The Future of Discovery is here! The CTX 3030 is Minelabs newest, most sophisticated hobby metal detector. Users from around the world are telling us how the CTX 3030 has been finding coins in places that they thought they had beat to death with their previous detectors. Join the CTX 3030 users on this forum and get a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of this new detector. It is far more than just a waterproof version of the ETRAC or Explorer. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?86Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:50 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1925204,1925204#msg-1925204 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1925204,1925204#msg-1925204

]]> stitchlips Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 17:02:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1925082,1925082#msg-1925082 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1925082,1925082#msg-1925082Could have left in the first 45 minutes as the 10k and puzzle ring came minutes apart!]]> Buried Crap NJ Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:18:15 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924947,1924947#msg-1924947 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924947,1924947#msg-1924947



]]> bob-calgary Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 19:22:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924941,1924941#msg-1924941 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924941,1924941#msg-1924941 "Dr.Tones" Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:20:36 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924818,1924818#msg-1924818 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924818,1924818#msg-1924818
Somehow I missed a Wheat Penny in the photo. I dug 7 of them and the Merc.

1943 Mercury
1929, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1946 D Wheaties
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This is one event I haven't seen mentioned here on the forum. If I've just missed finding what I'm about to describe, please direct me to the correct thread.

I was hunting my yard yesterday afternoon with the 6-inch coil and the stock coin program when I got a solid 12/13-42 signal from two directions. pinpoint gave me a place to start digging and the depth reading was 7 inches.

Nice red circle in the silver part of the screen, and it was really filling in solid with color on my screen. At one point, there was the trashy red diamond directly underneath the good circle but at the bottom of the screen. After removing another inch of soil I noticed that the red diamond had turned into a blue circle that was filled with color (blue) just like my good signal indicator. I was still getting the 12/13-42 reading.

Bottom line, I ended up digging a 10 inch deep hole, only to find a square-sided nail, an iron washer and a bread tie that were in the side of the hole and 5 inches from where my pinpoint reading was.

I may have a total of 10 hours on my CTX. I've found mainly clad coins, but nearly everything good has rang out in the 12-40 to 12-44 range (pennies included),

Am I doing something wrong, do I just need more time on the machine, or does it need to go in for service? Oh yeah, what about that blue circle in the lower right of the screen?

Thanks,

SteveB]]> SteveB Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:30 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924399,1924399#msg-1924399 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924399,1924399#msg-1924399
Glad I went out as the photos show. I found a 1878 seated quarter and an 1872-S in the same hole! This was as I was on my way out and they couldn't have been more than a few inches down. I pulled the quarter out first and it was so shallow I assumed it was a clad, hence my rubbing to see what it was (always a mistake). I double checked the whole and got another great signal an low and behold, my first seated half dollar. Both coins are much nicer than the scans and the quarter still has some mint luster around the stars. I haven't figured out wahat the large copper is yet, but it's either a large cent or a New Jersey. Very much doubt it would be a Connecticut or Vermont as it's fairly thick. Back in the 1780's CT's traded at 16 to the shilling and Jersey's traded at 12 to the shilling because they contained more copper by weight. It's also for this reason that Thomas Machin was buying CT coppers and striking his own NJ dies over them. He got 4 more for a shilling. This is also why a number of New Jersey varieties show the remains of a Connecticut copper. Many NJ coppers were made by Machin and although a lot of people are aware of Machin Mills coinage, they don't usually think of NJ's being a Machin product. FWIW, I was a contributor to the Redbook for about 10 years in the late 90's up until 2003 or so. I do know colonials.

One last thing, I also found a nickel sized button 10-12' down with the reverse stamped Double Gilt with a crown at the top with a star on each side.]]> doninbrewster Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:23:31 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924379,1924379#msg-1924379 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924379,1924379#msg-1924379

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[/img] Great day at the fairgrounds, finally got a great silver spill 1942 Washington quarter 1955 Canada quarter and a1962 big ben. The coins came in at a booming 12.46 4 inches deep wow.I was hunting by the horse corral to finish off the area I had started, then I got on the midway second one this year. Dug 4 nickles in a row 1916 1927 buff and a no date , plus a v nickel 1906 all at 4 inches deep in a 4 foot circle . Only 2 wheat's today, a 1917s merc , worn 1909 barber and 2 Roosevelt's. Found 2 silver rings some costume jewelry. What is the gold item I found says 14k on it , the y shape piece fell off it was attached to the back any clues.
]]> sube Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSat, 15 Jun 2013 23:17:51 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924325,1924325#msg-1924325 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924325,1924325#msg-1924325the next day we found a Merc and an 1883 Indian Head that was really rough around the edges but it is still fun finding indian heads due to that feeling like we are really reaching back in the past. the next day we had a Wash quarter and 5 dimes. 2 Mercs, a Rosie, a 1904 Canadaian and a 1905 Barber. Only 2 Barbers of any type this year and found them back to back. Found these in a vacant school yard that had an old school on it that burned down ( can't find out when) and then a "modern" brick school that had been demolished.
we are using the modified Gone Hunting settings but I did mess with manual sensitivity a bit ( we usually use auto +3) and that is when we found the Barber dime at 9 inches. it was scratchy but repeated in both directions. Got crazy after that and dug a number of deep holes only to find nails and such. so it will take some getting use to the manual sensitivity mode but we will be using it again.]]> martygene Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSun, 16 Jun 2013 11:13:28 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924138,1924138#msg-1924138 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924138,1924138#msg-1924138This field has produced late 1700's american coins, buttons, and 1700's British coins but diminishing returns had set in and my hopes of ever seeing the earth turned over to uncover some new finds was not even on my mind today.
The corn now growing in the field is only about a foot high and the rows are about two to three feet apart so it gave me enough room to detect. After covering a couple rows I was rewarded with a button. Of course I had to be very careful not to damage the corn with the detector or my feet so it was slow going and I know that I am missing something where the corn is already growing but I will have to wait for the corn to be plowed back under before I can discover what is there.
What I was able to see today and never before was that there is a lot of shards of pottery, glass etc, and of course the ubiquitous clam shells that our forefathers loved to leave behind. These indicators of past activity were along every row I detected and really gave me a better understanding of the area of activity. I should note that we just had a couple days of really heavy rain which washed a lot of the soil away leaving small stones and things like the shells, pottery, earthenware very easy to spot.
The finds of the day was the nice little batwing buckle, and the Vermon Auctori. The obverse side of the coin is in really great shape, but the reverse although clean is pretty worn down.I believe the coin is of the Brittania variety. Besides those finds, I recovered a beat up 1817 Large Cent, (my second in a couple weeks, strange), some really nice buttons, pocket knife and some interesting pottery shards.

Besides the Vermom coin which was the first of those I have had the pleasure to recover. I also found two pieces of tombstone (never found one of those before) in the middle of the field. It's a shame that the nicer stones have long ago been looted from the cemetery and almost sadder that this one ended up in the middle of the field broken in pieces.

In case your curious my detector settings and methods have always been fairly simple. Swing slow and swing low to the ground, I use very little discrimination just because I like to hear what is in the ground. With the CTX I have been using the setup frequently referred to has GoneHunting.

One thing I would like to mention is gridding. I know it isn't nearly has much fun as walking around exploring. But I have found that I do much better going back and forth again and again making sure to cover all of the ground rather than just random wandering
Happy Hunting]]> GKMan Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSat, 15 Jun 2013 10:29:16 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924036,1924036#msg-1924036 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924036,1924036#msg-1924036
Thanks!]]> MEV Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSun, 16 Jun 2013 23:09:07 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923995,1923995#msg-1923995 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923995,1923995#msg-1923995it looks to be in awesome condition I can't wait to get home to clean it up a bit more]]> GKMan Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSat, 15 Jun 2013 20:37:22 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923778,1923778#msg-1923778 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923778,1923778#msg-1923778
So here are the goods.

1802 Draped Bust LC
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1817 Coronet Head LC, with a lucky charm string hole, found 9" down.
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1907 well worn Barber Q, 1919 Canadian LC, two large .925 men's silver rings and my silver dimes. Also dug a bunch of wheats and lots of clad, 27 quarters from one property in 2 hours.
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Thanks for looking!

HH, Quack]]> DigginVt Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSun, 16 Jun 2013 05:32:16 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923412,1923412#msg-1923412 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923412,1923412#msg-1923412 lse450cc Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumThu, 13 Jun 2013 16:22:07 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923293,1923293#msg-1923293 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923293,1923293#msg-1923293 erick byrne Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumThu, 13 Jun 2013 21:00:37 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923073,1923073#msg-1923073 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1923073,1923073#msg-1923073The last few days I've been searching in the water en something strange occur ed. I was swinging and the threshold blanked, like something was discriminated, but I glanced at the screen and saw a clear 12-37.
I swung back to that place and there was no sound, just threshold blanked.
Very strange so I dug it up and found a "gulden". The next time it happend I opened up the screen but the threshold still blanked out and again there was a (gulden).
This happened only on the little coins (10mm) every other "gulden" coin gave a good sound.
How can I "solve" this "problem" ?]]> racoon Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumWed, 12 Jun 2013 16:34:20 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922714,1922714#msg-1922714 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922714,1922714#msg-1922714
Thanks...

Guvner..]]> Guvner Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumTue, 11 Jun 2013 10:14:46 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922712,1922712#msg-1922712 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922712,1922712#msg-1922712
(I know this isn't the proper forum for this question, but I didn't know which forum to post this in.)]]> erick byrne Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumFri, 14 Jun 2013 15:05:27 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922471,1922471#msg-1922471 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922471,1922471#msg-1922471 silversweeper Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumFri, 14 Jun 2013 16:02:25 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922276,1922276#msg-1922276 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922276,1922276#msg-1922276
Does anyone have any killer pattern they'd be willing to share with me?

Thank you ahead of time!!]]> DukeOBass Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 10 Jun 2013 13:20:37 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922161,1922161#msg-1922161 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922161,1922161#msg-1922161
I had found silver and wheats 4 hunts in a row (first time in my life I ever did that). So I wake up this morning and it looks like it is going to pour rain.

Do I try for silver for 5 hunts in a row, knowing that it will be a short hunt because the rains a comin.

NO GUTS, NO GLORY!! I decide to make the long 3 minute trip to the closest park to my house and get to swing for 45 minutes before mother nature's liquid refreshment starts pelting me.

I did manage to squeek out 10 coins, including a 44 merc, 3 wheats, and a .325 toe ring.

Bottom line is: The silver & wheat streak continues at 5 hunts in a row !!

FYI, I had 44 silver in 11 years before CTX. I have 40 this year already]]> tonym Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 10 Jun 2013 21:20:17 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922147,1922147#msg-1922147 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922147,1922147#msg-1922147 vtcivilwar Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:39:56 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922078,1922078#msg-1922078 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922078,1922078#msg-1922078

]]> "Dr.Tones" Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:21:54 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922020,1922020#msg-1922020 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1922020,1922020#msg-1922020BCNJ]]> Buried Crap NJ Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 10 Jun 2013 03:16:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921972,1921972#msg-1921972 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921972,1921972#msg-1921972
I got to Utah in the early afternoon on Thursday, got checked into a room and texted Jason to let him know I had arrived. I didn't want to bother him too much because Thursday was his 5th wedding anniversary and, of course, he had plans with his wife. He did reply back with the details on where we should meet on Friday afternoon so he could drive us to his chosen hunting location. Friday morning I was on my own and it's a big area when you're from out of town. I had done a little research on the iternet though and went to a couple of older parks. I wasn't expecting to find much because Jason had told me that most of the public areas in Utah had been worked pretty hard over the years. And he was right. No silver, but I did find some clad and a few coins from foreign countries. Around 11:30 I made the drive to a location closer to where we were to meet and then had lunch. Jason arrived at 1PM and we finally got to meet each other face to face after 6 months of electronic chatting. We talked quite a bit on the way to the spot where we were going to hunt. At the first location, Jason got us permission and we'd just settled in for some serious hunting when the tenant came back out and said that since she was renting the place her Mom said they'd better get permission from the owner. We said we understood and gathered up our stuff to leave. It just happened that there was another place right across the street and a man was working in the yard. So Jason got permission for that spot and we got down to work. Even though this was a fairly old place we each only found some clad and Wheaties. My highlight was a three coin Wheatie spill. We worked that spot thoroughly and then headed back to the car for a drive to another spot.

The new spot was rented by a young couple and they gave us the go ahead. It wasn't a huge yard, but it was big enough to last us for the rest of the evening. After we'd gridded the entire place, Jason had a Merc, more Wheaties and a ring (he never told me what it was made of) and some odds and ends. I pulled a couple of foreign coins from the same hole, one more Wheatie and two Mercs (I think Jason put me on the side where he thought the most silver would be)! We headed back to my truck and made plans for the next day.

On Saturday, Jason had a garage sale for most of the morning, so we didn't get a start until about 2PM and he had to be home at 7. We quickly went back to a place we'd asked to hunt the day before, but the parents weren't home. This time they were there and Jason scored again, so we went to work. There was a good bit of clad in this spot, but mixed in were enough deeper targets to keep it interesting. I could see Jason digging pretty steadily and he was racking up Wheaties and then he walks over and shows me two coins that are stuck together. It was obvious that one of them was silver and the other was some type of cent coin. I finished the little section I was in and then joined Jason in the larger section of the lawn. Fairly quickly I pulled a nice Merc and a Wheatie. Now even though I think I have a fairly slow swing, Jason is even more methodical than me. He proved that there's a reason for it. He moved over into the little section of lawn that I'd worked alone and then picked up two more good targets. One turned out to be junk, but the other one had two Wheaties in it. I'd completely missed it!

After this yard, we were almost out of time, but we did drive around and look for one more spot. We got a couple of shoot downs from owners and then spotted a really, really old house. The owner was in the yard and he said he was going to detect it himself, but he turned out to be an interesting person and we spent almost an hour talking with him. By then, Jason had to get going and I needed to get back to my room and get things sorted so I could pack up and head home today. Here's some pics of my total harvest of keepers and the two coins that Jason found stuck together. I know Jason had two Mercs and quite a bunch of Wheaties. He also found two rings. It was a great trip and hopefully we'll get together again down the road and I can host him up in my area.

The large foreign coin is from Iceland and the two smaller ones are from Austria. The others are from the USA! Duh!

My Mercs.

The foreign stuff. Not that old or valuable, but interesting....at least to me.

Jason's two coin meld.....

....and separated.

Forgot to mention I used my E-trac on Friday and the CTX on Saturday.
]]> Mason Jarr Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumMon, 10 Jun 2013 03:24:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921941,1921941#msg-1921941 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921941,1921941#msg-1921941

]]> Shayne Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSun, 16 Jun 2013 05:24:26 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921917,1921917#msg-1921917 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1921917,1921917#msg-1921917
The Buffalo and Ring came from a yard that has also been hunted very hard and extremely trashy. At first I thought the ring was gold.

The CTX worked great!

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HH Matt]]> mtwolf2270 Minelab CTX 3030 Detecting ForumSun, 16 Jun 2013 21:43:06 -0500