There are a couple of neat features that most people like or just downright love. One is the graphical target ID that uses the two number system. With this system the first number is a Ferrous number, the second a Conductive number. To keep this simple, the conductive number is from 1-50, and works similiar to what you are used to with the AT Pro... Good silver coins are higher numbers and lower conductive targets are lower numbers. The conductive number is both graphically represented on the screen laterally from left to right on the CTX 3030 and as the second number displayed on the target ID.
However instead of simply displaying the iron targets as the lowest of numbers on a conductor scale like the AT Pro, the CTX displays the probability of the target being iron in a radically different way. The 3030 will show a target that it thinks is iron by dropping the target both to the bottom of the screen graphically, and by displaying the first number as a high number. If it thinks the target is less likely to be iron, this Ferrous number will be much lower. Coins for example will rise up the screen and normally display as a 12 on the ferrous number. Rusty iron usually drops to the 33-35 range.
Case examples: A quarter will usually read 12-46 on the CTX, with the 12 being the ferrous component and the 46 being the conductive component. A bent nail will often have the same conductive reading, but have a much higher ferrous readout and this read very near the bottom of the screen displaying a 35-46. In this case you would know to ignore the nail and dig the quarter simply because the ferrous number told you the target was likely desirable or undesirable. If you went only by a conductive number like most machines on the market, you would end up digging both targets.
This all being said, the CTX 3030 has the ability to graphically represent two targets at the same time - they are shown as two target IDs simultaneously. You often will get BOTH the 12-46 and the 35-46 on the screen at the same time. In that case expect both a nail and a coin to emerge from the hole. I haven't seen anyone who didn't like that.
Finally- the tones you hear are customizable, and the simple answer is yes - you can change the tones to suit what works best for you. You can set it up to have one tone, two tones, four tones, or multiple tones that is a gradual variation across or down the screen.....and within each method the audible tone of a specific level can be can be customized. This may sound complex, but in reality for most people once you find the setting you like, it doesn't get changed.
Hope that helps!
