A couple T2 comments....

[Bill Ladd]

Bear with me here, as again yesterday was my first time out in the field. You can read a manual 10x, but nothing beats real world useage outside....
I ground balanced by using the "fastGrab" & was pumping & saw a 90 come up. I continued pumping (probably expecting some kinda signal that I was ready to go). But I guess once you see a number there your done right?
Another plus I never mentioned was that we have black hot rocks here(magnitite I think?). They drive my Fisher's crazy & usually beep & are a dreaded +51 on the Coinstrike. I sold a 1270 'cause there was no way around these. :veryangry: Shallow rocks can be +12 on the digital Fisher's & can be a pain. But, hot rocks really seemed to have been addressed on the T2. I saw 2 of these black rocks on top of the ground, & with disc @ 40 for iron, they didn't even register a number at all!
VERY Nice!
Finally, I saw right away how easy it was to turn the dial with my thumb to make changes on the fly, without having to let go of the hand grip. This seemed like a big plus at first, but I quickly noticed it was also VERY easy to tap it to all metal mode (usually while digging). It's so moveable this even happened a couple times with the streached out headphone cord actually turning the dial. (When I go bushwacking to overgrown cellar holes I can imagine this dial getting moved alot by branches). I sorta remember Scott-ME complaining about this, & I think he even put a different dial there to tighten it up some. Has anyone thought or tried an O-ring or something so it's not so moveable?? Should I bring this to First Texas' attention? (or maybe I'm the only one it really bothers).
Yes, this is a very minor critique, & if this is the biggest drawback of the T2 then we have a real winner on our hands.......
HH,
Bill

 

[Mike Hillis]

Hi Bill,

Yep, you are right about the FastGrab. Once you get a number you are set to go.

I'd like to know where those hotrocks you've got there register on the T2. If you would, next time out if you see one, could you drop the disc to 0 and see where it registers for me.

Regarding the dial, that is one of two dials that like to move. The other one is the on/off/volume control. I've occasionally accidentally turned the faceplate dial but not as often as I've turned the on/off dial with my hip. I'd be hunting along and the volume would start to go soft and I'd be fiddling with my headphone volume, wondering about my batteries and then I'd think to check the volume knob and lo and behold, I had bumped it with my hip. Even turned it off a time or two before I learned to watch for it. I could imagine bushwhacking with it.

I think the real cure for both would be a flip cover. A nice clear one that you can flip open with your thumb, make the change and then snap back down. Something that can be put on when bushwhacking but left off when you don't need it.

Bushwhacking accessory kit: Clear dial covers with flip top lids, solid coil cover, meter pod cover

HH



HH

 

[Bill Ladd]

On a cover. Mr. Bill just made a good point, that I had the dial up at the top which made it easy to go left into all metal on 1 tap. He said keep the dial down to the right & if bumped it will just go up from tones #, not into another mode.......
I still think some o-rings or something can go under both dials....we'll have to check into this.
HH,
Bill
PS. I have a gang of those rocks for testing at home....will see where they read later on.

 

[jeff@middlesex]

To keep the faceplate buttons from moving get a meter rain cover from whites that fits the XLT. These fit snug on the T2 and keep the controls from getting moved but you can still get a thumb or finger under the front of the cover and adjust the controls.

 

[jerr696]

I use Pencil Grippers. You can cut the to size and they slip over the knob. You don't have to remove it. Jerry(in Madera)