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High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

This may be a dumb question but can someone give me a layman description of when you would use ferrous coin vs high trash? I notice on FC I can get double signal separations but many times I get one...

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Re: CTX and Excal questions

I had both for a while and ended up selling my excal. My CTX has been great and pretty much problem free. I submerge it in salt water, use it on the beach , in parks and relic hunt with it. It's great...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

I think I understand your question here. High Trash with the CTX is a mode you use to hunt that has a narrower channel/more disk/ than just your coin mode. You can use either ground coin or ferrous...

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Re: User Manual?

I just printed the d--n thing. Put it in a binder. Laid it beside Andy's book and read like he--.. THEN THE DETECTOR CAME

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Re: User Manual?

Hah I just printed it out and hole punched it myself.

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

Now I'm confused. I was editing a setting and the discrimination options included high trash or ferrous coin. I couldn't do both at the same time.

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

CTX-3030: NOTE: Out of FOUR settings in Target Separation Menu - HIGH TRASH, LOW TRASH, FC Separation, and GC Separation, only one setting at a time can be selected from this Menu. A Target Separation...

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Re: CTX and Excal questions

QuoteJason The excal is a very different detector from the FBS but both are great on the beach. Yep. I have both. When I know I am going to dunk my detector in salt water that day, I take my Excal. If...

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Re: Milspec Metal Detecting Accessories

Might be easier to ask if anyone has had a good experience. Have read a lot that haven't and got an Attitude when concerns were raised with the owner. You just cant be like that in this day of the...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

Yep I read that. It still just wasn't clear to me the of how to use them appropriately

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

Both are for hunting for targets mixed with iron. From my understanding of it, if you have large iron target next to a coin, AND iron is disced out..... high-trash tries to respond to the coin while...

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Re: CTX and Excal questions

Quotegaryflal While wet sand hunting in disc and with the sensitivity set to max level, will you get false signals with your CTX, or do you hunt in all metal, then disc the target? It depends on the...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

That makes sense from what I was seeing. Unfortunately I'm not sure I am reading the signals correctly. I would see what looked like two distinct targets but when I dug it was just a nail and the...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

QuoteBishop2012 That makes sense from what I was seeing. Unfortunately I'm not sure I am reading the signals correctly. I would see what looked like two distinct targets but when I dug it was just a...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

Oh I completely understand. I'm just trying to glean some knowledge as best I can. I ordered Andys book and signed up for the Bootcamp in May so I should learn a lot. Yes, I do have a pointer, after...

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These might help.....

Here are links to a couple Treasure Talk blogs I wrote for Minelab. http://www.minelab.com/usa/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/ctx-3030-target-separation-more-than-a-random-choice...

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Re: These might help.....

Awesome! I'll check that out. Thanks!

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Re: These might help.....

Good explanation linked above.

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

While we are talking about High Trash setting. I mostly run my pattern 2 with an open screen with very little discrimination.. Usually just one row across the bottom and part of the top side for the...

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Re: High Trash vs Ferrous Coin

Heh to expand on the previous question... Is there a way using the CTX to determine the mineralization levels in the soil? I'm unclear on how you determine that value.

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