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- Aug 24, 2012
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- Detector(s) used
- CTX, Nox800, Excal, Explorer, CZ, AT, Sea Hunter, DP Pulse & Diver, Surf PI, BHID, and BH
- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Having a PI machine has often left me feeling like there is no object that I can't find. After all, there is no tuning, ground balancing, adjusting for mineralization, or salt...just the raw metal detecting power of something similar to the car world's late 60's big block V8. Once you mount the control box on your waist, you can even swing the coil fast and often the perceived extra power compensates for poor swing technique or even just being able to have the coil near (not over) a target. Perhaps the only downfall of this big-block PI is the lack of discrimination for the nearby, trashy beaches.
So yesterday, I had an amazing experience on a nearby Florida beach when I joined Joe, a fellow MD'r, to hunt and compare my PI (Sea Hunter II with 10x14 coil) to his new CTX3030. Joe was still learning the machine so in an effort to just "get-on-with-hunting" he discriminated out iron and set the unit to the factory beach mode setting. At the edge of the surf, we began hunting.
I was impressed how close we could hunt without having interference with each others machines. Even more impressive was how fast we could swing and pace along. But this was only the beginning of the show the CTX was about to put on. As I stopped over-and-over to dig the remains of sparklers (fireworks) and iron debris, the CTX kept on trucking. Several times we took turns following the same path and learned there wasn't a DEEP target found by the PI that the CTX couldn't find. I thought there would have to be some hang-up and sure enough, Joe stopped and dug a big chuck of iron. Skeptically I thought Ah-ha!!! But before I could make a cheap jab at the CTX's disc ability, he broke off a small dime from underneath the aged mass of rusty sand and iron. Unbelievable!
We had walked about a half mile and decided it was time to head back. We were debating about some of the areas we had or hadn't covered, but once again, the CTX was ready to show off with its little GPS feature that had tracked the path we traveled. Now in all fairness, we couldn't figure out how to orient the screen, e.g., north, south, east, west. But, we made it work enough to figure which areas we missed.
On the route back to our cars, I got caught in an area riddled with pull tabs and big fishing hooks, the ones that wouldn't make a double-beep like bobby pins. I was about to dig my twenty-something piece of trash and I looked over and saw Joe about 25 yards ahead of me on his hands and knees really scavenging through a spoils pile. I was ready for a break, so I walked over to see what was going on. A few seconds later, Joe's hand brushed the sand away from a marble size golden charm. Bam!
At the end of the hunt, my arm was fatigued from digging so many holes and the rest of my body was "feeling it" from trying to keep pace with the CTX. Right then and there I felt there was no debate strong enough to disprove the amazing performance of the CTX. Now, my only thought is how do I work a deal to trade all my machines for just (1) CTX?
-David
So yesterday, I had an amazing experience on a nearby Florida beach when I joined Joe, a fellow MD'r, to hunt and compare my PI (Sea Hunter II with 10x14 coil) to his new CTX3030. Joe was still learning the machine so in an effort to just "get-on-with-hunting" he discriminated out iron and set the unit to the factory beach mode setting. At the edge of the surf, we began hunting.
I was impressed how close we could hunt without having interference with each others machines. Even more impressive was how fast we could swing and pace along. But this was only the beginning of the show the CTX was about to put on. As I stopped over-and-over to dig the remains of sparklers (fireworks) and iron debris, the CTX kept on trucking. Several times we took turns following the same path and learned there wasn't a DEEP target found by the PI that the CTX couldn't find. I thought there would have to be some hang-up and sure enough, Joe stopped and dug a big chuck of iron. Skeptically I thought Ah-ha!!! But before I could make a cheap jab at the CTX's disc ability, he broke off a small dime from underneath the aged mass of rusty sand and iron. Unbelievable!
We had walked about a half mile and decided it was time to head back. We were debating about some of the areas we had or hadn't covered, but once again, the CTX was ready to show off with its little GPS feature that had tracked the path we traveled. Now in all fairness, we couldn't figure out how to orient the screen, e.g., north, south, east, west. But, we made it work enough to figure which areas we missed.
On the route back to our cars, I got caught in an area riddled with pull tabs and big fishing hooks, the ones that wouldn't make a double-beep like bobby pins. I was about to dig my twenty-something piece of trash and I looked over and saw Joe about 25 yards ahead of me on his hands and knees really scavenging through a spoils pile. I was ready for a break, so I walked over to see what was going on. A few seconds later, Joe's hand brushed the sand away from a marble size golden charm. Bam!
At the end of the hunt, my arm was fatigued from digging so many holes and the rest of my body was "feeling it" from trying to keep pace with the CTX. Right then and there I felt there was no debate strong enough to disprove the amazing performance of the CTX. Now, my only thought is how do I work a deal to trade all my machines for just (1) CTX?
-David
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