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Garrett GTI 2500
- Thread starter joelab101
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I have had 2500's (I check out used equipment that I trade on before I resell and sometimes, I keep them quit awhile) and depth has never been an issue. Around here
there is a lot of iron ore, heavy mineralization in some places, but I can still get coins in the 7-8 inch range.... It is great to use relic hunting in AM since the ID's works in that mode..... No complaints here whatsoever....... Richardntn
there is a lot of iron ore, heavy mineralization in some places, but I can still get coins in the 7-8 inch range.... It is great to use relic hunting in AM since the ID's works in that mode..... No complaints here whatsoever....... Richardntn
The Garrett GTA, GTI and GTP machines all maintain the same depth in any of the pre-programmed modes. As you increase discrimination, the machine is just cancelling out the audio. Now the GTI 2500 will get some extra depth in all metal mode, that is true. Whoever told you that about depth issues while searching in discriminate coins mode, indicating a maximum depth range of 4 to 5 inches, was not telling the truth. I have found literally thousands of coins well beyond that depth. You might want to try some new resources for information about Garrett metal detectors.
John I am not sure why....But i have had several people tell myself that garretts are nice but they lack depth.....I have always been interested in the upper garrett line....But i guess i let the lack of depth cloud my judgement.....I had talked to you the other day about the 2500, 1500, and 1350......and you help me make a choice from the info i received from you.....Which i have a 1500 on the way. Since then i have talked to several who are usin the Garrett line.....and i have heard several good depth reports. I guess it is who you are talkin to .....someone who is usin one or someone who is usin a different brand. It goes to the old deal where my detector is better than your detector.....or guys with false claims of diggin 20 inch boolitts.....or 15 inches on a dime.....and from those guys that is brand loyal to the point where all they better to do is make up false information about other detectors.later
Uncle Willy
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Discrimination effects depth only slightly on modern detectors, especially the 2500. The 2500 will get all the depth you'll ever need. A couple of years ago I pulled up three Barber coins at 14 inches plus under a tree root with the 2500. Plus if you want raw depth just switch it to all metal and be prepared to dig very deep.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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Yeah there is a ton of false information floating around out there. I've heard many a tall tale in my 42 years in this hobby and these tales will be unloaded on you with a straight face. 
The only way to find out about any machine is to use it for at least 100 hours or to rely on an expert who you know won't yank your chain.
To many people think you can run out and buy a detector and figure it out in a few hours. Tain't so. That's why a lot of detectors fail for new owners and where a lot of the tall tales come from, plus there may not be any targets deeper than 4-5 inches where they hunt. There is this myth that still lingers that all old coins are buried deep and that they are just everywhere. It's stupid but many buy into it. In all my years in this hobby I can count the really deep coins I have recovered on my two hands. I have pulled coins from the 1700's from only two inches down and clad coins at ten inches in the same area. So much for the myth.
Many people think all you have to do is turn a new machine on, wave it over the ground, and the coins will almost jump out of the ground. And if this doesn't happen, then in their mind the detector is junk. 99% of all the badmouthing you hear is based on sheer ignorance and total lack of experience. I 've known guys who changed detectors like they change socks and went through 10-30 machines in one year, and still with no measureable success because of all I have described.
The vast majority of dropped coins are well within the reach of most detectors out there, but the coil has to pass over them to find them. Most people out there don't realize that the signal from a concentric coil at peak depth is only covering an area about the size of a quarter. They have this delusion that if their coil is eight inches in diameter that it is covering that same area at depth. I have written several articles on this very subject and I belive one or two are in the online magazine at Treasure Depot. I may do one with diagrams and maybe post it over on the story forum to help dispell this long-standing myth about depth.
Another myth centers around sensitivity. Many think that sensitivity equals depth and the higher you crank it the deeper the detector goes. WRONG!! When one increases the sensitivity they not only make the coil more sensitive to the target they seek but also more sensitive to everything else in the ground, including mineralization, thereby cancelling out any good targets that may be present. The first thing any new user does is crank that sensitivity to the max and set out to find those mythical coins buried halfway to China.
Sometime ago I told one fellow ( who was complaining about depth ) to jack his sensitivity way down and try it. He went back over an area he had covered many times and found a slew of old coins he had missed before running in high sensitivity. He is now a believer.
Once one gets past the mythology and the ton of BS stories from folks who don't really know of what they speak, then their success improves immensely. I hear people all the time bad mouthing a machine they have never used and all they are doing is parroting what someone else who never used it has stated. If one has been around long enough to remember the detector wars that plagued the forums several years ago then it's easy to understand what I describe.
Bill
The only way to find out about any machine is to use it for at least 100 hours or to rely on an expert who you know won't yank your chain.To many people think you can run out and buy a detector and figure it out in a few hours. Tain't so. That's why a lot of detectors fail for new owners and where a lot of the tall tales come from, plus there may not be any targets deeper than 4-5 inches where they hunt. There is this myth that still lingers that all old coins are buried deep and that they are just everywhere. It's stupid but many buy into it. In all my years in this hobby I can count the really deep coins I have recovered on my two hands. I have pulled coins from the 1700's from only two inches down and clad coins at ten inches in the same area. So much for the myth.
Many people think all you have to do is turn a new machine on, wave it over the ground, and the coins will almost jump out of the ground. And if this doesn't happen, then in their mind the detector is junk. 99% of all the badmouthing you hear is based on sheer ignorance and total lack of experience. I 've known guys who changed detectors like they change socks and went through 10-30 machines in one year, and still with no measureable success because of all I have described.
The vast majority of dropped coins are well within the reach of most detectors out there, but the coil has to pass over them to find them. Most people out there don't realize that the signal from a concentric coil at peak depth is only covering an area about the size of a quarter. They have this delusion that if their coil is eight inches in diameter that it is covering that same area at depth. I have written several articles on this very subject and I belive one or two are in the online magazine at Treasure Depot. I may do one with diagrams and maybe post it over on the story forum to help dispell this long-standing myth about depth.
Another myth centers around sensitivity. Many think that sensitivity equals depth and the higher you crank it the deeper the detector goes. WRONG!! When one increases the sensitivity they not only make the coil more sensitive to the target they seek but also more sensitive to everything else in the ground, including mineralization, thereby cancelling out any good targets that may be present. The first thing any new user does is crank that sensitivity to the max and set out to find those mythical coins buried halfway to China.
Sometime ago I told one fellow ( who was complaining about depth ) to jack his sensitivity way down and try it. He went back over an area he had covered many times and found a slew of old coins he had missed before running in high sensitivity. He is now a believer.
Once one gets past the mythology and the ton of BS stories from folks who don't really know of what they speak, then their success improves immensely. I hear people all the time bad mouthing a machine they have never used and all they are doing is parroting what someone else who never used it has stated. If one has been around long enough to remember the detector wars that plagued the forums several years ago then it's easy to understand what I describe.
Bill
BigCatDaddy
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