Friday

[LandOLincoln]

Thinking about taking the day off tomorrow to do some beeping. If anyone is around let me know. You are more then welcome to use my Etrac while I learn the CTX.

 

[Larry (IL)]

I might be out hunting tomorrow afternoon............. maybe. I'll send you a PM.

 

[SWAMP HAWK]

im up for digging in the morn.

 

[LandOLincoln]

I have to go into work until i find a truck for a load then i can leave.

 

[LandOLincoln]

Too dry and hard where i went friday so i left after an hour of messing with the setting. Today i went to an old school that i have pounded with the etrac. Had an hour to hunt before i had to cook supper. Found a 30s wheat and what looks like a ring made of nickle. Both were deeper than i wanted to dig in the dry sand. It was like concrete past 4 inches. Waiting on the rain before i do any more i think. Just too hard to dig.

 

[2000nkb]

What's your feelings so far on the CTX3030?

 

[dave5710]

According to the forums Nathan, the 3030 is the greatest thing to happen to metal detecting, since the invention of the coin.

 

[LandOLincoln]

To be honest Nathan I have less than 3 hours on the machine and even less time on it actually knowing what the trace functions do. Way to early to tell but I can say that the recovery speed and balance are fantastic. There are a couple bells and whistles that aren't really necessary but are very convienient to use such as marking your findpoints and mapping where you have been at a certain location to see what areas you missed for the next hunt. The few places I have taken the machine I have been over with the Etrac. I didn't leave much behind and it will take me a while to get the hang of the CTX before I really make any assesments. Yesterday was the first day I hunted in manual sensativity and really the first time I had any targets deeper than 5 inches. The ring and the wheat penny were both 9 inches in hard packed dry sand and if it gets that kind of depth in those conditions I can't wait to get out after it rains. Anytime you want to meet up and give it a try let me know. I usually have the etrac in the truck with me but i haven't done any side by side comparissions on finds yet. Still learning the machine which I have a feeling will take me a good bit. It may be a minelab but its not an Etrac and as such there is a whole new learning curve I have to get down. I was lucky with the Etrac as there were videos everywhere to learn from. There are very little videos worth a darn on youtube so its a lot slower process for me. I think I watched videos on the Etrac for 6 months before I even considered buying one. The only thing I will truely miss about the etrac is the x-1 probe. It was by far the best accessory I ever bought for the machine.

 

[LandOLincoln]

Decided to go get sweaty today. Only lasted an hour before it was just too humid and hot and I was soaked. I'm conviced this CTX can see through the junk. The dime is a 63 Rosie and it was actually under the broad head about 5 inches down. It gave me a weak high signal but showed up clearly on the screen. Also found a 1901 Indian.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Way to go! Those machines love finding Indian cents. And great find with the dime along with the piece of other metal. YES!!!! HH, Nancy

 

[Larry (IL)]

Congratulations on the finds with the CTX, I am really impressed with the CTX and I have had four targets on the screen at one time, three bad and one good.