Crystal Detection Code Not Triggering Task

Question

Hi there, 
 
 At the moment, we have developed a custom PCB and are having wireless troubles. Our suspicion is that the crystal circuitry must be the issue as there is absolutely no advertising or trace of any sort of signal. Unfortunately, we do not have access to a spectrum analyzer and implemented the following function after Bluetooth advertising to check for the crystal. We went with this method because the registers to our understanding won't change due to the oscillator being switched on and off by the radio controller. However, even when we trigger for the oscillator (32Mhz) start task the register does not switch. Could we please have some assistance in debugging this issue ? 
 
 int wait_xtal_to_start(){
 uint16_t measured;// Start the HFCLK
 NRF_CLOCK->EVENTS_HFCLKSTARTED = 0;
 NRF_CLOCK->TASKS_HFCLKSTART = 1;

 // Wait for the HFCLK to start
 while (NRF_CLOCK->EVENTS_HFCLKSTARTED == 0)
 {
 xtal_time++;
 // Do nothing while waiting for the clock to start
 }

 // Check if the HFCLK is running on the external 32 MHz crystal
 if ((NRF_CLOCK->HFCLKSTAT & CLOCK_HFCLKSTAT_SRC_Msk) == CLOCK_HFCLKSTAT_SRC_XTAL_Msk)
 {
 // The HFCLK is running on the external 32 MHz crystal
 return xtal_time;
 }
 else
 {
 // The HFCLK is not running on the external 32 MHz crystal
 // This could indicate that the external crystal is not properly connected
 return -1;
 }
}