GTI 1500 and Dimes

[vtcoinhunter]

Hello all Garrett users,
From day one when I pass a silver dime past the coil it shows a penny.I called Garrett's and they said it's normal.When I had the GTA 1000 it would show a dime.Is this normal ? What's your opinion .

 

[chinacash]

mmmmm On my grand master the dime is higher silver and non-silver...
I would think there should some differance...Let see what others have to say!

 

[Uncle Willy]

What kind of dime did you use for the 1000? Current dimes are of a different composition with a lot of copper. It's normal.

Bill

 

[vtcoinhunter]

I know that clad dimes and copper pennies show up as penny on most Garrett's but should a silver dime.Why spend $ 500.00 on a high end detector that can't tell you a silver dime .Like I said in my first post that my GTA 1000 would show a silver dime but not a clad .

 

[jimmileo]

I have a GTI 2500 and I have just the opposite trouble. A dime shows up as a dime and so does a penny! I dig more pennies thinking they are dimes. Jim

 

[jeff@middlesex]

I have some dimes that read differently, some even if you flip them over. I think it is the silver content and the mixture of whatever else is in there.

 

[John-Edmonton]

You are getting too serious on what a metal detector will do for you. Even a $3,000.00 won't solve your problem with target ID. The target ID is only a probability, based on the objects conductivity...ie silver vs. copper vs. iron etc. It is dependant on such variables as %metal/alloy in any given target, the amount of surface oxidation on the target, the type and amount of mineralization in the matrix surrounding the object. There are many more variables, but a book could be written on this subject alone. Change any one of these variables and the detector will be affected on how the object is read on the machine. It is really up to you to decide if it could be a coin or not. The most successful detectorists know that "any" target in the coin range giving a nice clear sounding audio signal reading A or B size object should be investigated further. Are the good sounding targets always what the machine is telling you??? Absolutely not! Technology over the past thousand years has produced millions of metal coin sized objects that can read as coins, and they are out there. So you may dig up a coin sounding copper coupling, or you could also dig up a ring. That's just the reality of the technology available in all metal detectors.

Metal detecting is a hobby and supposed to be fun. Relax and dig the junk like the rest of us and you too will get some good surprises.
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[mtdoramike]

I took pictures of the GT&i1500 display.

first picture = target is a 1942 Merc dime
second picture = target is a 1961 rosie dime
third picture = target is a 1910 hard to see date, merc dime
forth picture = wheat penny
fifth picture = zinc penny

 

[jimmileo]

Looks about right to me except the last merc dime. Put it on pinpoint and center it in the coil and see what it reads. You may not have had it centered under the coil in descriminae mode either. JIM

 

[vtcoinhunter]

Garrett is my favorite detector.I just wish that this one showed a silver dime instead of penny.
Great post ! Thanks for the info.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah John this ain't exactly rocket science.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

If it shows a coin of any kind dig it. I've had quarters ID as pennies. Some rings will ID as coins. You have to be smarter than your detector.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

With the composition of current dimes they are both real close in common conductivity. A detector can't see into the ground. It's like being blindfolded and reaching into a barrel full of 500 goldfish and one black fish - and picking that black fish out.

Bill