CTX 3030 On Gold Nuggets - Tips On Settings

[starvin1374]

Hi gold hound

Thanks for your program , its a cracker and thought I would share a story with you.

While laid up with a torn hamstring I was searching for a good program for my ctx3030 and came across yours , so I installed it with the intension of using it on an old Chinese gold mining area. Once I could walk again I was busting to try it out so I went to a local oval for a quick test. I normally just hunt parks and ovals for coins so my test area I had already hunted out the $1 & $2 coins but it's also trashy , so perfect to test this program. I kid you not within 15 minutes a had a very clear signal 8 cm down so I dug it. Man I could not believe that within 15 minutes I found a 18ct gold Ring.

A week later an elderly man approached me on the Oval and asked if my machine could pick up gold. I told him the story about the 18ct ring. He was impressed and asked if I could help him with finding his 22ct wedding ring that he lost 20 years ago. I agreed to help him out and meet up last Saturday to have a look. He had lost his ring while throwing some wood on a bonfire during a cracker night and thought it went into the fire.

There was heaps of trash in the area so I switched to your gold program, 20 minutes later and only 5 cm down I had a clear signal , couldn't believe it as it was his ring. He was a very happy man.

2 gold rings in 3 outings. I have not tested it yet on the gold fields but will report back when I have.

So thanks again.

[mn90403]

What a story!

 

I have taken the programs out in the field and tested them.  They are good slot programs that will let you miss the other trash.  It is somewhat surprising how different nuggets look on the screen based upon size and composition.

 

My test was in an area with lots of iron and hot rocks.  I couldn't find gold with my 7000 so it was no real possibility of finding a nugget with the 3030 in a short period of time.

 

I'm going on a trip this summer and hope to find gold with it there because it is bigger and more shallow with mining trash in the tailing piles.

 

Mitchel

[Gold Hound]

Gday Starvin

Good to see at least one member is putting them to good use!

Did you notice how much better the target separation is in heavy trash with my modes compared to the standard one's?

Did you have the target trace tuned on?

[starvin1374]

Gold hound

It was excellent separation and yes I had the target trace on using the 17inch coil. The lost ring was found in an area that was a fire pit many years ago so you could imagine all the trash in the area. The 22ct ring was a thick wedding band and rang a solid repeatable 12/27. The 18ct was also a thick wedding band (4.7 grams) , it also was a very strong repeatable signal at 12/23.

I was only using the gone hunting program when coin hunting but now I mainly use yours because

I was missing so many good targets. I got $34 this morning , only two pieces of junk in that hunt . I was expecting another ring !! But as you know a good location makes all the difference.

Thanks again

ps-sorry for posting a pic of coins on your gold forum.

[vanursepaul]

Thanks again

ps-sorry for posting a pic of coins on your gold forum.

 

 

 

"A website dedicated to prospecting for gold and other precious items using metal detectors, suction dredges, sluice boxes, gold pans, and more."

 

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I think thats the kind of stuff we all like to see.... Steve didnt set this site up as strictly... 'GOLD ONLY'

 

At least that's not my understanding----How about it Steve?

 

paul

[starvin1374]

Sorry , I didnt want to start any debates. ....... but back to the ctx3030.

I also bought the coiltek 10x5 a few months back with the intension of using in gold areas and would like to share this story.

The weekend after buying the coil I went back to my weekend property. Over the past year of owning a 3030 I have found over 60 pre decimal coins plus military items (1st horse regiment) at this location and I had thought that I had hunted it out. I think it might of been an early military training camp.

I connected the 10x5 coil and gave it a run , unbelievable!!! I sniffed out another 12 coins including a silver 1898 British shilling at good depth. The target seperation was awesome. Returning to canberra I went out to an oval using the 17 inch coil without much luck so I went to the car and put on the 10x5 coil and went back to the same area. I was walking at the same pace but was plucking coins left right and center. I admit the area was very trashy but I ended up with $45 and a silver ring!

so I cant wait to try the gold program with the 10x5 coil on some good gold infested ground.

Could anyone tell me the types of singals a small nugget would come up as ?

[Gold Hound]

The gold signal varys quite a bit from a blip that won't even give you a number to a to a solid thump of a signal that gives a definate target id number.

This is what sorts out the inexperienced from the experienced when it comes to gold in the jar.

I have found gold as small as .2g with the standard coil, but the signal was just a blip that repeated with no id number.

Once you get use to the target trace and how it behaves with gold nuggets and how it behaves with junk it helps greatly with IDing targets for digging and junk.

[spencer@wy]

Goldhound, very good post, i really like it when people take the time to do it. the people who do, never really know just how many they helped by doing so. That kind of help could really change there outing and hence thier happiness level. Thanks for bringing more happiness and knowledge.

[Steve Herschbach]

I would like more posts of coin and jewelry finds. The full forum description - Detector Prospector Forum

A forum dedicated to prospecting for gold and other precious items using metal detectors, suction dredges, sluice boxes, gold pans, and more. Metal detecting for coins, jewelry, relics, meteorites, etc.

Great job returning a list ring to its owner!