Just received my new CTX from the UPS guy. Thank you to New England Detectors for such outstanding service and the fastest shipping I've seen. Also received my new muzzle loader today so I feel like a kid at Christmas. Been waiting on that for a year now. Battery on the CTX is on the charger and detector is fully assembled, which by the way was extremely easy and I did not look at the guide.
My initial evaluation is a very well put together machine. I did strap it to my arm just to get the feel of it and I will say I'm impressed with the balance. That's good because it will come in handy for the many hours I will be puting on this machine. I really like the new battery charger and the fact it comes with a 12 volt dc adapter. I hope to get out with it on Sunday morning but in the meanwhile I have to print out the manual and do some reading. Also need to figure out how to set up the wireless. Mainly my question to that is how do I charge the wireless up?? I see there is a usb connection on it. I thought it would take AA batteries. Another thing to point out is although I will miss the x1 probe there is a plus side, I can keep the coil wire hidden in the lower rod and no extra wires from the probe to get snagged. I hunt mainly deep woods and fields and snags are always an issue. One more note is the fact I really like there is no foam grip. I removed the grip on the Etrac because it was uncomfortable in my hand.
Just would like to also say thank you to Minelab for really doing their homework and bringing another fine detector for those of us that are serious about detecting.
My initial evaluation is a very well put together machine. I did strap it to my arm just to get the feel of it and I will say I'm impressed with the balance. That's good because it will come in handy for the many hours I will be puting on this machine. I really like the new battery charger and the fact it comes with a 12 volt dc adapter. I hope to get out with it on Sunday morning but in the meanwhile I have to print out the manual and do some reading. Also need to figure out how to set up the wireless. Mainly my question to that is how do I charge the wireless up?? I see there is a usb connection on it. I thought it would take AA batteries. Another thing to point out is although I will miss the x1 probe there is a plus side, I can keep the coil wire hidden in the lower rod and no extra wires from the probe to get snagged. I hunt mainly deep woods and fields and snags are always an issue. One more note is the fact I really like there is no foam grip. I removed the grip on the Etrac because it was uncomfortable in my hand.
Just would like to also say thank you to Minelab for really doing their homework and bringing another fine detector for those of us that are serious about detecting.