22\/ CTX 3030 Big Coil Gold Hunting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first time I took the CTX 17\u201d coil out was both a \u201crude awakening\u201d and the beginning of an important learning process.\u00a0 I jumped into a deep section with it, swished around for a while and heard absolutely nothing.\u00a0 Later when I returned with a pulse–the same section \u201ccame alive\u201d with signals.\u00a0 \u201cWasn’t this thing supposed to be deep as \u201call get go?\u201d\u00a0 It certainly \u201clooked deep.\u201d<\/em> There were a few things I needed to understand in order to become an effective gold hunter with the CTX 3030’s 17\u201d coil.<\/p>\n

First, with any detector that processes a complex signal there is a \u201cdisconnect\u201d between the machine and the ground.\u00a0 This \u201cno man’s land\u201d is the actual process–the electronic \u201cwork\u201d that allows all the fancy things it does.\u00a0 In effect, you are not hearing the actual ground.\u00a0 What you are hearing is a reproduction in digital language of the ground\u2019s electromagnetic properties.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What this means is that these machines (BBS, FBS…) can lose depth but at the same time–not loose threshold.<\/u><\/em>\u00a0 That is, they can sound stable but still be being affected greatly by the ground’s properties.\u00a0 A stable threshold is the default.<\/u><\/em> \u00a0As will be explained in more detailed below, the larger the coil you are using–the greater this ground affect will be.<\/p>\n

Secondly, when you run a larger coil, everything is magnified.\u00a0 This coil is attempting to process a larger chunk of ground and this brings more work to the machine\u2019s processor.\u00a0\u00a0 Now, keep in mind that the CTX already has \u201ca lot going on.\u201d\u00a0 Add to this more ground noise, more targets, and more EMI from various sources.\u00a0\u00a0 The result is that targets are now smaller by relation<\/em> and take more time to respond.<\/p>\n

It was only when I learned to become more aware of the conditions, run appropriate Sensitivity settings and focus upon coil control that this loop began to show its strengths…<\/p>\n

From: “The Minelab CTX 3030 Gold Hunter’s Guide” (2018)<\/p>\n

by Clive James Clynick<\/p>\n

clivesgoldpage.com<\/p>\n

A couple of good hunts using the 17\u201d coil to scrub the edge with Jay\u2019s Gold program. I used the P1 to search and P2 as a checker. The large band at left came up green from at least 18\u201d in a section hunted almost daily with Excaliburs and other machines.<\/p><\/div>
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