it, to lock it in so it doesn't slide anymore. Can't help you on the unexpected error, you may need to log onto the Exchange 2 software and check for an update, that may fix it for ya. Congrats on the rings, I'm heading to the Gulf this Friday for a week of water hunting myself, hope to do half as well as you did, again congrats!! Hope my suggestions help.
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Thanks I have turned it tight but it still slides when it gets wet makes it slide more. Think I have a fix for it will let you know how it goes. Has the latest update works fine just did that two times as I turned it off.

Jason
 
22k 3.9 grams $182.11
14k 9.2 grams 273.87
10k 2.8 grams 59.62

Total $515.60 scrap value.

Want to get your new detector payed for go for the gold.
Had fun on this hunt just need to get back and find some more CTX gold.
 
nicely done. Thanks for the follow-up report. Based on your performance so far...... you could have it paid for by the time I get done writing this post! HH Randy
 
Sweet!

Bunker
 
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