Gary Draytons Book

[brother steve]

I just got Gary's new book on the 3030 and it is great. It's not just a beach book and can be used anywhere.I recommend it to any user new or old. It has a lot of useful common sense information that will help any ctx owner. It makes more sense to me than the manual. For 20 bucks it is well worth it. Gary will even sign it if you ask! Go to his website and check it out.

 

[nolanation]

So it has inland, "dirt digging" tips as well?

 

[brother steve]

Well, the info you learn can be applied to dirt fishing. It is thinking out of the box. I hunt fresh water as well and it applies to that.

 

[Tony in FL]

I own the book and felt it was worth reading. But I also live in Florida and primarily hunt the water and wet sand. Unforunately the manual that Minelab has for the CTX is a bit dry. It is more of a reference of features. Gary's book is a fun and informative read. As far as I know it is the only CTX book available at this point.

 

[sparkster]

Dry you say. It has to be the vaguest pieces of technical writing of any of the detector manuals That I have.
Thank God for the people that share their knowledge on this forum.

 

[WildOutdoorAddict]

quote=sparkster]
Dry you say. It has to be the vaguest pieces of technical writing of any of the detector manuals That I have.
Thank God for the people that share their knowledge on this forum.[/quote] I second that!!! ... The forum

 

[Welwood470]

What this manual really needs is an index. It will get you where you need to go a lot quicker than a "table of contents".

"The table of contents goes at the beginning (or near the beginning) of a work, and outlines its major sections in chronological order. It's usually not more than a page long, or maybe two. An index, in contrast, goes at or near the end of a work and is typically much longer than a table of contents. It lists all of the major concepts discussed anywhere in the work, listed alphabetically with page references telling you where to find them. The two sections are similar in concept, but fulfill very different roles".

 

[Larry (IL)]

An index would come in handy if you keep a hard copy, but I keep the manual on my laptop and some even keep it on their smart phone. On the digital copies, you have the Find (search) feature at the top, a PDF document. I suppost you could call it an electronic index and far more functional too.

 

[Welwood470]

An index would come in handy if you keep a hard copy, but I keep the manual on my laptop and some even keep it on their smart phone. On the digital copies, you have the Find (search) feature at the top, a PDF document. I suppost you could call it an electronic index and far more functional too.

Great info Larry, I had already printed a hard copy, have it on my laptop and Iphone, but had forgotten about the find feature on PDF files.
Thanks. It will certainly save a lot of skimming thru the contents.