rluna
Elite Member
A little background first:
Sold my Etrac about 7 weeks ago and got a CTX.
In the 7 weeks I've had it I found 19 silver coins.
Had my Etrac from Sept - Dec of last year and found
50 silver coins...point being, I did well with the Etrac also
It's taking me a little bit to get use to the CTX.
Here is what I am finding a little frustrating.
Even though the CTX is faster it just seems (from what I remember),
that I could cruise along a little faster with the Etrac because I just
knew better if it was worth digging, Not just by the numbers but the
numbers along with the tone and then of course depth.
I'm a coin hunter that, for the most part goes after Silver, Copper and
Nickels so on the Etrac I didn't necessarily have to stop and thoroughly
investigate every little high tone. I knew by the way it sounded off on
Silver or Copper whether I should then check the numbers and depth.
I also had a tight nickel discrimination so would check also when I heard
the nickel sound......Simple.
With the Etrac I wasn't needing to stop and check every little blip of a high tone.
I used Bills trashy park program on the Etrac.
With the CTX most of us have that last bin set at a high tone for Silver.
Of course, you want to check and investigate a high tone when you hear
one....... "But" ......there are high tones going off all the time. Any where
from a blip of a high tone to a stronger high tone sound. And one might
say, "do you really need to check every blip of a high tone?"
And I say, "Absolutely!!"
Half of the 19 Silvers that I got were just a blip where I then would check it
from a different angle and get a diggable high tone or number.
Now the CTX is said to be faster (faster processor and all), and that may be
true, but I have to swing it just as slow if not slower than the Etrac if I want to
catch those little blips.
Which is why my post title says: "Not Sure the CTX is Really Faster then the Etrac."
Also, not one of the 19 coins was deeper than 6 1/2 - 7"
Most except for 2 were from 4 to 6 inches deep. I do believe the Etrac probably
would have gotten any one of those. I also dont see the Ctx's VDi numbers being
any more stable....maybe at depth but I haven't dug any silver deeper that 7" yet
with the CTX. From 1 - 7" the ctx seems just as stable or jumpy as the Etrac.
Now I'm not trying to talk my self out of the CTX by no means. I bought it because
I heard what this machine can do, but maybe I'm doing something wrong with the Ctx
or maybe I just need to learn it better.....Or Both
Any thoughts on what I'm experiencing or suggestions would be much appreciated??
Rand(nightdigger)
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Sold my Etrac about 7 weeks ago and got a CTX.
In the 7 weeks I've had it I found 19 silver coins.
Had my Etrac from Sept - Dec of last year and found
50 silver coins...point being, I did well with the Etrac also
It's taking me a little bit to get use to the CTX.
Here is what I am finding a little frustrating.
Even though the CTX is faster it just seems (from what I remember),
that I could cruise along a little faster with the Etrac because I just
knew better if it was worth digging, Not just by the numbers but the
numbers along with the tone and then of course depth.
I'm a coin hunter that, for the most part goes after Silver, Copper and
Nickels so on the Etrac I didn't necessarily have to stop and thoroughly
investigate every little high tone. I knew by the way it sounded off on
Silver or Copper whether I should then check the numbers and depth.
I also had a tight nickel discrimination so would check also when I heard
the nickel sound......Simple.
With the Etrac I wasn't needing to stop and check every little blip of a high tone.
I used Bills trashy park program on the Etrac.
With the CTX most of us have that last bin set at a high tone for Silver.
Of course, you want to check and investigate a high tone when you hear
one....... "But" ......there are high tones going off all the time. Any where
from a blip of a high tone to a stronger high tone sound. And one might
say, "do you really need to check every blip of a high tone?"
And I say, "Absolutely!!"
Half of the 19 Silvers that I got were just a blip where I then would check it
from a different angle and get a diggable high tone or number.
Now the CTX is said to be faster (faster processor and all), and that may be
true, but I have to swing it just as slow if not slower than the Etrac if I want to
catch those little blips.
Which is why my post title says: "Not Sure the CTX is Really Faster then the Etrac."
Also, not one of the 19 coins was deeper than 6 1/2 - 7"
Most except for 2 were from 4 to 6 inches deep. I do believe the Etrac probably
would have gotten any one of those. I also dont see the Ctx's VDi numbers being
any more stable....maybe at depth but I haven't dug any silver deeper that 7" yet
with the CTX. From 1 - 7" the ctx seems just as stable or jumpy as the Etrac.
Now I'm not trying to talk my self out of the CTX by no means. I bought it because
I heard what this machine can do, but maybe I'm doing something wrong with the Ctx
or maybe I just need to learn it better.....Or Both
Any thoughts on what I'm experiencing or suggestions would be much appreciated??
Rand(nightdigger)
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