Cz3d suggestions?

[Czhunter]

Ok, I'm trying to learn this machine. I've gone out to an old homesite ( 112 years old) , and I've been to an old ghost town founded in 1900. I've tried hunting a couple different ways. I've tried 0 disc, and pick up so many iron sounds, that it gets frustrating when that's mostly what I hear, and have a difficult time trying to find a target that gets a good repeatable high tone or mid tone in both directions. So I tried hunting in disc 1, and the iron sound pretty much goes away, but I've noticed every time I get a meter reading of a solid nickle, it's been a square pulltab? I haven't tried hunting in the salt mode yet. I have my sensitivity set at 4, or 5. Enhanced mode is all I've been using so far. Any suggestions?

 

[tmanly]

Forget about the dislay for now. Only listen to the tones. Use pinpoint to determine the size of the target. Pay close attention the how the tones are produced. Listen for a little fuzzy tone . It can be a fuzzy to high or fussy to mid.
It can also be the reverse of high to fuzzy or mid to fuzzy. Start to guess what you think the target will be before you dig it based on the tone produced. Dig all high and good reliable mid tones. Take the unit to a Park and
hunt for clad coins. this will help you hear the crisp clear tones of a coin. The CZ units have good and bad days so don't give up. I had a CZ3d several years ago and could not find anything but clad and junk. I was ready to sell it but decided to go out to a local school, one more time. I found several wheat pennys and a couple of indian heads. It was just banging on those deep coins...

Tom in SC

 

[Czhunter]

So did you keep the cz?

 

[tmanly]

Yes, But I sold it later on to fund another purchase. I alway have a CZ on hand. I now have a Cz6a which will always be Not for Sale......


Tom in SC

 

[sqwaby]

You might try the sens below 4, 3.5 or so. As mentioned forget the meter and dig the mid and high tones that repeat as you rotate around the target. In heavy iron you might get one or two iron grunts on a 360 dgree rotation, but almost every swing should stay mid or high.Nickels should hit as high tone regardless of the meter. Bent nails will fool you with a high tone.

 

[CaptEsteban]

Sometimes, in an iron filled area, I turn my CZ3 senitivity to about 3-4, as suggested above, & ground balance to about the same # . It will mostly only ring on high tone coins, then, & is pretty silent on everything else. I know it can miss other good targets then,, but sometimes I get tired of all the low grunt iron signals.You will wonder if it is working when it is so quiet. Note; This is in good neutral Florida soil.

 

[Czhunter]

Thanks for the help guys. I will take these things into consideration when I'm out treasure hunting.