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    First Spanish Silver !

    Great find. Still looking for my first spanish colonial and the Equinox #s of 21-22 for the 1 reale helps, but looks like we'll be digging a lot of zinc cents along the way.
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    Target ID For Gold Coins

    Also remember a nickel is at 12-13, pull tab at 16, zinc cent at 18 and copper cent at 21. Oh well, I guess I'll dig it all...
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    When to dig or Not to dig numbers

    STRONGLY suggest you read Andy Sabisch's book on the CTX 3030 and read it several times and apply that knowledge to your great detector. I have read it 3x, have notes all over it and the book has more dog ears than a kennel. Also memorize the Owner's manual. When you understand your detector...
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    What are your best methodes to avoid deeper aluminium cans with the Equinox?

    In beach hunting, you come across a lot of aluminum cans down 18"+ and hitting hard. Best on beach is to raise coil, as said previously. If I have dug a ft down already and still can raise my coil more than about 8" and often 12" or more and still have a strong signal I move on. Those that I...
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    Gold rings in the dirt

    I would venture to say that most dirt hunters as well as most beach hunters have never found a gold ring. Indeed, I think the rarity of gold is one reason many dirt diggers concentrate on coins, including silver and may actively screen out junk that also often includes gold numbers or...
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    Share Some Dry Sand Gold Findings with 800.

    Thought I’d share the highlights of some of my recent beach hunts. The Gulf has been unkind and thus I have resorted to dry sand to satisfy my MD cravings. This 10k white gold ring with pink stones was found in dry sand. It weighted in at 2.53g and was a “10-11” on the Nox 800. [Beach 1, 5...
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    What Hits in the 30s with Nox 800?

    Been using my Nox 800 for past 6 months on land and sand and surf. Except for quarters hitting around 30 -31, haven't had any targets in the 30s. What are hunters finding that run in the 30s??? Just interested. Halves? Silver dollars?
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    CTX Faded Screen...Fast Return

    WOW! Talk about fast customer service with my CTX 3030 – Although it took 8 days for Minelab to respond to my initial e-mail about my CTX 3030 (you should call them instead), I immediately got a RMA number and within 3 days had a repaired machine at my doorstep. The repairs were enlightening...
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    Gold Ring Weight and Equinox 800 Display Number

    To further evaluate the Equinox 800 I bought in May, I looked at gold ring weight and Equinox 800 display number for 19 gold rings. The rings varied in weight from 0.8g to 11.05g and 15 of the 19 were 14k, one was 10k, 2 were 18k and one was 22k. I “air-tested” the rings at about 4” from the...
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    Ear Buds with Equinox 800

    I’ve been hunting in 90+ degree weather with 110% humidity and I sweat A LOT. Recently my wireless Equinox 800 headphones have been filling-up with sweat that I have to drain periodically. No kidding! To avoid this problem, I recently bought some Bluetooth wireless ear buds by Soundpeats...
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    Whoopee!! Got my Equinox 800 in mail today

    Knew the package would arrive today and waited at the door like a dog waiting for its owner to come home from work. I think I was even salivating. I lost $500 worth of MDing stuff this past winter including 2 pointers (backpack fell off back of truck), so I bought a great 800 package deal that...
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    Beach Finds and CTX 3030 Coordinates - What?

    Had a good time at the beach today and even found a few interesting items; spent 5 hrs in the wash zone and in water up to chest high. A web cam of the beach showed a gathering the day before; I suspected it was religious related. As a consequence, I decided to look closely at that section...
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    On the beach with the BH Discovery 3300

    [attachment 364766 Beach021419.jpg] Spent 2 ½ hrs on the beach with the Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 and have to share my experience. I started the day expecting to hunt the water for 5 hrs with my CTX 3030, but after 2 hrs the headphones died and rather than sacrifice the remaining $9 of...
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    Cent Turns into Sterling Ear Ring w CTX 3030

    Hit the beach with my CTX 3030 and came away with some interesting finds and a lesson to be learned for those who ignore copper cents and concentrate on more valuable ID numbers. Came across this absolutely beautiful, .925 Sterling ear ring with clear 4 ct stone. Discovered it on a beach...
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    Found Heavy 14K White Gold Band at 12:15 on CTX 3030...Pull-tab NOT

    It was quiet most of the day in the surf; very few targets, good or junk. So for practice recovering targets in chest high water, I decided to retrieve any target, good or bad/junk. The good or highly hopeful numbers for gold on My CTX 3030 are; 12:05-14 and 12:23-33. I was in my 4th hour of...
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    Three Hour Evening Hunt Bags 18K Gold Hallmarked Band with CTX 3030

    I planned for this hunt longer than the hunt lasted. And, I was concentrating on Gold and Gold only on this hunt. I had noticed a few days before that a coming low tide was coinciding with highly favorable winds to hopefully yield a really nice super-low tide to hunt. Problem was, super-low...
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    Rely on CTX 3030 CO numbers, At Your Own Risk

    Last Friday I found a Hugh (10.88g) 14k gold Nugget ring with a 1/4 ct center diamond in the surf. The ring registered 12:22 on my CTX 3030, and I figured it was a pull-tab but imagine my surprise. When I got home to log the ring and double check the reading, air test registered 12:25. This...
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    Relation Among Target Surface Area, Target Weight and CTX 3030 CO Number

    In a continuing investigation into the relationship between CTX 3030 CO number and target characteristics, I have previously shown that CTX 3030 CO number is highly dependent on target weight; as target weight increases so does CO number. The relation between CO number and target weight has...
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    Relation Between CTX 3030 CO number and Weight/Size

    I've had my CTX 3030 for about a year now and couldn't be happier. With 17" coil and ability to define my area of acceptance, I can cover a lot of beach and not be plagued by to much junk. I can decide whether to dig most coins since their values are fairly stable and I sometimes concentrate...
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    Corroded Zinc Cents and CTX 3030

    Here is a picture of a lump of sand, shell fragments and metal fused by corrosive elements and measuring more than 1" across and 1/2" thick. It was found on the beach metal detecting. Experience tells me that there is a zinc cent inside, a hammer helped confirm the suspicion. Lump of sand...
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