CTX 3030 gold and silver rings.

Gary Drayton

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Dec 28, 2007
357
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Fort Lauderdale Florida
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Minelab Excalibur
Minelab Sovereign GT
Minelab CTX3030
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All Treasure Hunting
I had the day off today so I got a jump start on the weekend water hunting gold using my CTX 3030 in South Florida. The two rings in front are a 10K with small diamond chips and a 14K band. The toe ring and class ring are marked 925, I also found and returned two other pieces of gold today. A frantic lady had lost a heavy 14K gold band and another lady close by had just lost her 14K ear ring.
I was able to find both pieces of gold and make both ladies very happy.
HH Gary
 

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The Bulgarian

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South Florida east coast.
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Well good job Gary.Carma will kick back.:headbang:
 

CASPER-2

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WTG on the keepers my friend - :icon_thumleft:
WTG on the returns -
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hamiddetecting

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Feb 22, 2012
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North Pole
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Well done Gary
 

SNF101480

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You had a great day of jewelry finds Gary! It's nice that you were able to get some silver and gold for yourself and help those ladies get their respective gold back! Hope you find some more gold soon.
 

dirtdigger1581

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Jun 18, 2011
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Chesapeake, VA
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Minelab E-trac, Minelab Excalibur II 1000, Garrett AT Pro, Teknetics T2
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Sounds like a great day on the water to me! Great going!
 

kiana7

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Apr 18, 2012
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Nice Rings,Karma does kick back,you're always finding Good Finds:headbang:
 

bigscoop

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Jun 4, 2010
13,373
8,689
Wherever there be treasure!
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Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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All Treasure Hunting
Gary,
Now that you have several hours behind the 3030 how does the hunting end stack up with the Excal and Sov GT? I assume it's just as deep and just as sensitive to small/finer gold? Am also curious about the 17" coil's performance on wet sand. Sweet finds! :icon_thumleft:
 

Beach Papa

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Apr 25, 2012
584
271
East Coast
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Tesoro Tiger Shark VLF
Whites Dual Field PI
CTX 3030
Aquasound (custom made)
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Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Well Done!! It is hard to beat a day like that.. HH
 

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Gary Drayton

Sr. Member
Dec 28, 2007
357
663
Fort Lauderdale Florida
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Minelab Excalibur
Minelab Sovereign GT
Minelab CTX3030
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Gary,
Now that you have several hours behind the 3030 how does the hunting end stack up with the Excal and Sov GT? I assume it's just as deep and just as sensitive to small/finer gold? Am also curious about the 17" coil's performance on wet sand. Sweet finds! :icon_thumleft:

I have seen no drop off in finds now I am basically using the CTX 3030 all the time for beach and water hunting, I have given my Excalibur and Sovereign GT an extended break while I am trying new things out with my CTX. It is sensitive to small gold and silver jewelry finds even with the stock 11 inch smart coil and I have found quite a few thin gold chains (with pendants) and small thin ladies gold rings. The monster 17 X 13 inch search coil is scary deep but even it cannot help me on the very sanded in South East Florida beaches, this winter time should be interesting on the Treasure Coast searching for Spanish treasure using this search coil. I bought my CTX 3030 to compliment my Excal or SovGT but so far all I have used is this metal detector since it arrived on the door step. It is an easy and fun machine to use and it helps me to find gold which also makes it a hard machine to put down.
Cheers Gary
 

bigscoop

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Jun 4, 2010
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Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
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Thanks Gary! Now then, do you think you could whip up a change a flow to strip away some of this sand? It sure would be greatly appreciated! :laughing7:
 

leprechaun

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Feb 20, 2012
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CTX 3030; The only metal detector I'll ever need
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Exellent finds and return Gary.:occasion14:
 

lorraine

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Dec 15, 2010
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Gary, mega congrats on those finds, and on the recovery/return finds!

terrific detecting!


Lorraine
 

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