1st hunt with my CZ-3d……….

I only got to hunt for about an hour today at our local park in town. This park has been pounded hard.

My setting, vol 3, sens 4.5, disc 0 (first click off auto), enhance mode, ground balanced to a perfect quiet balance.

I hadn't pulled a silver from there in a couple years.
I dug every target that was solid both ways. I dug the med. tones as well as the high tones, to help myself understand what the detector was telling me.
I dug about 8 nails, coming in as solid two way high tones. But, after digging those 2, I had a good idea the others were nails and not coins. Most of the nails, I could get to bounce or give a low tone every once in a while, while scanning from all directions. A couple of the nails, I raised the coil above it until the sig was lost, then slowly lowered the coil back down, while still swinging, that help get a bounce or low tone on a couple of them before I dug.
I will say, when it was a coin, I couldn't get a bounce, grunt or any tone except high and solid no matter how I swung it.
My trash to good target ratio was at least 2.5 to 1, which I expected since I intended to dig most everything.
I'm quite impressed with my new CZ. Lots of learning to go yet, but I'm sure going to enjoy it!
I hope these pics show?



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( 4 clad pennies, 2 clad nickels and a 1920 mercury dime)



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finally !



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Good deal there Hopskippy. Was that with the 8" coil?

ozzie Wrote:
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> Good deal there Hopskippy. Was that with the 8"
> coil?


Yes, the 8". I think i'm gonna like the 8. I'll probably get the 5" when I can afford it.

Good job there on your 1st hunt with the CZ 3D! Finding silver while learning a new unit is challenging to say the least. Persistence pays off. The 3D is so easy to use sometimes we take advantage of it's simplicity too much and get lazy. But you hung in there...way to go! Many more and better finds are headed your way with your determination. Have fun with that 3D...it's a keeper.

Charles

Charles (Sabre)(Tx) Wrote:
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> Good job there on your 1st hunt with the CZ 3D!
> Finding silver while learning a new unit is
> challenging to say the least. Persistence pays
> off. The 3D is so easy to use sometimes we take
> advantage of it's simplicity too much and get
> lazy. But you hung in there...way to go! Many
> more and better finds are headed your way with
> your determination. Have fun with that 3D...it's
> a keeper.
>
> Charles


Thanks.
Yeah, I felt pretty lucky finding the merc. It was sweet. My grandson was with me. He had been there at that park with me MANY times before and told me, " there ain't nothing left there but junk". He actually dug it, when he popped it out he said, " Its an aluminum coin grandpa", his first silver ever. He was really shocked. It was about 7" deep. I know I been over that exact spot several times, with several units too. Just goes to show ya….

I like to hunt with my CZ's volume at 10 & use headphones with adjustable volume to turn it down, some. Most times I will have sensitivity higher than 4.5 , if it can handle it. Since that area has been hunted a lot, slow your sweep speed, go over the area twice at 90° angles , & dig both higher tones.
It takes awhile to learn your CZ .

Google Mikes CZ page as its a CZ users bible....old rusty nails will be a problem especially the deep ones but after a while you will dig few and super deep silver..Remember swing slow for exceptional depth and sens. as high as you can with a stable unit and volume at 10 certainly helps with the deepies ...
Certainly a user friendly unit but will take a while to understand what its telling you and believe me 10-12 inch silver dimes are possible with this unit...
We have some darn good CZ guys on this forum so any questions fire away....

Dan-Pa. Wrote:
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> Google Mikes CZ page as its a CZ users
> bible....old rusty nails will be a problem
> especially the deep ones but after a while you
> will dig few and super deep silver..Remember swing
> slow for exceptional depth and sens. as high as
> you can with a stable unit and volume at 10
> certainly helps with the deepies ...
> Certainly a user friendly unit but will take a
> while to understand what its telling you and
> believe me 10-12 inch silver dimes are possible
> with this unit...
> We have some darn good CZ guys on this forum so
> any questions fire away....

Thanks Dan !