CTX 3030 - Do I Still Have The Right Detector?

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Blowing it away is a relative term of course. The Manticore beats it in just about every aspect, but, in some areas, it's almost too close to call. It's going to be those iffy signals in bad or trashy ground where the Manticore really shines over the CTX. I know it seems that the CTX processor speed is fast, but, it's nowhere near what the Equinox, Manticore, Legend, or Deus have. That can be a game changer in bad and/or trashy ground. Depth on silver in clean ground I also give to the Manticore, but, not by much in stock modes. If you know how to tweak the Manticore, you can get significant extra depth at certain venues over any other machine I've seen.....even PI machines. Small gold and tiny nugget hunting, Manticore is better, especially in Prospecting mode. Nothing wrong with the CTX however. In most areas of hunting, if you don't need the extra depth, or the ground is not hot or trashy, the CTX will work just as well. It's still one of the best coin and jewelry detectors out there. It's mostly the extreme situations where you need the extra speed and ground handling where the Manticore (and Equinox, Deus, and Legend for that matter) shine. Weighing a fraction of the CTX doesn't hurt most of us either.

I've never had either one of those machines, but would love to see a SIDE by SIDE signal comparison. I'm not always convince that one high end machine is better than another unless you do a signal side by side test, I got this target, what do you get or do you get it at all ?
So when me and my partner go hunting he has a Minelab 800, so far there have been a few signals he got that I couldn't but I think they might have been iron or trash my DEUS II did not want, ON THE OTHER HAND, we just hunted a church yard where I got 11 Wheat Cents to his 1, (one) although he did not check EVERY target I got, he did check a few and many of the ones I was digging he said gave him jumpy signals and he would not have dug them... Clearly if we both are hunting a small yard and I get 11 coins to his one, my machine is working better... Does it mean he should run out and buy one of mine ? I rib him about this all the time and he admits mine is better, but 11 wheat cents are worth maybe 15 cents so the math doesn't add up..

 

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Old school!

If you want a lightweight machine, may I suggest a DEUS II ? 🤣