Silencing the CTX while digging??

[mark v]

When I set my detector down to dig a target the detector beeps and squeaks and squeals and grunts. It makes all sorts of noises. Is there anything quick and temporary that I can do to stop this? Such as pressing a button to disable the audio or to set the sensitivity to zero?

 

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[trdking]

Are you ground balancing the machine before you dig? Mine does not do that.

 

[mark v]

Are you ground balancing the machine before you dig? Mine does not do that.

You ground balance before you dig every target? I do not do that.

 

[relic nut]

Sometimes my pinpointer will cause that. When you do the noise cancellation, make sure your pointer is turned on.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

You ground balance before you dig every target? I do not do that.

No you do not ground balance before every target, he was asking if you ground balance at start of hunt. You should ground balance at start, if you change areas your hunting, if you move to an area that has more ground noise you would gb again.

 

[Bigdob]

Mine will do that, if I don’t noise cancel with the pinpointer on , also I set the machine as far away as I can reach seems to help , and I’ve just got a pair of Black Widow Headphones and now I can set the detector down and flip the limiter switch and quiet things down until I’m done digging.
If your running the machine “hot” it’s going to be noisie too
It’s a Minelab ��

 

[bklein]

I think its a feature ask... I am trying out using a 920i scoop and the CTX senses it 3 feet away. Many targets so small I need to use a pinpointer and can’t hear it. Best way to silence the setup is to put the scoop and CTX at 90 degrees from each other and maybe leave the CTX on pinpoint mode.

 

[Jackalope]

A detector will not sense a non-ferrous object (like a scoop) unless one or the other has movement. Since the coil pulses equally below the coil plane as above, avoid placing anything metal along that axis. Typically, you keep the scoop away from the coil just to avoid the initial squeal. The larger metal mass of a scoop may also destabilize the balance and cause a wandering tone as the detector loses null.

If there are a variety of random pops it is likely man-made interference or, if late in the day, it can be distant electromagnetic pulses from lightning (which are vertically polarized and show up when the detector coil is vertical, e.g., the detector is set down). If you hunt early and noise cancel at the start, when it's dark out, it may be necessary to noise cancel later when people wake up and start putting out EMF (the TV and microwave come on). Stopping to noise cancel every 30-40 mins wouldn't hurt, especially if you're hunting near population centers.

 

[DeepDigs]

When I set my detector down to dig a target the detector beeps and squeaks and squeals and grunts. It makes all sorts of noises. Is there anything quick and temporary that I can do to stop this? Such as pressing a button to disable the audio or to set the sensitivity to zero?

Heres what I do:

1) make sure the coil is facing the ground when you set the detector down.
2) Buy a set of ear phones with a flip switch to turn the volume off. I use Sun Ray Pro's and wont detect without them.

Hope that helps.

 

[choppadude]

There will still be the threshold and a bit of noise when setting the machine down to retrieve a target, I bought a pair of SunRay Pro Gold headphones that have a 3 way switch on the front right muff. The middle position lets you hear the machine and the up and down positions will silence the machine. I just flick the switch down while I dig and then flick it back up when I am ready to detect again.