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CTX 3030 Coil cover
- Thread starter ettucat
- Start date
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
You should already have a cover on it, look close, BUT, the first thing I do with a new detector is get rid of the cover for the type of hunting I do. If you want to leave the cover on, be sure to take it off from time to time, clean and remove the debris, a dirty coil cover will affect performance and target ID.
Neil in West Jersey
New member
n/t
Hello Neil, Thank you very much for such a quick answer. My brother and my granddaughter are in possession of my detector at the moment, and I can't get them on the phone to ask if there was a cover in the box. They are reading the manual and doing the things it says to do in order to learn the basics, anyway. They will then give me "lessons." I have forwarded your response to my question, so they know the pros/cons of a coil cover.
This sounds like a very fun hobby.......gets us out walking and talking together. Too cold out there right now, for me anyway, but I am so anxious to get into metal detecting.
Alice
This sounds like a very fun hobby.......gets us out walking and talking together. Too cold out there right now, for me anyway, but I am so anxious to get into metal detecting.
Alice
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
It comes already on the coil and looks like part of the coil until you look real close. Without the cover on, the bottom of the coil will be grey.
DaytonaGold
Member
I had no idea there was a coil cover on mine until it started to come off, I thought the detector coil was damaged and even sent it in to Minelab...man, did I feel stupid when they called me back to inform me that there was nothing wrong but the coil cover [skidplate] was simply coming off. Anyways, I remove it each and every time after a hunt to clean and or rinse it off along with the coil.
DaytonaGold
Member
ettucat said:
Alice,
That manual will not help you one bit when it comes to mentioning that it already has one on it, I found out the hard way. There is a brief mention of it on the accessories list on page 59 of the manual. This is why these forums are an excellent source of valuable info. Good luck with that ctx, it won't let you down
DaytonaGold
Member
Dmitriy07 said:
The link is not valid but I figured out where it is, maybe FTF doesn't approve of your link.
DaytonaGold
Member
Dmitriy07 said:
Ha ha, they got you again. Just google "Sealing Search Coil Cover", it should be the first link you see.
Thank you Daytona and Dmitriy.......this is such good help. I am sending all of this info to my brother because he is the one that is going to have to lead me through all the steps of before, during, and after. So much to learn, but that is what hobbies are all about, learning and having fun while doing it.