Great hunt with the Ctx gets 5 silver!!! Including a first!!!

[jb103081]

Got out for a nice hunt at a new spot I just found by doing a google search of parks in an area I am not to familiar with. I do this all the time when I am in different areas that I am just passing through, If I can't hit it right then, I just make a note of it and hit it when I have the time. I have been getting a little frustrated with the Ctx and was actually contemplating selling or trading it for another etrac. I had been digging a lot of nails!!! I went and switched some settings around and on this hunt I only dug 1 nail and 2 tiny pieces of iron. I was switching between combine and 50 tone conductive comparing them on the same targets to see what was working better. It really helped I also switched deep on and fast off and turned gain up to 30 along with some other settings. I am going to try 2 tone ferrous next time out.
I just sent the 11" coil to Minelab for some problems. I am hoping they will just replace it. I was running the 17" coil on this hunt and it is going to stay on there for the time being. Good depth along with great separation for a big coil. Picks up very small items very clear even deeper signals. The silvers I dug were between 6 to 8 inches. I have some real deep signals that I passed over due to time restraints. I will dig them next time. I also want to dig those signals on camera.
I ended up with 5 silvers. Four mercury dimes, years 1923,1928,1935,1937-D!!
I also dug my first Canadian silver!!!!
It is an 1871-H Queen Victoria 10 cent Canada!!! 1,870,000 minted so i guess it is a semi key date??
I am going to try and put a link to the video that is on my youtube channel jb103081
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Thank you,
Jason



[video]www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2BTL6c_ieU&list=UUUb-Vo4EY0qZCmu1QvdxgIA[/video]

 

[jb103081]

I had a lot better close ups of the coins , but I still cannot figure out how to resize pictures on windows 8!!!

 

[Mike in MN]

There is a free graphics program called Irfanview that makes cropping and resizing pictures a snap. Just google it.

 

[carver]

Had a hard time hearing what you were saying. Otherwise good job.

Carver

 

[jb103081]

Sorry I have a problem with that. I think I may be covering up the mic when I film. I need to start paying more attention.

 

[GKMan]

Nice hunt

 

[trojdor]

Very nice. Always fun to see the silver pop up. I find the 17" coil surprisingly sensitive to dimes, and have also noted that it seperates surprisingly well.
That's the coil I've got on right now.
(It does require a little extra care when pinpointing...usually just one extra 90deg turn works for me.)

Good luck on the deep digs.

mike

 

[goodmore]

You stated that you got the gain at 30. The CTX is not the E Trac. If you run the gain too high you will absolutely dig more nails and trash. A nice hunt.

 

[jb103081]

Thanks for the tip. I am still learning this machine. I did dig a lot less nails this hunt than previous hunts, but that may be just because there aren't that many nails in this spot.