g2 software version silver fix help pls

[gaz1969]

Hi All

I have just bought a used but mint g2,i have read some post earlier saying that the earlier g2's had a problem with being able to pick up silver,i have just checked my software version and its 1,im gutted,does this mean mines the earliest and will not have any descent depth?
Can somebody please also give me a test to do using a uk equivelent coin?

I do have a euro 1 cent coin from 2008 here but id need somebody to try a depth test for me first so i can see if i can replicate it.

I think mine is not good now can you please help me check it works ok..

Thanks Gary

 

[gaz1969]

Ok just been outside in the garden to do air test instead of bedroom which is small,and results are:-
In discrim mode..

william 3rd sixpence 10-11 inches.
roman minim 8-9 inches
george 5 penny 12-13 inches
victoria silver shilling 10-11 inches

I also have test bed and results are

roman minim 8.5 inches positive id nice signal

new 5pence piece 9 inches positive signal nice id

small victorian button 7.5 inches positive id and nice signal.

what do you all reckon?
could of being in small bedroom with metal objects of made it less depth?

thanks gaz

 

[amberjack]

sounds good to me i would be happy with that

 

[Keith Southern]

The G2's as far as i am aware of never encountered the problem...They came along month's after the issue was fixed.....the problem was the internal ground balance was off set to far and it was knocking out the highest of conductor's....

I believe they were tuning them to the Omega specs and with the different board and freq it was way off and causing it to knock out the silver.....Some were like this some were not..it was the version 2.9 that did it....

The software version on the G2 that says 1 is the same as G.B. pro version 3.0 I am almost certain of this...so the G2 never had the silver /High conductor problem....

Now with that all said....The G2 /G.B are not going to show the impressive airtest depth on high conductor's like bigger silver and such like it does on nickle and brass and lead..

Lower conductor's....

I test mine and the bigger the silver get's the less depth it get's and all of the G2/G.B machine's show this trait...Silver dollars are the weakest coming in at around 9-10 inches while I can hear a nickle at 15 -i6 inches .. dimes being smaller will even be deeper than the silver dollar...

This holds true to the whole platform.....



On the machines that were messed up the G.B.S.E. 2.9 you would barely hear a dime and then quarter's half's and dollar's were gone.




But to sum it up don't expect jaw dropping result's on high conductor's but expect to pull thing's out of iron like no body's business.especially artifact's..I.E. low conductor's it will love thin coins silver on edge as an added plus....


For coins of high conductor with great performance the Omega is exceptional at this.....and it uses the G2 coil's so it is something to consider in the future ....that way you could work a site to a greater degree..Each machine excelling at there intended task.


If you want a good all a rounder the T-2 falls into this category ....or the f-75....

But the G-2 is great unit to have as your only unit just learn it and the language and it will dig stuff high conductor's included...

And it's really a great unit and at the upper world class level in working iron infestation ....


I worked mine though a dense iron hole yesterday and pulled target's out of the nails and iron debris that were left behind by the best machine's available Today and Yesterday...Even discovered an 19th century Gold Wedding band laying in very very close proximity to a large piece of iron...and it got it with the big coil..

Shutdown between target's is phenomenal ...and here is where it shines the most...if you use for purposes other than gold prospecting for which it was designed it ...

Keith

 

[gaz1969]

Thanks for the comprehensive reply Keith i really appreciate it,i feel better now

But a nickel at 15-16 inches,that sounds impressive.
Do you know what the uk equivalent might be to a nickel,i want to try that

Well going out now for an hour or two so fingers crossed..

Thanks again

Gaz..

 

[amberjack]

what keith said sounds good to me and is what i use it for pulling good stuff out of masses of junk its speed is its asset there, and one day small gold if i ever get off my butt and take a drive and look

 

[pasttom]

I expect you all were/are using the 11 inch coil. Any chance you remember the ID on the gold ring? I am fuzzy on the shift if any between my Omega and the GB/G2 for gold ring range. Comments would be appreciated.
Tom the slo learner

 

[amberjack]

here's my theory if they are round no rocks in settings or bits hanging off they will come in the 70's, fine women's rings usually have settings or on angles etc...so they will be all over the place depending on shape angles etc and settings.

AJ

 

[sgoss66]

Gold will come in lower than the 70s in many cases, AJ. I have a large men's 14 K wedding band (I'm 6'2" tall), and mine reads only 70. I'd expect smaller ones to read much lower.

gaz -- you are good, Keith is exactly right. The version 1 software on the G2 is a "newer" version of software (equivalent to the Gold Bug's version 3.0 is I think correct). The depths you gave on your air test and in-ground tests sound good. You are in good shape.

Steve

 

[amberjack]

i have found 2 rings don't fit me to small both in the 70's yours is 70 try some other bands to if you have them? its just my theory seems to be working so far? add anything that makes it not round and that's where the lower numbers come in? like a rock sticking out or a women's band with a bend, i am happy to be pr oven wrong though!!

one was 9K other 18K i am big too rings don't fit me to small well half way on my little finger maybe

would be interesting to hear what others have to say about round gold rings have to be round and have no bits sticking out ok

 

[sgoss66]

I'll have to check a couple more rings; problem is, my wife doesn't like to let me have them!

I think gold content sould make a difference too; different alloys should read different. I'd expect a 9K ring to read higher than an 18K, of the same size. Yours read the same? Hmm...

Steve

 

[amberjack]

sneak them off her fingers when she is asleep? No? i don't have any others to test the others have stuff on them, 9K one just a tad smaller diameter than 18K and much thinner prob about 2 g maybe a bit more came 72,3 and 18K white gold one 78,9 7.1 grams is bigger came in higher, i am just trying to work this stuff out, so i can narrow down searches and what an area has to offer and where to set disc, its all very technical

we know the bug likes round things and these are round by definition (no bits hanging off) i like to disc as high as i can its just me i guess and have noticed with some of my other machines don't hit bottle tops like the bug does i disc up past tabs or just past and i don't see any round bottle tops its very strange why the bug still hits them disc the same or higher, but this could be an advantage if all gold bands come in the 70's on bug, i think to much i know about this stuff but what else is there to do plus would be nice to know i am not missing any gold bands disc at say 68.

well feel free to join in peeps with round gold ring numbers