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    Manual vs Auto with regards to target separation

    All other things being equal, is there any evidence to support the idea that there is a difference in target separation ability (desirable and undesirable targets under the coil at the same time) in auto versus manual sensitivity? Obviously there's quite a difference in depth and stability in...
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    Loss of depth / Factory Reset

    Saw this posted on Facebook today on one of the 3030 groups I'm in. I blew it off at first, but then started reading the replies and thinking about my own experiences. Posting with permission, and I'm curious to see if anyone here has any thoughts on it:
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    Big silver from an Amish cattle pasture

    Not a bad day! First target was the quarter, and the only other keeper of the day came about 2 hours later in the form of a nicely toned, but worn, 1907 Barber half! The 17" coil is a bear to swing through foot tall grass for long!
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    Rainy mega-hunt nets 19 keepers

    Third virgin site of the year and it was awesome! Ended up with 4 V nickels, two Buffalos, 5 Indian heads, two Mercs, three Barber dimes, one Seated dime, a standing liberty quarter, and a bucket lister two-cent piece (nothing deeper than 6"). Also, the 2c piece surprised the hell out of me. I...
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    How to turn on tracking with the 3030?

    When I first got my 3030 I messed with the GPS stuff a little but never saw a whole lot of use for it other than recording find points for good targets. Lately though I've been wanting to use the tracking (for lack of a better word) but can't figure out how to turn it on. I used to see it when...
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    Have I been wrong about this for 2 years?

    Alternate subject line I considered for above: am I an idiot? The piece above the battery which you can unscrew... What is that? I was always under the impression that that was the wireless module, and I always take that off whenever I detect in the water. Tonight I went to a picnic Grove and...
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    CTX Battery Charging

    Alright, what's the right way to charge the CTX battery? Last time I charged mine it was at probably 25% or so. I charged it overnight, along with the WM10, and in just a couple of hours the WM10 was charged. The next morning, the lights on the charger indicated that the CTX battery was still...
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    Finally making headway

    Finally feel like I'm making headway interpreting the 3030's nuances. It's been like 2 years and I've considered switching back to the Etrac a couple of times now because I didn't really see any major advantages, but it's finally coming together. I dug all of this in the left field area of a...
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    Anybody here use 35FE tones?

    Re-evaluating my approach to next year because in the two years I've been using my CTX my keeper finds have plummeted compared to my two years prior with the Etrac. I had a guy on a Facebook group tell me he does real well in 35Fe tones, which I never considered. I figured only real hardcore...
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    Warranty question

    Okay, so there's a long story behind this, but the basic question is this: Does Minelab warranty different parts of their detectors for different periods of time if the parts are main components of the detector? I know, as outlined on their site, that the CTX is covered for 3 years, but other...
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    Cross checking combined audio with 50Co

    How many of you hunt in combined but double check targets with 50 conductive or vice versa? I read about people doing this all the time but I don't really understand what the benefit is. What do you get out of doing it, and are there situations where this is necessary and/or works better with...
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    Nice spill tonight - tokens, a coin, and some jewelry

    Got out tonight to a house I've hit once before. Last time I was there I got a silver Washington quarter and a couple of tokens which was cool, but a little disappointing because the house dates back to the early 1800s. Tonight I stuck to the same small section of yard I hit before but I slowed...
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    Coil question - I'm embarrassed to say I don't know this

    Coil sizes....with an elliptical style coil that use a number-by-number size (14x9, 4x6, etc), which number should you use to compare coils? For example, I have the Minelab 6" coil for my detector, but Coiltek also makes a 4x6" coil for it. I know what the numbers mean (4" wide by 6" long), but...
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    Another save from my field of nails

    Finds are hard to come by anymore at this site, but I still manage to squeak out a keeper most of the time. Last night I got this nice gilded button with a Booth & Brooks - Baltimore back mark on it. It's a good find for that site because of how densely packed the nail bed is and because almost...
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    "Trust what the detector is telling you"

    What does that saying mean to you when it comes to the 3030? I see it mentioned all the time (for all detectors) but nobody ever really goes into detail. To me, still very much learning the 3030, I find myself looking at target traces and listening to audio in "ugly" ground and thinking "ok I...
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    Can you use settings to reduce falsing?

    How can you use settings to reduce iron falsing? I am hunting two VERY iron-heavy sites right now which were old home sites. One has absolutely no modern trash in it and the other is loaded but the iron is still the issue. Falsing is so bad even with the 6" coil I find myself ignoring high tones...
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    Working a heavy nail site (photo)

    I've been experimenting with pit digging at a very nail-heavy site that has produced a bunch of large cents and half cents back to the late 1700s. It's rough - this is one sweep about 6" down with a magnet over a 3x1' section of the pit. I can't believe I ever found anything in there..... by the...
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    Coil detection depths

    Couple things... my main focus, as some of you have seen lately, is dealing with iron infested sites because they seem to be common around here. I probably haven't had my stock coil on in two weeks because I've been using the 6" in sites like that. It seems to me that any target I dig out of my...
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    Looking for a SEASONED CTX user near me (eastern panhandle WV)

    I'm looking for somebody who has some serious time on the 3030 to help me learn the nuances of hunting in iron. I have been detecting for over 10 years but have only had the 3030 for about 9 months (Etrac for 3 years before that) so I'm not new to the hobby at all, but I just haven't had that...
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    What's your preferred tone response in high trash or high iron?

    I always use minimal or no discrimination and have always used smooth audio, BUT I happened to notice something I had missed in Andy's book yesterday. Now I'm rethinking my strategy in high trash and high iron locations. Paraphrasing here, the book says: Normal: There is no real modulation done...
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