Boondocks
Junior Member
I finally bought a CTX 3030 and I am reading the books and watching the videos trying to learn it as well as my Excal and my ATPro. I have been out 3 times and was hoping some of you experienced 3030 users could help me. 2 of the times I went were on land (one with 11” coil and one with 17” coil) and one was at the beach. The threshold was smooth both times on land but the beach was a completely different story (11” coil). I was in beach mode in and out of pattern 1 and 2 with seawater on, I even tried changing to Coins which was the mode that was smooth on land. No matter what I did, no matter what sensitivity level I tried, the threshold level was constantly nulling as if it were playing a drum beat. I also tried to ground balance and that didn’t help. I was not over iron. Help.
Secondly, - I tried air testing some rings and coins in different modes tonight in my kitchen. A solid gold coin read 01-42, a sterling ring nulled in Beach pattern 1 and read 01-47 in pattern 2, a 18k white gold ring and an 18k yellow gold ring both read 01- 40’s but would only read 1” from the coil. A stainless steel ring read 01-07 and lastly a Morgan dollar read 01-43. I was under the impression that good targets would be reading 12-xx. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance and excuse my newbie ignorance of the CTX.
Secondly, - I tried air testing some rings and coins in different modes tonight in my kitchen. A solid gold coin read 01-42, a sterling ring nulled in Beach pattern 1 and read 01-47 in pattern 2, a 18k white gold ring and an 18k yellow gold ring both read 01- 40’s but would only read 1” from the coil. A stainless steel ring read 01-07 and lastly a Morgan dollar read 01-43. I was under the impression that good targets would be reading 12-xx. Thoughts?
Thanks in advance and excuse my newbie ignorance of the CTX.