New Love for Ground Coin

[jimzilla]

I recently started using ground coin (GC) in areas that are very mineralized. Let me tell you it works like a charm. I pulled so many coins including lots of silver. The ctx is so versatile and works in every condition.

 

[spdnj]

I can say that so far ground coin for the NJ beaches seems to be the best.
GL&HH

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

I hit the beach again last night, there was a wide shallow mound of sand pushed up down low near the water about 40 feet wide. The front slope of this nearest the water produced severe falsing. The falsing was so bad and consistent it was a good opportunity to check out different modes and settings. Nothing short of reducing sensitivity to 15 would settle the machine down. I tried coin/ground, normal, high trash, back the gain way down (which just made the falsing less loud as expected). There are clearly conditions in which the CTX can't hack it on the beach. I went back to high trash, long tones to deal with the falsing problem and kept clear of that particular section of the beach as it just wasn't huntable the falsing was that bad. I'm planning to do some shallow surf and chest deep water hunting this summer though and I'm this >< close to pulling the trigger on an Excal for that instead of the CTX.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

I would be more interested in what your description of falsing is. I would also like to know more about your settings. I have been hunting only the beach and have had some falsing when I push the sensitivity up passed 22. I have only had a steep beach in the last week and did not work up and down the sloop much.I do get falsing from waves when in the wet sand but not in the water. I do recall reading years ago that a hunters should NOT walk parralle to the ocean for long periods but to walk to and from the ocean to avoid electrical noise from the ocean. It would be interesting if this has any affect to your situation. I have been running as of late with combined tones FE line at 24. Sensitivity 20 open screen. I and going to drop the line further down to FE 30 this way the iron will tone at my settings (low) and not null. The null can be distracting on NJ beaches from all the iron we have. I also have the sensitivity shown on the screen to see what the machine reccomends. I was surprised how the machine will change from a rec. setting of 19 back to 14 in a very short move on the beach.And I have been playing with different sens. settings on targets.After targeting at 20 I have been able to lower the sens to 12 and still hear the target. But some times not. Other times I can raise the sesn. up to 24 and loose it too! I think this is all about coins on edge. I hope this can help in some way. I will be watching.
BCNJ

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

I'm done fighting the CTX, it just sucks in the salt water period. We had 2 CTX machines in Wildwood tonight, both were virtually unusable in the water. Out on the wet sand they were fine, Wildwood is where they have run the most stable on wet sand so I was hoping for better results in the water but no go. The falsing jumps around but mostly low conductive tones. I have ferrous rejected, factory pattern. The lower/left corner falsing is not the issue, I'm fine with the nulls on those, this falsing is top/left quarter of the screen around where gold and nickels hit.

 

[jimzilla]

Charles are you running in Auto or Manual?

 

[spdnj]

I'm done fighting the CTX, it just sucks in the salt water period. We had 2 CTX machines in Wildwood tonight, both were virtually unusable in the water. Out on the wet sand they were fine, Wildwood is where they have run the most stable on wet sand so I was hoping for better results in the water but no go. The falsing jumps around but mostly low conductive tones. I have ferrous rejected, factory pattern. The lower/left corner falsing is not the issue, I'm fine with the nulls on those, this falsing is top/left quarter of the screen around where gold and nickels hit.

I agree Charles, I hear you already have a resolution....

I am really starting to wonder if there is some type of shielding problem with the screen housing. The closer the water gets to it the worse it gets.

Steve the falsing I am speaking about (and i think Charles is too) comes along the entire first five rows of the CO. Not just down in the lower left but the entire FE range from top to bottom in the first 5 CO rows. It bounces outside of the first five rows but for me the majority is there. At times it becomes concentrated from Fe1 to FE 16 and those CO numbers in that range are prime for platinum, small gold and engagement rings .
This machine is unusable once the shaft gets waves half way up it.
I think the ctx is a great machine but as of right now I have not seen anyone who have been able to surf hunt with the unit in ocean waves beyond ankle deep.