Using the CTX3030 in trashy parks.

[below2doe]

Hi Guys,

I use a e-track and the v3 here in oz. Can somebody tell me has the 3030 an advantage with modern junk no iron against the e-track.

Regards Below2doe.

 

[GateKeeper]

In my opinion, Yes. I have tested this theory over and over. I hunted with a Trac, and hunted with several owners with an Etrac. The results were amazing. The CTX was loud and clear on targets, where the Etrac would just null. The test was so impressive in fact, that the Etrac owners went out and purchased a CTX as well.

To put it plainly, it just isn't fair to everyone else when a CTX is present.

 

[DukeOBass]

I say, yes, after 3 years of running an Etrac and switch to the CTX.

 

[PokerShark]

Hi Guys,

I use a e-track and the v3 here in oz. Can somebody tell me has the 3030 an advantage with modern junk no iron against the e-track.

Regards Below2doe.

I can't speak to the ET side of the equation, as my CTX is my first Minelab detector. But I can speak to the V3 part of your equation as mine was a trade-in for the CTX. I have found the CTX to be very effective in locations I had "hunted out" to the point where I got null signals with my V3i, but the CTX has produced handfuls of finds in a strikingly small area in the same location. They were not very deep, just masked by nearby garbage is all. The one thing I loved about the "V" (as I called it) the identification was spot on in most cases. I knew before digging exactly what I was looking at with little variance. It amazed my wife when we went out together detecting. She was shocked I even considered letting go of my beloved V3i (she called the other woman). But having a rusty nail, and a silver dime under the coil at the same time and getting a good tone is a worthy compromise IMHO! BTW, I am still going to pick up another V3i when my finances improve. It was a great machine, just not a CTX is all.

The Shark

 

[vancemetaldetecting.com]

Absolutely I own both hands down the ctx is worth the money it cuts thru trash and junk like hot butta

 

[below2doe]

Hi Guys,

Thanks guys for the replys. Our $1 and $2 coins here in Australia fall on 12-38 -9 $2 12-37 but also our aluminium screw caps fall on them also. The e-track cannot tell the difference between some of the caps but the Whites v3 with a seperate program for the $1 and $2 can seperate these targets.

My question is has any body found the ctx3030 more accurate at seperating screw caps from good targets.

Regards Below2doe

 

[Bill_S]

Most of the screw caps in my area fall a little higer than a zinc at 38-39-40 but a little lower than the copper penny or dime. I can usually id them fairly accurate.

 

[JamesM]

I agree with Bill, but I've had the smashed ones hit in the dime range (12/44), and they display as being deeper than they actually are, because they are larger than a coin size object; but they are usually very loud, in comparison to a coin at the same depth.

 

[Bill_S]

Yes they seem to put off quite the signal. I can hit them even deeper than coins.

 

[vancemetaldetecting.com]

Agree agree

 

[JamesM]

The CTX has some great technology, but nothing will substitute for time on the machine. I can almost gurantee that if you received a new CTX today, that you are gonna dig screw caps and pull tabs until you get at least 100 hours on the machine. Other than a few zincs and some memorials, I think that's all I dug for the first week...

 

[nolanation]

As fox says, "If there's anything I hate worse than diggin' pulltabs, its missin' a gold ring!"...Gotta dig em