3030 Gold

[mn90403]

This week I have used my 3030/17 two times after it being on the shelf for a couple of years.  The reason why I got it out was because my wife was using my 800.  I won't wait that long to use the 3030 again.

When I first got my 800 I was switching back and forth because the 800 had 'foreign' sounds to me and I was not comfortable.  I made the comparison at the time that the 3030 was still a very good beach machine and maybe even better than the 800 with 11" coil.  After I got the 15" coil for the Equinox it was just easier to use and I have found lots of valuable things with it but that does not mean that the 3030 is not good.

Today I was by myself just before an incoming high tide and I didn't have much wet beach to detect but it was just a joy to swing with my harness and hip stick.  Targets were not that many but they stay on the screen and in the ear phones longer than the 800.  I came to remember the sound, look at the screen and see on the grid where a penny, dime and quarter are.  Of course the Equinox has numbers but not a graph which gives better discrimination than the Nox.

When I got the low tone and saw the circle in the gold zone I was hopeful.  My hopes were rewarded with a 2.7g/14k little bracelet.  

I can elaborate more on the detecting if someone has questions.  I could really use this a lot more again.  When I turned on the location of my finds it showed all of these finds I made back years ago.  That is really special.

I don't remember much about aftermarket coils for the 3030.  My coils are the 6, 11 and 17.  Gold Hound used it for gold and I've found a nearly half ounce gold nugget with it.

[F350Platinum]

That's the second "Evil Eye" pendant someone has posted recently. 🤔 Great you got the gold. 👍 What's the upside down pin?

[Joe D.]

     That's the first thing I noticed F350😂, another "👁" piece of jewelry; I think it's the third, or more, I've seen now! Weird!!!

     MN, I think I would definitely have that 3030 in a regular rotation, at least! It's a keeper!! Good job on the finds!👍👍

 

[phrunt]

Good to see you firing up the 3030, and a successful hunt too.  I have all 3 coils for mine but have mainly only used the 11" so far, I plan on using the big sucker on my next ventures.  I've not read too much in the way of favorable reviews of the Coiltek aftermarket 3030 coils, the 10x5" again seems to be the better one much like the Nox.  Most say they were just not necessary it seems.

I guess because the coils are chipped only "Minelab Approved" manufacturers were able to make coils for it and that just ended up being Coiltek.  Nel made E-trac coils but wasn't able to make CTX coils.  It's the cycle that never ends I'm afraid.  I'd personally rather a Nel coil for it than a Coiltek coil.  It's the reason a E-trac is now a possibility in my future now I've enjoyed the delights of the 3030.   I'd be quite happy to swing a Nel on an E-Trac for my coin hunts.

[mn90403]

4 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

That's the second "Evil Eye" pendant someone has posted recently. 🤔 Great you got the gold. 👍 What's the upside down pin?

That Pin was a hippo from Universal.  It was found in dry sand with some of the coins after I left the beach because of the high tide.

[PPP]

I have used my 3030 with 17 coil in the salt water many times and got not a signal,came back with my sea hunter and killed it.The ocean opened up! I know PI goes deeper in salt water but i had the 17 inch coil and thought it is as deep as the sea hunter,but what a difference.The sea hunter is a deep machine but underrated unfortunately,the reason can be many but the sucker goes deep with the big coil.