Hello guys, finally got out to give the 13" Ultimate Detech coil on the G2 a good field test. For those who don't know me or have not read my posts on here, I have been relic hunting for 20 years but detecting for over 30. I have never loved a detector more than the G2 with one exception....depth. I have found in over 400 hours of use with it over the past 2+ years, that in my ground it maxes out in disc mode at about the 8-9" range, with good targets (typically 58 cal minie balls) in the fringe or extreme limit of detection range (the 8-9" mark)being very very soft barely audible signals that alternate between ferrous and mixed non-ferrous numbers.
I have just recently obtained a used 13" Detech Ultimate coil in the hope that it can give me more depth in pastures and farm fields. The first thing I did when I first got the coil was air test it against the stock 11" coil. To my surprise there was no difference, also when ground balancing I found it would ground balance 20 to 25 numbers lower than the stock coil. Undeterred I traveled south to east Tenn this weekend to put it through my ultimate field test.... a Union CW campsite that I my father and my hunting partner have pounded for the past 3 years with the following detectors:
Teknetics G2
Teknetics T2 SE
Tesoro Vaquero and Tejon
Garrett Ace 350
Fisher CZ-5
Our last 5-6 hunts there we were lucky to find a single bullet per hunt....but I knew there were deep relics to be found. Although relics have been found all over the 10 acre site, I concentrated on two spots in particular, both have had the highest concentration of relics and both are near a fence line allowing precise location or reference to sweeps and finds location. At first I was digging almost all signals that I would dig with the stock coil, in particular focusing on the "fringe type" signals alternating between ferrous and non-ferrous...all of these proved to be small pieces of iron deep (one was the head of a square nail with about 1/8" of the shaft that was about 6" down!)...my first observation...this coil has great ability to see very small targets! As good as the stock coil.
My first good target was a no brainer....solid volume and solid lock-on numbers...nice "warm" audio. The target was a piece of melted lead the size of a half dollar at a solid 10" down (see pics below). All the good sounding targets I dug very slowly and carefully so that I could get an accurate measurement of the depth. With the tip of my Lesche digger touching the melted lead, the surface of the ground went over half way up the handle of the digger....10". The audio was quite pronounced and I know I would have still heard that target another 1" to likely 2" down. The rest of my hunt of 3 hours was the same with all good targets deep, but audio on all solid and no brainer, not whispers. Shallowest was a eagle cuff button at 5" in very dry dirt, with all other good targets ranging from 7-10" down. My total take of keepers was 15 relics in 3 hours. Again guys these are not relics that were missed by the G2 with stock coil or the other detectors, as we have been over this ground many many times...they were just not seen! I have no doubt that when I go back and dig the now new fringe signals that I will get relics at the 10-11" mark, possibly deeper when the ground becomes wet. The Ultimate coil turns the G2 into a monster! I feel that in the ground that I hunt in it elevates the G2's depth up near the level of a F75 LTD, but without the noise! I'm a believer!!!
I have just recently obtained a used 13" Detech Ultimate coil in the hope that it can give me more depth in pastures and farm fields. The first thing I did when I first got the coil was air test it against the stock 11" coil. To my surprise there was no difference, also when ground balancing I found it would ground balance 20 to 25 numbers lower than the stock coil. Undeterred I traveled south to east Tenn this weekend to put it through my ultimate field test.... a Union CW campsite that I my father and my hunting partner have pounded for the past 3 years with the following detectors:
Teknetics G2
Teknetics T2 SE
Tesoro Vaquero and Tejon
Garrett Ace 350
Fisher CZ-5
Our last 5-6 hunts there we were lucky to find a single bullet per hunt....but I knew there were deep relics to be found. Although relics have been found all over the 10 acre site, I concentrated on two spots in particular, both have had the highest concentration of relics and both are near a fence line allowing precise location or reference to sweeps and finds location. At first I was digging almost all signals that I would dig with the stock coil, in particular focusing on the "fringe type" signals alternating between ferrous and non-ferrous...all of these proved to be small pieces of iron deep (one was the head of a square nail with about 1/8" of the shaft that was about 6" down!)...my first observation...this coil has great ability to see very small targets! As good as the stock coil.
My first good target was a no brainer....solid volume and solid lock-on numbers...nice "warm" audio. The target was a piece of melted lead the size of a half dollar at a solid 10" down (see pics below). All the good sounding targets I dug very slowly and carefully so that I could get an accurate measurement of the depth. With the tip of my Lesche digger touching the melted lead, the surface of the ground went over half way up the handle of the digger....10". The audio was quite pronounced and I know I would have still heard that target another 1" to likely 2" down. The rest of my hunt of 3 hours was the same with all good targets deep, but audio on all solid and no brainer, not whispers. Shallowest was a eagle cuff button at 5" in very dry dirt, with all other good targets ranging from 7-10" down. My total take of keepers was 15 relics in 3 hours. Again guys these are not relics that were missed by the G2 with stock coil or the other detectors, as we have been over this ground many many times...they were just not seen! I have no doubt that when I go back and dig the now new fringe signals that I will get relics at the 10-11" mark, possibly deeper when the ground becomes wet. The Ultimate coil turns the G2 into a monster! I feel that in the ground that I hunt in it elevates the G2's depth up near the level of a F75 LTD, but without the noise! I'm a believer!!!
