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CTX Is A Monster

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jablonsky

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I finally fiddled with the combined mode today. I copied the coin mode, and changed all the bins. What really made a difference was the 4th bin which I
sized from 32 - 50 at 1200. I lowered every other bin below 600. Now here is the best part. The coins jumped out of the ground. The shreeking of the
last bin really helped me define what was junk and what was a coin. I couldnt walk a few feet without getting a good hit. In the 4 hours of hunting this
afternoon, I had pulled over 100 coins out of the ground including a silver ring, several Mercs, and wheaties. I still cant believe how great this machine is.

THE HYPE IS REAL.
 
I'd be interested to see a pic of how you set up your screen as well as the finds. That was a big haul for sure.
 
and the more you use it, the better you'll understand it. And the better you understand it, the more you'll like it! And the more you like it, the more you'll use it ......etc. etc. etc. Great 4 hours! HH Randy
 
When you talk about bin, is that 4th bin from the right, or 4th bin from the left. Then you only dig what would you would hear from the 4th bin.
 
He is talking about setting the CO bin to the far right at CO 32 to 50 at 1200 which is the highest pitch. That way all coins from pennies thru silver will ring in at the highest tone.

BCOOP
 
Sounds like you were a "digging fool" for your 4 hour hunt - pretty impressive . . . . . 100+ targets in 4 hours works out to less than 3 minutes over that time from finding a target, pinpointing it, recovering it, refilling the hole and finding the next one. Were the targets all relatively shallow or was the site a beach where the targets were in sand? Had you hunted the site before and if so, we'd be interested in what detector you had used and what your recovery rate was with your other detector?

Andy
 
Most targets were less than 6 inches. Many of the holes had multiple coins. Many targets were less than three inches. It was crazy, I couldn't get more than a few swings before another target would be found. Today I changed 4th bin to 38 and above for dimes on up. Decided to cherry pick better coins first. Too many pennies in the ground. This target separation is awesome.
 
ananda said:
i hope your not playing around with bath salts young man :rolleyes:
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Then just sit at your keyboard and keep rolling your eyes then. I have nothing to gain by posting my finds. Those who have this machine will have days like this as well.

The area is outside a County fairgrounds building in the courtyard where the beer tent would be.
 
Hold on there . . . . . . no one is taking away from your post of what you said you found but the number of targets in the period of time is a tough one based on the math . . . . but that is assuming we are talking the depth of targets Explorer and E-Trac users are accustomed to find; i.e., 8"+ in trash filled areas, etc. and you set the record strainght in that most of teh targets were quite shallow.

Not sure why you right away got on the defensive when someone made a post with a statement that you took offense to . . . . . it's just a hobby after all :cheers:

jablonsky said:
ananda said:
i hope your not playing around with bath salts young man :rolleyes:
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Then just sit at your keyboard and keep rolling your eyes then. I have nothing to gain by posting my finds. Those who have this machine will have days like this as well.

The area is outside a County fairgrounds building in the courtyard where the beer tent would be.
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To be honest, I think what many forum readers are waiting for are reports of targets being recovered at depths on par or better than the other FBS detectors we are all using along with some insight as to what edge the CTX 3030 brings to the table. While recovering 100 coins is a red letter day in most of our books, with most being found at less than 6 inches and even some at less than 3 inches, it would seem that your 705 would have detected them just as easily.

Andy
 
Wow, you must have been working like a mad man. 100 coins even would have been 1 coin every 2.4 minutes to get 25 coins per hour, and to average 100 in 4 hours.
If you found over 100 coins you must have spent more time on your knees than swinging the detector. Doesn't sound like anyone ever detects this place since you found several mercury dimes and wheat pennies. There must be some silver quarters and some silver Roosevelt dimes still left as well.

BCOOP
 
I know it sounds like bullshit, I would be saying yea whatever as well. But targets were everywhere. Many holes has mutiple coins in them. Alot were less than 3 inches and most targets were pennies.. Like I said, this is where the beer tent was and this fairground is 160 years old.

Today I went back and had to resize 4th bin from 38 - 50. Digging way toooooo many pennies. Figured I would cherry pick. Still I came away with lots of dimes and quarters.

I guess I'm going to have to record a hunt to show all the targets were getting.
 
I'm not saying your full of BS or making anything up, I'm just saying you were busy and if you found some silver coins being merc's and some wheat's then this place must not be being detected. I would be there every chance I got getting what's left.


BCOOP
 
Well thanks for that coop. I was on my knees alot, so much my kness were very sore last night. Popping Aleve.
From what the groundskeepers told me yesterday was that no one has been hunting this fairground. Kind of strange,
but the only time I hunted it, I got anoyed because of all the trashy targets coming up.

Still, the point I was trying to make was this. If your in a trashy area, try using the combined mode and changing
the 4th bin to 1200, and resizing the bin from 32- 50. It made a huge difference in hearing the good targets from the bad.
 
jablonsky said:
Then just sit at your keyboard and keep rolling your eyes then. I have nothing to gain by posting my finds. Those who have this machine will have days like this as well.

The area is outside a County fairgrounds building in the courtyard where the beer tent would be.
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As others have said, it looks like you had a great day but to be honest, with most of the coins less than 6 inches and many less than 3 inches deep, not really sure your statement of "Those who have this machine will have days like this as well" since virtually any detector out there woudl have likely found coins at that depth . . . . . a friend of mine just picked up a Garret Ace 250 for a tad over $200 and found several Wheat cents and 3 silver dimes at his parents house . . . none were deeper than 5 inches and the site had not been hunted before so while he had a great day especially just getting started, not sure if that says a whole lot about the detector or more about the site.

Just a voice from the penut gallery

Andy
 
Jablonsky congrats on the finds and bigger congrats on a great site. I have been questioned over my finds at times but I know what you are saying is very achievable, I have a place I call the bottomless pit and have pulled nearly 3000 coins from a site the size of a soccer pitch.

School site never detected before in the middle of Adelaide (go figure) now here's the maths.

The school is at least 90 years old, so 3000 coins divided by 90 = 33.3333333 coins per year, divide that by lets say 38 weeks (allowing for holidays) = .877 coins per week. Just thought I would add that. I was there and dug over a hundred coins on many an occasion and when they are thick like that it can be done in 4 hours. I had multiple pocket spills, some on the surface or within an inch or more than two targets in one swing a few times. Most of them were brown buggers (1 & 2 cent pieces) but plenty of silvers amongst them, ratio of about 12:1.

Go to my blog and type Bottomless Pit into the search and have a read, pics and all.

http://coinrelicdownunder.wordpress.com/
 
Mark - Never thought of how coins can build up like that over time. Thanks for that, you made it seem quite doable and it is a bit inspiring to think of that next spot.
I have a very similar spot but with a fair amount of iron so I am hoping the CTX gives me a nice advantage there and since it appears hotter on gold I hope to pay for the machine there ;-)

Albert
 
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