discrimination pattern to help block pull tabs

[frogmanungar]

At some point I think everyone has decided to try to cut out on the endless pull tabs or alum tops. I sure did. (I hunt in very junky areas) I know it depends on the age, type, size, material, and whether or not the tab part is still attached etc. But has anyone tried to block 12,13.16-17-18 and 12.13 35,36,37? And if it did any good? I sure wish Minelab would send software to helped with this problem!

Thanks

 

[Jason in Enid]

you cant block tabs and still get the gold that and relics from that zone. If you want to reject the tabs, just do it. You dont need some update from minelab to do it for you.

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

I'd give $10,000 for a metal detector that could discriminate aluminum including pull/push tabs from gold. But I feel your pain!
There are several ways to reduce the number of pull/push tabs with the CTX 3030. But I'd strongly suggest Andy Sabisch's book on the CTX 3030 for many useful hints and pointers.

 

[IDXMonster]

you cant block tabs and still get the gold that and relics from that zone. If you want to reject the tabs, just do it. You dont need some update from minelab to do it for you.

Correct-amundo! With the vastly varying sizes, shapes, alloys, etc. that rings and jewelry can be comprised of, it’s not possible to strictly reject aluminum items of that size and still strictly retrieve gold items in its place. LOCATION is the name of the game here...look for gold where it most likely is, not just where it could be. There are a few “gold patterns” floating around out there to try to give you a better set of odds, but....it’s a tough go. We would all like that pattern you’re after, but it’s a fairy tale so far.

 

[Johnnyanglo]

Some years back, I gathered test data on jewelry with the CTX and E-Trac. The pattern below is where the masses of jewelry showed, which includes both air and ground results. The larger the yellow halo, the greater the number of occurrences. So, yes -- you have to dig pull-tabs of miss out on some jewelry. So many times I was sure the target was another pull-tab, and instead, I've got a thin men's ring in the scoop.

 

[IDXMonster]

That’s awesome JA! And it matches quite nicely with what Neilo had put out about the Explorer with FeCO display....7-13 Ferrous and 1-25 Conductive on a 30 ring test. VERY nice work with the record keeping!

 

[squirrel1]

Frogmanungar, have you tried using the exchange program to set your detector up ? Not hard to do. Here’s a video explaining. There are other videos out there too showing exchange 2 for CTX.

 

[tcornel]

This was a solid 12-16 on the ctx. 11.5g of 14k. So ignore pull tabs at your own peril!