🥇 BANNER -550 BC Coin found Scuba detection with CTX

[frogmaster-riviera]

Hi all

Found today in the Med sea, -9m scuba diving using Minelab CTX 3030 with Coiltek 10x5 CTX coil.




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This coin is over 2500 years old!

Created by the Grec chamber of Commerce for the Marseille region (French Riviera)

->Want more photos of scuba metal detection looking for +2000 years old shipwreck?
Check out this post: Minelab Excalibur II - scuba diving

-> Battery leaking with your Minealb CTX3030? Need to waterproof your CTX 3030 metal detector:
Take a look to this post : http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/minelab/447583-make-real-waterproof-ctx-3030-scuba-diving-experience.html

 

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[ARC]

Your settings...
The positions of your "knobs" on excal 2
Whats your sens set at ?
Whats your discrim at ?
etc.

 

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[frogmaster-riviera]

Your settings...
The positions of your "knobs" on excal 2
Whats your sens set at ?
Whats your discrim at ?
etc.

Hunted with CTX 3030

Personnal program, named
FM2-10x15UW
- Wide open Discrimination pattern, only reject 33-45 but still can be heard with low tone, so running almost in ALL METAL MODE
- 4 Tones mode with very high pitch from 16 -> 10 for ferrous from 1 to 45 for conductors
- Deep Response : ON
- Seawater : ON
- Target separation : Low Trash or ground coin (if CTX becomes too tchatty)
- Sensitivity: Auto +2/3 or 24-27 manual (depends of the underwater soil condition, stable or changing)
- GB :OFF
- Target trace ON
- Sound setting : Pitch Hold (i love this CTX functionality)
- Threshold (need to hear it well) , volumes etc : MAX

Scuba Equipment:

Aqualung Legend LUX 1st and 2nd stage for Main Regulator
Aqualung Legend LX for 1st Stage and 2nd stage regulator (octopus + stab + dry suit + backup pressure gauge)
Suunto D9i wireless Pressure gauge
Suunto D9i diving computer
White's dry suit
Aqualung Dimension i3 Stab (wing stab)
15l 230Bars Aqualung (Faber) Air tank with double TAG Z DIN 300 bars
Additional deco pressure gauge from APEK, on the primary stage (Main regulator)
Additional security gauge on the backup stage (octopus + low pressure equipments)

 

[ARC]

EXCAL 2... ?

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

EXCAL 2... ?

NO!
If you take a close look, it appears to be a CTX 3030

 

[ARC]

Ehhhh... you have on your profile that you own an X2...
You also stated that you own an X2...

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Ehhhh... you have on your profile that you own an X2...
You also stated that you own an X2...

It's afternoon in here, probably night time within your location....

 

[ARC]

8 am
And what does the time have to do with your response... ?
I am not sure you are "following me" on this very simple question...
I sure as heck am not "following you" ... heh.

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

The title of the post is -550 BC Coin found Scuba detection with CTX

CTX = CTX 3030, pictures are showing a CTX 3030.... why talking about Excals? I'm not following you, sorry

 

[Doubter in MD]

8 am
And what does the time have to do with your response... ?
I am not sure you are "following me" on this very simple question...
I sure as heck am not "following you" ... heh.

But he said he found this coin with the CTX 3030. What am I missing?

 

[ARC]

But he said he found this coin with the CTX 3030. What am I missing?

Ehhh... read posts.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Hi all

Found today in the Med sea, -9m scuba diving using CTX 3030

Found with CTX3030

I've had hard time with my CTX 3030 to make it Submersible. CTX is so much better then Excal in terms of sensistivity that even if it's not designed for, when the depth is "almost compatible "


I choose to dive with my CTX and take the Excal as a backup on the boat.

He stated he took an excal with him for backup.

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[Doubter in MD]

Ehhh... read posts.

I did. What am I missing? Are you asking him what settings he uses when he IS using the Excal?

 

[ARC]

Um... I just simply asked what his EXCAL 2 settings were...
I am FULLY aware that he found what he found using the 3030...
In beginning of thread we discussed this...
He stated that he also uses an X2...
Was just curious to what settings he was running "over there"...ON X2...
...
Ya see my mind works like that... I think of these odd things like SETTINGS in various parts of the world on detectors I USE.
Some water and bottom situations might require adjustments...
Who the heck knows unless you ask....
was curious is all...
I could care less about the 3030 settings... In my opinion... it IS NOT a water detector NOR should it be used for one.
Anything less than a 200 ft water rating is "Water Resistant"... Which makes me... care less.
I am interested in what he is setting his X2 at OVER there.

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Here the saturday's antique coin, with the sunday ring and the monday coin....

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/beach-shallow-water/448166-saturday-morning-scuba-diving-2-rings-thanls-storm.html
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/beach-shallow-water/448410-monday-morning-shallow-hunt-ctx-1x-old-gold-ring-1x-wwii-bulet-1x-1942-coin.html

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Um... I just simply asked what his EXCAL 2 settings were...
I am FULLY aware that he found what he found using the 3030...
In beginning of thread we discussed this...
He stated that he also uses an X2...
Was just curious to what settings he was running "over there"...ON X2...
...
Ya see my mind works like that... I think of these odd things like SETTINGS in various parts of the world on detectors I USE.
Some water and bottom situations might require adjustments...
Who the heck knows unless you ask....
was curious is all...
I could care less about the 3030 settings... In my opinion... it IS NOT a water detector NOR should it be used for one.
Anything less than a 200 ft water rating is "Water Resistant"... Which makes me... care less.
I am interested in what he is setting his X2 at OVER there.

Got you!

Excalibur are "easy" detectors to hunt with, wet & dry sand or scuba:
All metal or Discr 1 (scuba: All metal PP)
Threshold till you hear it, but I like to hear it a lot espacially for deep little signals, "old style detection"
Sensistivity 7/8 (I don't have any more numbers on it, so I think it's around..) just before it becomes unstable, depends of the coil. Can go higher with the 8", and lower with the WOT

I'll post some videos of scuba detection with excals, don't worry

 

[ARC]

THERE WE GO !!!
heh...
SEns = 7-8... THATS what I was after !!! heh
Same here ... sheesh

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Excals are Excals! I bought 2 in the US and..... they all come from Australia I suppose?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Sense varies from beach to beach, even changes from one side of beach to the other sometimes.

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[frogmaster-riviera]

Sense varies from beach to beach, even changes from one side of beach to the other sometimes.

Yes, you get use to it, you change it gracefully a few times during the hunt.

CTX 3030 Auto mode is good, Minelab made a great job on it, especially the overdrive (AUTO +1/2/3 or -1/-2 functionality works fine) and I use it MOST of the time.
I did some test by coming back to manual, and appears to increase depth on ground search on very little coin such as those one:

 

[fongu]

Excellent find. Congratulations.