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    Odd numbers for Zincoln pennies (12-26)

    I was dirt fishing a big park about an hour or so from home so the soil shouldn't be too much different. Zincoln pennies always come in 12-38....to 12-40 for complete without corrosion. If they have cancer that number has been as low as 12-35 making me think I was digging a IH penny. But...
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    Auto vs Manual

    Before the masses tell me to use the "Search function" please hear me out. :surrender: I've had my CTX now for a few years, and have been primarily been using Manual as high as I could without it being too noisy. My finds vs. foot prints are probably average for the area I am in, and the...
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    Another great day. Merc's and SLQ

    Today tied my last Friday's hunt = 3 silver coins, and a Sterling ring on both days. Last Friday was a 45 Merc, 46 Rosie, 44 War Nickel, and Sterling ring. Today = Went to a new park for me in a small out of the way little town. First goodie was a nice 44 Merc. Then a small antique...
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    From our hammered park....Awesome!

    So, it was in the mid 20's, windy and cold this morning. My carpool and detecting buddy Dave and I just got off work this morning after 12 hour shift. We have a habit of hitting an old park near his house for a few hours before getting in a nap. This park ranks right up there with all those...
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    Does an elliptical coil throw off depth reading?

    Several folks here (and myself) have mentioned that the CTX 17"x 13" coil's depth reading is off by a few inches, where the 6" and 11" round coils are pretty dang accurate. So, with that I am wondering if the new elliptical Coiltek 10" x 5" is dead on, or if it too is slightly off. This is...
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    Talk to me about river rocks.

    So, today I ventured down to a very popular local swimming hole along the clear cold river. The terrain is typical river rock, coarse sand, pea gravel, and bedrock. I wandered all over the river from bank line to deep enough that my hat floated off my head when it got a bit deep. Didn't...
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    Curb strip still producing!

    Been hitting this 5' x 100' curb strip on Sundays for a few months now. Today I worked it with my recently replaced 11' coil. Loving this coil, hated the first one with a passion! Pulled 6 Wheats, 1936 Merc, 1957 Rosie, two 1920's Master lock keys, and some dog house charm. The keys were...
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    Garrett soft bag + CTX3030?

    Anyone here have and use the "Garrett Soft Case Universal Detector Bag" to hold all their MInelab CTX3030 gear in? If so, any pictures you could share showing how it fits? I can't find all the dimension of it only anywhere, only th length. I am currently using a "Treasurewise" bag for my...
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    WWI Victory Medal

    Went out to an area I know that has been hammered hard over the years to see how my new replacement 11" coil will react. In the past, my old coil would not run Manual above 15ish without sounding off just standing there. Auto+3 would run 10 or less. Anywho, last night in this park Manual...
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    CTX noise cancel channel frequencies.

    I've been toying with my noise cancel channels manually up or down when I get a solid repeatable deeper signal try to see if one hits better than the other. Although I haven't really got a solid baseline yet on which channel is better for lower conductive, vs higher conductive targets I do have...
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    Good haul today with a nice Walker.

    I have this curb strip that I've been hitting on Sunday mornings due to it being down town. Not a lot of people out and around on a Sunday morning, just some eye candy running by. Had three first in metal detecting today. 1. First 2 silver day. 2. First Buffalo Nickel. 3. First Silver...
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    Deep On... What is your experience with it?

    I've tried to occasionally use Deep On in areas that may have deep targets, but I have no idea if it is actually helping or just keeping it the same. I run Fast On pretty much all the time, so I'm wondering if these two selections may counter each other. In the areas where I suspect deep older...
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    New personal best in Wheaties.

    So, for the past few weeks I have been dirt surfing a curb line in my home town. I have covered maybe 80-100 feet of this strip over 4 outings. Today in a section no bigger than 5' x 15' I pulled 26 Wheats (13 from one hole!), 12 Lincolns, 2 Jefferson nickles, 1 clad dime, one iron buckle...
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    Historic newspapers to research with..

    I couldn't decide on which forum to put this in, so since I frequent this one the most I decided to share here. Browsing the web tonight I happened to run across a newsprint copy of a paper in my state from the mid 1930's. Naturally, I dug around and found the source and tripped over the main...
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    Wow! Serious bad soil!

    Went to a relatively new park the other day that obviously had some fill added to level it out. The worst soil I've ever put my CTX coil over. Not much in the way of EMI, but holy crap the ground was bad. No way I was going to be running in Manual above 14-15 without the falsing. Auto +3...
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    Lets have a seat....1891 Seated

    So, after a rough summer of just crap and clad (for the most part), I finally broke through and found a coin I can check off my metal detecting bucket list. These are not found out in here in NW Oregon very often, and certainly not by me, until today. :wiggle: Totally "Happy Dance"...
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    Road trip East from Oregon

    My family of four will be road tripping this summer in a truck camper from Oregon to Tennessee with my parents following closely behind with their little popup trailer. Many stops here and there, and a pretty loose route with lots of time to venture off the main route. General route but not...
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    NW Oregon HIGHLY minerized soil.

    Ok here's the dealeeo. Went from a Whites XLT of 14 years to a CTX 3030 this year. In all the years of the XLT, I could never register a coin further than 5.5" in our mineral rich soil, or any soil for that matter. I backed this up by running it hot and it squealing like a stuck pig over...
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    Checking in, new to Minelab products.

    Howdy - howdy, After 14 years swinging my Whites XLT and IDX Classic, I felt it was time to move up in technology and see what I can make of it. So, after chatting with Evan (GoneHunting) for a few weeks about the CTX and what it has to offer, I went ahead and purchased one from Bart...
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