Shelton

What about Garrett ponpointer false signal if you pry on tip wit huge force? I hope they remove this issue in new model. Steve what you think about Minelab pointers?

Wateproof... nice. I was choose Vibra Tector... few months ago... and now we have nice and shiny little toy... ehhh

Check Walkera machines... real time operation with real videa stream on talbet unit...

Great topic. Thank you Steve... I like this kind of workshop jobs! Very interesting and difficult engineering idea.

Maybe carbonfiber pipe with diameter of mainboard should be good idea too? You can build it water tight too like Excal cover or sometinh similar, but Withes control box shoild be fine too. Good job.

One thing we know right now. The price. Price will be high. 

Thank you Steve

I need opinion about Minelab Eureka Gold. Thanks.

Mine is almost flat... ok maybe some units has more bumpy surface of front panel and of course you have right... photoshoped photos.

Or this is old version... I'm not sure.

No. Steve. This fake panel has not flanel led indicators... factory version is tottaly flat. This not. Check battery status indicator.

Check my thread:

Link deleted since Findmall update broke all old links

This is weird.

I'm an owner of Quad Workshop,  so if you want to go to metal prospecting on quad, go with Yamaha Grizzly 700. Easiest maintenance machine, cheap parts, good stablility, fuel consumption, plush suspenssion. Look for 550 version. Price will be lower and you safe some $ on fuel.

Fake machine are everywhere, even here in Europe... Garrett pinpointers, Minelabs, Tekcnics, Fishers.

Many peoples want to earn easy and fast money...

Deus coil isn't salt waterproof... and this is the pain. Here in Europe you can easy lost your warranty after salt beach water hunting.

Ok I know issue from Garrett. The pain is power switch...

Recon wasn't for me

Nice. How soon? Few years of field test ? We need pro who translate it for normal level user lanugage

Ok. I was ordered used Recon detector, and after shippment from USA to Poland (Europe) unit doesn’t work… you can't power up...

I’m owner of 4 months ATX too, (used twice), and I sold the unit from Poland to UK. After shipment doesn’t work too! Could you help me and resolve the problem? This is weird situation.

On 8/24/2014 at 10:02 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

Shelton, thanks for posting those. The CTX 3030 is one of my favorite metal detectors and one I am going to be using a lot more in the future. Those settings will come in very handy.

Gary Drayton is "the man" when it comes to beach detecting with the CTX 3030 and Excalibur. He has an incredible blog at http://hardcoretreasurehunting.blogspot.com and sell some of the best books on the subject on his website at http://www.garydrayton.com I own a couple myself and highly recommend his books for anyone wanting to go to the next level in beach detecting.

 

Yes Gary D. is my idol, too

Minelab CTX3030 beach hunting presets by Gary Drayton (factory beach mode preset)
 

1. Rocky Areas on the Beach and water

• Pattern 1
• Pattern 2 in cross reference with Pattern 1 for checking
• Target Trace
• Target Separation Low Trash or High Trash
• Recovery Deep OFF
• Recovery Fast ON
• Seawater ON on lower parts of beach
• Sensitivity manual
• In water try dig only low and high tones
   

1. Rough Surf Hunting

• Recover Deep OFF
• Seawater ON
• Target Separation – Low Trash
• Volume Gain – few numbers down to cut false signals
• Sensitivity  Auto
   

1. Deep Water Hunting

• Pattern 2
• Seawater ON
• Sensitivity Manual to MAX or AUTO +3 (rolling surf) until threshold becomes unstable
• Volume Gain 24 for flat surf Volume MAX
• Recovery Deep ON
• Recovery Fast OFF
• Target Separation – Low Trash
   

1. Shallow Water

• Seawater ON
• Sensitivity AUTO or manual to first unstable at fully submerged section try to wait few minutes to stabilize temperatures
• Volume Gain 22-24
• Recovery Deep OFF
• Recovery Fast OFF
• Target Separation – High Trash
  
   

1. Eroded Beaches

• Pattern 1
• Sensitivity Manual try to crank up to maximum
• Target Separation – High Trash
• Volume Gain 24
• Recovery Deep OFF
   

1. Wet Sanding
   
   Hard packed sand

• Seawater ON
• Pattern 2 or Relic Search Mode
• Sensitivity Manual
• Recovery Fast OFF
• Recovery Deep ON
• Target Separation – choose to conditions

Soft sand

• Pattern 2
• Sensitivity Manual or Auto +3
• Recovery Fast ON or OFF (dependent on the amount of targets)
• Recovery Deep ON (for soft sand on lower beach)
• Recovery Deep ON
• Target Separation – choose to conditions
   

1. Dry Sanding

• Pattern 1
• Target Separation – High Trash
• Recovery Fast ON
• Recovery Deep OFF
   

1. Shipwreck Beaches

• Pattern 2
• Sensitivity Manual
• Recovery Deep ON
• Target Separation – Low Trash or High Trash – conditions
• Volume Gain 24
• 4 CO Tones
• Target Trace ON
   

1. Tourist Beaches

• Pattern 1
• Sensitivity Manual or Auto
• Recovery Deep OFF
• Recovery Fast ON
• Target Separation – High Trash
• 4 CO Tones
• Target Trace
   

The question is that the PI with Iron Check and kind of discrimination will be better fot trashy areas... than SDC or not. 

Thank you Steve.

For your terrain conditions and gold prospection you need simple to repair and buletproof machines like Yamaha Rhino, Honda Rincon. Canam with Rotax engine is too compilicated.