All I can say is "what a month". I have pretty much been to about a half dozen sites since I got the 3030 and all of these sites have been hunted by me and countless other for the past 20+ years. Now I get out about 3-5 times a week so dont feel bad if your not finding the quantity that I am finding. I do get out a lot. I have an addiction I think. So lets talk about the finds...65 silver coins...1 half dollar, 3 Barber quarters, 5 Standing Lib Quarters 8 Wash quarters, 5 Barber Dimes, 18 Mercs, 16 Rosys, 9 war nickels. One large cent (1805), 11 indians, 117 wheats, 5 V-nickels, 8 Buffalos and tons and tons of clad. Also 3 silver rings, and several 1800-1850 buttons.
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Now my brief review...this detector is worth more than the $2500 price tag. I am having so much fun detecting these days. The 3030 is super accurate on IDing coins and the depth is also right on. Target separation is in my opinion the single most important advantage of the CTX 3030. No matter what soil conditions you have, the CTX has a function for each of them. The main reason for my success is the ability to penetrate through tough soil conditions. Basically I hunt in clear screen but I do have my own pattern which works great on land. It has minimal discrimination but cancels out the strong iron signals. I will start an area in Manual 30 but lower the setting if it become too "chatty" I have seen remarkable depth improvements in manual vs Auto so I am sold on Manual. I will start an area in "high trash" and after several trips, switch to "ground coin" I find GC to be very sensitive and loves silver. The only drawback of GC is if you have lots of surface ferrous targets, you will get some nulling. My sweep speed is super slow so the nulling is minimal. "Deep-ON" is always turned on for me because I like hearing the deep targets. My audio is set to "Combine" mode but I bumped up the pitch on the CO42+ targets. ( I like hearing silver)
I recently started using the GPS feature and every time I go out I create a GEOHUNT. When I upload my geohunt to X2, I can really see what areas I missed that day. I will then make a note on my phone so the next time I go out to that same site, I know where I covered.
The CTX 3030 is really a fun machine to use. There have been lots of critics but I think many have not taken the time to learn the machine. Technique also makes a heck of an improvement of your finds. I am very methodical and overlap every one of my sweeps. I hunt by sound and look for the repeatable targets. FE-CO numbers are important, but sound is more important. I look forward to many years with the CTX unless of course Minelab comes out with another machine. I hope everyone enjoyed my review of the CTX 3030.
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Now my brief review...this detector is worth more than the $2500 price tag. I am having so much fun detecting these days. The 3030 is super accurate on IDing coins and the depth is also right on. Target separation is in my opinion the single most important advantage of the CTX 3030. No matter what soil conditions you have, the CTX has a function for each of them. The main reason for my success is the ability to penetrate through tough soil conditions. Basically I hunt in clear screen but I do have my own pattern which works great on land. It has minimal discrimination but cancels out the strong iron signals. I will start an area in Manual 30 but lower the setting if it become too "chatty" I have seen remarkable depth improvements in manual vs Auto so I am sold on Manual. I will start an area in "high trash" and after several trips, switch to "ground coin" I find GC to be very sensitive and loves silver. The only drawback of GC is if you have lots of surface ferrous targets, you will get some nulling. My sweep speed is super slow so the nulling is minimal. "Deep-ON" is always turned on for me because I like hearing the deep targets. My audio is set to "Combine" mode but I bumped up the pitch on the CO42+ targets. ( I like hearing silver)
I recently started using the GPS feature and every time I go out I create a GEOHUNT. When I upload my geohunt to X2, I can really see what areas I missed that day. I will then make a note on my phone so the next time I go out to that same site, I know where I covered.
The CTX 3030 is really a fun machine to use. There have been lots of critics but I think many have not taken the time to learn the machine. Technique also makes a heck of an improvement of your finds. I am very methodical and overlap every one of my sweeps. I hunt by sound and look for the repeatable targets. FE-CO numbers are important, but sound is more important. I look forward to many years with the CTX unless of course Minelab comes out with another machine. I hope everyone enjoyed my review of the CTX 3030.