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Canadian Detector? :canadaflag:
- Thread starter waynard
- Start date
Joel-Winnipeg
New member
From the info about the detectors made in the US that I've gathered is they are tuned to the US coins.
Up here the readings are not the same.
Lots of the newer coins are iron enhanced.
Up here the readings are not the same.
Lots of the newer coins are iron enhanced.
JOHNMARKHAM
New member
interesting question..id like to know same info..lets see what will come about this..
Sven
Well-known member
I found the beep and dig detectors to be the best for me. Setting disc just to eliminate small nails.
Canadian coins can register as junk, double beep when on edge, and disappear one way if two
coins are near each other. So I just dig.
John from Edmonton uses the GTi1500 and 2500 and can give you better insight on meter usage.
My wife's fav. Garrett was the GTi1500, years ago while detecting in Canada, she found older silver
coins as I did, we relied too much on the meter and passed up on CA coinage. Will say, one day
picked up an old Bounty Hunter Tracker with analog meter at a garage sale for $20.00 I did very well at one school yard.
ID on the meter was pretty close.
One thing I noticed using a DD coil that a Toonie would not be picked up from 0-3" coils bottom. After 3", it would pick it
up. Now it would pick up the Toonie 0----" at the coils tip. Something else you may want to check out.
Canadian coins can register as junk, double beep when on edge, and disappear one way if two
coins are near each other. So I just dig.
John from Edmonton uses the GTi1500 and 2500 and can give you better insight on meter usage.
My wife's fav. Garrett was the GTi1500, years ago while detecting in Canada, she found older silver
coins as I did, we relied too much on the meter and passed up on CA coinage. Will say, one day
picked up an old Bounty Hunter Tracker with analog meter at a garage sale for $20.00 I did very well at one school yard.
ID on the meter was pretty close.
One thing I noticed using a DD coil that a Toonie would not be picked up from 0-3" coils bottom. After 3", it would pick it
up. Now it would pick up the Toonie 0----" at the coils tip. Something else you may want to check out.
There are no metal detectors available specifically for detecting Canadian clad. Now, having said that, Garrett detectors fair quite well on our coinage. The ACE series were the hottest I thought, until I got the Scorpion. It bangs hard on all our coins. Below is an article on hunting Canadian coins:
Here is how the Garret Ace should read Canadian Coins....
PENNIES: Depending on their year and length of time in the ground, expect them to read one notch before the penny icon to a couple of notches past the penny icon. You have to dig dig dig.
NICKELS: Again....what year and length of time in ground. They will either show up at the penny icon or nickel icon. They tend to give a smooth signal on the nickel notch, not a rough sound like the sound of a pulltab.
Dimes: If 1968 0r older,(silver)they will read clearly in the penny range. Newer, they might not read at all if freshly minted and recently fallen on the ground. (not to worry, my buddies non-Garrett machine does the same) If they have been in the ground, say for several months, they tend to bounce around pulltab and coin. If you dig the plug and loose the signal, chances are that you got a clad dime. You now need to find it in all metal mode (pinpointing) to find it and remove it.
Quarters:1968 or older read in coin range, usually smack dead center under the quarter icon. If new, again, might be missed. If in the ground for at least several months, expect it to bounce around penny, quarter and pulltab icon. Again, once you make a plug, you may loose the signal, so you have to use pinpoint mode to find it and remove it.
Loonies and Toonies ($1.00 & $2.00 coins) give a strong signal under the coil at penny or quarter. Garrett machines like these coins. If you get one under your coil, you will surely dig it!
Summary on Canadian Coins:
If you hunt in coin mode and notch out the nickel and pulltab, you will still get nearly all of your Canadian Coins, with the exception of a few nickels. "BUT", you might also miss out on a gold ring too. So, based on your goals and available time for a hunt, choose your programs carefully.
Some other makes and models of detectors will not read or barely read our Toonies, Loonies, & nickels. I know from experience from hunting recently hunted playgrounds, and that's what I usually found...nickels, loonies. toonies and some other clad. I suspect that Garrett engineering designed their machines to detect these one and two dollar coins, as I sent them one of each several years ago. I am also hearing from others using the recent Garrett lines of detectors getting the same results.
Because nearly all detectors are made in USA, they read U.S. coins with great accuracy. When hunting Canadian coins, you need to slow down a bit, and if you get any signal at all, you should go over it in different directions.....to see if it will read and bounce around in the coin and pulltab range.
Below is a recommended setting on the GTA, GTI, GTP & ACE series to get Canadian clad.
Hope this helps!
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Here is how the Garret Ace should read Canadian Coins....
PENNIES: Depending on their year and length of time in the ground, expect them to read one notch before the penny icon to a couple of notches past the penny icon. You have to dig dig dig.
NICKELS: Again....what year and length of time in ground. They will either show up at the penny icon or nickel icon. They tend to give a smooth signal on the nickel notch, not a rough sound like the sound of a pulltab.
Dimes: If 1968 0r older,(silver)they will read clearly in the penny range. Newer, they might not read at all if freshly minted and recently fallen on the ground. (not to worry, my buddies non-Garrett machine does the same) If they have been in the ground, say for several months, they tend to bounce around pulltab and coin. If you dig the plug and loose the signal, chances are that you got a clad dime. You now need to find it in all metal mode (pinpointing) to find it and remove it.
Quarters:1968 or older read in coin range, usually smack dead center under the quarter icon. If new, again, might be missed. If in the ground for at least several months, expect it to bounce around penny, quarter and pulltab icon. Again, once you make a plug, you may loose the signal, so you have to use pinpoint mode to find it and remove it.
Loonies and Toonies ($1.00 & $2.00 coins) give a strong signal under the coil at penny or quarter. Garrett machines like these coins. If you get one under your coil, you will surely dig it!
Summary on Canadian Coins:
If you hunt in coin mode and notch out the nickel and pulltab, you will still get nearly all of your Canadian Coins, with the exception of a few nickels. "BUT", you might also miss out on a gold ring too. So, based on your goals and available time for a hunt, choose your programs carefully.
Some other makes and models of detectors will not read or barely read our Toonies, Loonies, & nickels. I know from experience from hunting recently hunted playgrounds, and that's what I usually found...nickels, loonies. toonies and some other clad. I suspect that Garrett engineering designed their machines to detect these one and two dollar coins, as I sent them one of each several years ago. I am also hearing from others using the recent Garrett lines of detectors getting the same results.
Because nearly all detectors are made in USA, they read U.S. coins with great accuracy. When hunting Canadian coins, you need to slow down a bit, and if you get any signal at all, you should go over it in different directions.....to see if it will read and bounce around in the coin and pulltab range.
Below is a recommended setting on the GTA, GTI, GTP & ACE series to get Canadian clad.
Hope this helps!
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Uncle Willy
New member
Most, if not all, American detectors are programmed to ID American coins only. No detector made can accurately ID any coin with 100% accuracy, only offer a probable ID. Just see where each Canadian coin reads on the display then go from there.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
How come no one in Canada makes detectors. Other countries make them. I've tested C-Scopes made in England.
Bill
Bill
That just made my day!
Happy Hunting!
I did some discriminating with Euro coins on my first outing. I noticed none of them sound off in the left pull-tab notch on the Ace 250. Is there the possibility I might miss out some gold? I did notice that even if a pull-tab sounds on the adjacent notches, going over the same target more times will center itself directly on the left pull-tab notch. Very good MD, although I did pick out quite a few hairpins for one outing. Must have been a coincidence. The showers were really getting on my nerve... I had to look at the people opening up their umbrellas in the distance to see when the rain was coming... grrrr...
GoGoGopher
New member
No No No...You Canadians only make Beer detectors...lol...
It is too bad that Canada has not come up with a detector manufacturer...
HH,
It is too bad that Canada has not come up with a detector manufacturer...
HH,
TheGeorgiaCanuck
New member
Canadian made detector would only DING on beer cans and hockey pucks. 
TheGeorgiaCanuck
New member
Orion42 said:
Would the treasure talk voice sound like Bob and Doug McKenzie?
"Thats a Keeper EH!"
"That's my beer can! You Hoser!"
GoGoGopher
New member
Is that the Cat in the Tuke (spelling)???
HH,
HH,
TheGeorgiaCanuck
New member
GoGoGopher said:
It's spelled Tuque.
