Time of day affecting the CTX 3030

[Lost]

Haven't ever really posted anything in the forum before but I would like to say thanks for all the great information. Still consider myself a rookie with the 3030 but one thing that I have noticed or I might just be crazy, is that the time of day seems to have an impact on my success. I don't have a lot of places to hunt yet so I was frequenting an old park hitting the same spot many times learning the 3030's personality. I've always seem to have better luck later in the day. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy ?

 

[G. E. Edwards]

For me I hunt 3 to 5 hours a day, and it takes about twenty minutes for my ears to really get tuned in to the threshold, from the outside noise, which in my case is the ocean wave crashing every 10 seconds. If someone stops me and wants to ask a question, after they leave the process starts all over again from removing my headphones. I have to tune in to the threshold again. But for later in the day do I do better, that's a tough question. I start detecting around noon, but I have hunted ten minutes and hit a gold ring. One morning I got a early start walk into the water, one minute later I got a gold ring, walked twenty feet got another gold ring, walked thirty or so and got another gold ring, didn't get a good target the rest of the day. I think it's just when you walk over it, how well you know your machine and if your not off to the races while detecting. I know everyone on this forum has gone all day with out getting anything to brag about, but maybe the next day bang, constant good hits. I guess that's the fun part of detecting you never know when your gonna hit a hot spot or the big one you can brag on for months.

 

[Mike MD]

Are you trying new spots in the park and not finding much, then returning to the spot that has produced before?

I have hunted one park on a regular basis because it

 

[AngelicStorm]

Night time is when I have found the best most noteworthy targets. During the day it seems there are more distractions to take your focus off of detecting at least that is around these parts.

 

[chuckciao]

Perhaps it's the fatigue factor. When I begin to hunt, I seem to get my best finds. As the day wears on, and fatigue begins to set in, my swinging becomes erratic and as the finds drop off, so does my energy which leads me to call it a day.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

Have you considered weather? Like did it rain one or two days before the good results and hadn't rained for a week during the bad results? This would more likely be a better answer. But if you mean better as in you dug clad in the morning and silver in the evening in the same spot. That could just be you cleared out the nuisances signals to get to the goods. many times I grid an area and find everything (LOL!) and go back through and that's when the gold can be heard, that's just due to the machines have to process less info.
BCNJ

 

[Des D]

Haven't ever really posted anything in the forum before but I would like to say thanks for all the great information. Still consider myself a rookie with the 3030 but one thing that I have noticed or I might just be crazy, is that the time of day seems to have an impact on my success. I don't have a lot of places to hunt yet so I was frequenting an old park hitting the same spot many times learning the 3030's personality. I've always seem to have better luck later in the day. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy ?

No.
You're not crazy!
It's a known fact that detector performance can fall off after 9am and not be at best performance till everyone goes home after 6pm and turns off all the lights and machines on in the factories producing masses of 'invisible' electrical noise.
So you are correct.
True story.
During E Trac development it was proven in CA many years ago.

 

[parkgt]

No.
You're not crazy!
It's a known fact that detector performance can fall off after 9am and not be at best performance till everyone goes home after 6pm and turns off all the lights and machines on in the factories producing masses of 'invisible' electrical noise.
So you are correct.
True story.
During E Trac development it was proven in CA many years ago.[/quote]

What is the range of this " 'invisible' electrical noise"? Is it a factor if you are out in the country away from towns? How far is far enough?

 

[AngelicStorm]

Haven't ever really posted anything in the forum before but I would like to say thanks for all the great information. Still consider myself a rookie with the 3030 but one thing that I have noticed or I might just be crazy, is that the time of day seems to have an impact on my success. I don't have a lot of places to hunt yet so I was frequenting an old park hitting the same spot many times learning the 3030's personality. I've always seem to have better luck later in the day. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy ?

No.
You're not crazy!
It's a known fact that detector performance can fall off after 9am and not be at best performance till everyone goes home after 6pm and turns off all the lights and machines on in the factories producing masses of 'invisible' electrical noise.
So you are correct.
True story.
During E Trac development it was proven in CA many years ago.

I can totally relate to this! Didn't even think of it.... It is true that during the day my detector tends to be more erratic than at night and I have noticed it settles down in the evenings after a certain point.

 

[Lost]

That very interesting and I hadn't hought of that before, makes sense and thanks for the info.......

 

[Lost]

Thanks for all the excellent information !!! Many tips and things that I hadn't thought of and could definately be affecting the behavior of the 3030. One thing that I could clarify for you guys is that I found a very nice Barber Dime and three tokens after hitting the exact same spot in the park probably 10 times with the exact same settings. I typically hunted the park around 11:00am to 1:00pm and then one night decided to go around 6:00pm, which is when I found the Barber dime and tokens. Thanks again for all the great tips they sure help.

 

[Mike MD]

Haven't ever really posted anything in the forum before but I would like to say thanks for all the great information. Still consider myself a rookie with the 3030 but one thing that I have noticed or I might just be crazy, is that the time of day seems to have an impact on my success. I don't have a lot of places to hunt yet so I was frequenting an old park hitting the same spot many times learning the 3030's personality. I've always seem to have better luck later in the day. Has anyone else noticed this or am I just crazy ?

No.
You're not crazy!
It's a known fact that detector performance can fall off after 9am and not be at best performance till everyone goes home after 6pm and turns off all the lights and machines on in the factories producing masses of 'invisible' electrical noise.
So you are correct.
True story.
During E Trac development it was proven in CA many years ago.

I can totally relate to this! Didn't even think of it.... It is true that during the day my detector tends to be more erratic than at night and I have noticed it settles down in the evenings after a certain point.

This would leave me to believe that it would most likely be due to sun spots. They do affect longer wave lengths more. I'll have to test that during the next major solar flare where it would make a more dramatic difference.

 

[Lost]

I was wondering about the solar flares and sun spots also. Might just starting detecting more at night with head lamps...... Let me know if you find corresponding behavior...... Thanks