Hello

So I had put a post earlier about an Etrac or CTX 3030, and hunting with my dad. However, I never really introduced myself. My name is Jeff, but my buddies call me nuggetslayer. Yes, I'm primarily a nugget shooter, but getting back into coin shooting. I've detected for 15 maybe closer to 20 years, coin shooting was how I got into the hobbies to be honest. I've been chasing gold since I moved to the gold fields in 1998 (Just North of Sacramento California) and just fell in love. I have found pounds and pounds of gold, but I love hanging out with my dad, and he hates nugget shooting, says it's boring. He needs non-stop action finding the coins. So I was going to pull the trigger on a new CTX3030, but the old man wants an Etrac, and thought it best if we had the same machine so I can teach him how to use it. He currently has the tecknetics T2, which I think is just fine, but us guys always want something different. My machine got here yesterday, so I'm going out in the morning to get it dirty and figure it out. My GPZ7000 is super easy, and Minelab has been my brand since 1998. I like this forum, and hope to share some finds, make some friends, and have a bunch of fun. FYI, I did try that Sampson t-handle shovel, why did we not think of that before, a must have?