My first CTX 3030 Outing...

[CTDirtFisher]

Hello ALL !!

Well it was a long wait to get my CTX 3030, but it did arrive and was assembled, battries charges, and I learned enough to get a combined program setup....

So last night it was misting to a slight drizzle... It had been raining for the last 24-30 hours....

I hit a park I call Indian park... The old dirt section is approx. 20:blackeye:75... but this section has yielded (in the last 2 years), 45+ Indian Heads, 10+ Barber Dimes, a Seated Love Token (1875 Dime), an 1856 Seated Quarter, 3 Large Cents, many many Wheaties... Buttons, Relics, etc....

The last 3-4 hunts there with the E-Trac... not so much :-( I felt like I got most of the stuff...

Let me also say that at one end of this old park is a package store and the other end... some shady complexes... This park has a GAZILLION scew caps (all modern) from the last decade... People walking by me all night back and forth and drinking on the way... Caps caps... caps and did I memtion CAPS... they ring from 28 up to 42 for the larger ones.... That being said... I know those are masking more targets, but I don't think if I hunted there all season I could get them all :-)

So to the hunt...

It was wet and dirty... I got my new 3030 DIRTY :-( but on to the hunt... 1st target... Screw cap... 2nd target... sq. piece of brass....

3rd Signal... 10/33 11/34... a little jumpy but a traget @ 5

1900 Indian Head Penny...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/June/13th/6132012_1900_IH.jpg

15 foot away and 15-20 minutes later... 10/34 10/35 3-4...

1898 Indian Head Penny...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/June/13th/6132012_1898_IH.jpg

I did recover a few deep Wheatles... a 1920, and 2 1942's... Lots of scew caps... and I dug almost everything just to get a feel for the 3030...

I was putting the machine away and thought... I never once thought about the weight :-)

Would I have found thouse Indians with my E-Trac ?? Well I know I've been over those spots many times, but at what angle, how was the soil ?? I think the 7-9 wheaties were picked out nicly by the 3030 and were still not bang bang signals, but I knew they were good targets...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/MD2012/June/13th/6132012_Totals.jpg

I can't wait to get back out to some more of my old haughts to see what lies in wait for recovery :-)

Respectfully
Paul

[aloldstuff]

Paul, looks like you are going to really enjoy your new toy. All of your old spots have now become new spots. Can't wait for your future posts. by the way, detectors are suppose to get dirty, that way we know they have been used.

[dpdave38]

Congrats on the new 3030 and a great hunt. I have a friend that just got a 3030 and he has been pulling Buffs and Indians like crazy since he got his.

Good Luck,

Dpdave38

[jkress]

Nice keeper with your new machine Paul. :clapping: Looks like Indian Head Park is back open for business. :->

[Fire Fighter 43]

Glad to see you got your CTX. You had agreat first hunt, WTG. Every time I get out with my CTX I learn something new and I'm very excited about the potential of the CTX. GL