first trip out with my new 2500

[Timberking]

well the ups guy didnt show up on friday like i had hoped he would so it was a LONG weekend! but he showed up today. I unpacked eberything and watched the video and hit the yard. It was VERY VERY different than my Jim dandy junk bounty hunter to say the least. but i did find a 1982 penny LOL. Then i packed up the detector and headed over to my girlfriends house,she lives in a older mining location and most of the houses there are older than mine,anyway i started off and in five minets had a nine plus "B" reading at four inches so i dug her up! Yeeehaw, a standing liberty quarter! I have no idea what date it is as it is very woren but she sure id purty. i continued down along the east side of her house and at six inches found a 1936 lincoln penny then turned around and headed back south in another sweep and ended up with a 1948 lincoln penny!!!! Damn this is great fun! And i dont even have the hang of it yet. While i'm here i have a question. Do you folks with the 2500's get lots and lots of signals while sweeping? I was using the 9.5 coil and all i could here was six,eight,eight plus,nine plus,four,six plus twelve etc. etc. This afternoon i just dug the ones that were a eight plus and up. Since its my first day and all LOL i was a little confused with all of the signals,what causes this? was i going to fast,to slow? Was this just what they call a trashy area? should i of been using a smaller coil? Just thought i'd ask.

 

[knottrue]

Congrats on the 2500. Like Garrett says, "ready right out of the box". You picked a fine instrument. I have one also and I have experienced the same issues as you are having. There is no question that the 2500 will sound off on almost every piece of metal within your coils capabilities. It's important to pay close attention when you use the pinpoint function and to watch the image on your LCD. It can give you more options because of size, as to dig or not.
As to the issue of all the numbers your hearing, they are definitely valid targets as the numbers sound off. Thats when you really slow down and try to zero in and validate a target. By that I mean, swinging over a target from several directions. If it stays locked on in the coin range from any direction, I would dig that target from C to A range. Also try lowering your sensitivity to about 7.5 , this will help too, at least it helped me

 

[Timberking]

thanks Knottrue,will def give it a try.

 

[Uncle Willy]

First of all make sure the forst wind of your cable goes over the top of the shaft and is snugly wound. Turn your sensitivity down to 6 or 6.5. Scan with the coil an inch or more off the ground and scan slow.

Bill

 

[John-Edmonton]

If your sensitivity is se too high and you have little discrimination......yes, you get lots of signals. But I would expect that in a mining town anyways. Good luck with your future hunts.