First significant find with the CTX

[TrpnBils]

1816 large cent - not exactly a rarity, but I'm considering it a significant find for me for a couple of reasons. I moved from the Etrac to the CTX in February or so and haven't been able to hunt much with it yet so I'm still learning every single time I pick it up. One of the reasons I wanted to get it this year was because of how much quicker it is in processing than the Etrac and how much better it allegedly handled iron. I have a site that I figured would be the ultimate test of "I'll be impressed if it can pick up anything here I haven't already found". It's a colonial site that I've pulled about a dozen coins dated from 1794 through the early 1900s last year. I haven't dug a coin out of it in 11 months and have been over and over and over it. The square nails there are so thick that you can run the pinpointer across the ground on minimum sensitivity and pick up nails at the surface. No coin I've ever dug there has been deeper than 4" and I know the iron was masking the coins that were undoubtedly still there. I have been on that site with the CTX three times now and managed to squeak out this coin tonight at 3". I'm learning lots of stuff along the way, and I feel this is progress.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions! Keep up the good work; learning a new machine can be frustrating at times, but well worth the effort!

 

[ScubaDetector]

Very nice old copper. Congrats

 

[can]

nice find

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Great job! I'd say you're starting to get the handle on that CTX.

 

[Gaspipe]

Good job and post. I hope as you continue to learn this machine you keep updating and share some of your tips to lower the learning curve for those of us (like me) who are thinking of getting a CTX.

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

I'm still on the learning curve with my CTX too. I like it a lot, but I think it will be my dedicated water machine. I've just invested so much time on land learning my Deus that I don't want to go through it again with the CTX. Nice copper!

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Nice one Jeff! There undoubtedly are a few more good coppers waiting there for you to find...

 

[RustyGold]

Cool find! Congratulations!

 

[trapperart]

Nice find congrats on the LC

 

[against the wind]

Very nice find,
The CTX is a fun machine.
I know that the Etrac will scream at you when the coil goes over silver but it seems like I'm getting a little bit extra when the CTX goes over silver also. Maybe it is just me but my CTX yelled at me the other day when I found 3 silvers.
Congrats on the 1816 LC.

 

[Scrappy]

That CTX will work wonders in the right hands with lots of practice. Congrats on the LC. That first find with a new machine is an important hurdle.

Congrats!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I won't say that I've learned enough about my CTX yet - won't say that at all.

I still dig pull tabs, and I will continue to do so. My last hunt a couple days ago, I dug only one pull tab (would have dug more if there'd been more there) - and that was the only trash I dug. There was lots of foil and other trash - the sounds gave them away. My approach is serious listening to the sounds, in multiple directions. I want repeatable sounds, and am quite patient and forgiving about that - knowing the there's other stuff in the grounds adding complexity. Each time I go out, when I've the time to put in the hunt, I'll dig stuff to verify my belief it is trash. Doing that over and over and you gradually learn the signals.

It takes more time - that's why my hunting partner always beats me on the number of finds. I did come back from my last hunt thinking I need to start checking those lower CO numbers like 12-03 range. I'd just taken another look at that FE-CO chart, had forgotten that small gold will often be there, and I've yet to find gold with the CTX. I should have gone back to that chart much earlier!

Learn, learn, learn! Maybe someday I'll be an expert. Right now I'm just a spurt!



Keep the faith!

 

[TrpnBils]

I'm still on the learning curve with my CTX too. I like it a lot, but I think it will be my dedicated water machine. I've just invested so much time on land learning my Deus that I don't want to go through it again with the CTX. Nice copper!

I went through that conflict when deciding whether or not to get this. I put so much time into the Etrac that I didn't know if I wanted to start over from scratch with a new machine. I'm not 100% sold on it yet, but I know it's just a matter of getting more time in on it.

Nice one Jeff! There undoubtedly are a few more good coppers waiting there for you to find...

No doubt in my mind. I wish the guy would plow it....or let me plow it or something. This is that place I was telling you about where they logged it earlier this year. It's ripped up pretty bad and the dirt in the main tract of productive land is all packed down, so I'm hoping he'll plow it up again before hay time.

Very nice find,
The CTX is a fun machine.
I know that the Etrac will scream at you when the coil goes over silver but it seems like I'm getting a little bit extra when the CTX goes over silver also. Maybe it is just me but my CTX yelled at me the other day when I found 3 silvers.
Congrats on the 1816 LC.

I got two massive screaming signals today...one was a foil drink lid and the other was a 2004 lincoln cent. I'm not a big fan of how high this machine rings up zinc pennies. That one was a solid 12-45!

That CTX will work wonders in the right hands with lots of practice. Congrats on the LC. That first find with a new machine is an important hurdle.

Congrats!

Thanks - I have found a handful of silver dimes and a war nickel too since I got this machine but this one meant something to me because I know how hard I've hit that area with my Etrac (and my one buddy with his ATP). This was a litmus test to see what the CTX could do. I know there's more there yet!

 

[beerguy]

Nice job TrpnBils. Learning the CTX is a joy.