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GTI 2500 Pulling Coins Out At 9 Inches Tonite :yikes:

John-Edmonton

John-Edmonton

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Finally, I get a day off tomorrow. I went out after work to a site outside Edmonton. I hunted until sundown, and got a mixed variety of finds. always nice to find an EDMONTON OILERS pin, even though they did terrible this year :lol: The machine was hot tonite, giving nice repeatable signals at a conservative 9 inches. Got some silver including a ROSEY. My oldest coin was a 1909 Wheatie :)

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Here is a closeup of the gooders. It's always nice to get some oldies. :)

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Nice older coins. Canadians seem to have a much greater diversity of finds then here in the U.S. I bet when the weather warms up and you get out in the deep water with your Infinium you will have some awesome finds.
I am going to try something new in the future. I found out I live 12 miles from a large civil war encampment. It really is not that well known. I have to do some pr. work because the people are leary of outsider on their land. I was talking with some of them and they said after a hard rain you can pick up hand fulls of bullets.
 
Great finds John. If you don't collect US coins you could send them down to me...LOL. Check that 1909 wheat. Some are worth good money depending on the mint mark and the designers initials. Once again, good hunt.:thumbup:
 
Great finds John, was wondering what mode you were searching in and if you were using the 12" coil, just would like to know, still learning on my GTI, thanks.
 
I was using the "True" all metal mode, and flipping back and forth to discriminate. I also swing at different speeds and directions over low conuctivity targets to see if they come up a notch or two. If they do, I dig them. Deep targets sometimes lose there ability to give a good target probability. That's common to all makes and models.
 
We had a lot of Americans up here because of the Alaska highway project. Also, some preferred to head north to the gold fields, and Edmonton was a main stopping place to buy supplies.

That civil war encampment information you mentioned is making me drool! Good luck! I have in the past brought one or more of my kids along and explain that metal detecting is somewhat of a family sport. It worked very well. Good luck with that site John. My eyes/ears are "tuned".
 
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.:clapping:
 
My wifes father was one of those americans who helped build the Alaskan highway, she has a picture of him holding a bear cub, he sent back while up there and the history of Eblen constuction company, along with other photo's of the adventure. My wife and I traveled the Alaskan highway when I was in the service, on our way to my new post in Fairbanks, beautiful country, also drove the 1221 miles of mountain rock road back to the U.S., it at up a new set of tires coming home. Her dad also had some bear claws he brought back with him, I have them in a display case, along with 2 arrowheads and a hide scraper I have found here locally, also have a buffalo soldier eagle button in the display that I found with my old ADS 111 Garrett, several years ago, makes a nice display.
 
Hi John (John-Edmonton),

Can I show my ignorance and ask you to explain your reason why you emphasize the "TRUE" in All Metal mode in your comments and answers to "GetRDone" about your settings etc. Is there a difference between All metal (As per the "All Metal" push pad) and what you emphasize as "TRUE All Metal" and if so how does this difer and how is it set up????.:confused:

I have only had my newly aquired machine (was KCK's GTI 2500) for a few days and in fact I have sent it over to our resident Garrett people here in OZ to fit the "Mineralization Chip" and also give it a "Check over" so I am certain that it is in the top condition that I think it is. I hope to have it back in a day or so and I am doing all of the study and reading up on it that I can.
Your comment about "TRUE" has me a bit puzzled, because I don't recall reading anything about that anywhere???? Is there something that I have missed or perhaps misunderstood???:confused:

Also, while I am asking what may appear to be dumb questions, can you explain what is the best procedure or methods of getting the most benifits out of the Sensitivity/Depth functions on the GTI 2500 or is it best left to the machine to select the settings?????? I don't know whether I am misunderstanding what the little handbook is saying or not, but I am finding it hard to comprehend what little advice there is or seems to be, related to sensitivity in the handbook. Is the sensitivity adjustment or setting a vital part of setting up the proper functioning of the detector like I feel it should be or am I asuming too much, because the handbook certainly doesn't seem to convey too much relevance or importance?????

I would be grateful for any advice or contributions you or anyone else might like to give me on these questions.:thumbup:

Regards, Barry.:ausflag:
 
I still do.....I do various types of hunts-snow hunts, old sites, sports fields, woods, parks, water etc. It never gets boring.
 
True all metal mode is the mode on the GTI 2500 that is true all metal in the sense that is will pick up ALL metal. Discriminate mode has a cut-off point and will no read all both low and high conductive targets. So, as a result, the true all metal mode gets some extra depth and is much more sensitive then the discriminate mode. So what does this mean?

Well, in a very junk littered area, the true all metal mode will sound off on all targets, at great depths and drive you buggy. These types of places are better hunted in discriminate mode, where the target sounds become less and less as you add more discrimination. However, if you are hunting an area where there are known deeper targets, and the place isn't littered with metallic junk, the GTI 2500 becomes a real asset. Also, if you are hunting a place that has been hunted to death, the true all metal mode will alert you to the deeper signals. The GTI also gives you a probable target ID , and if the target shows up in a specific ID which interests you, dig it. Sometimes, when I hunt a moderately junk area, I will hunt in zero discriminate mode, and the targets with a good signal strength I flip back to zero discrimination mode, to get a second opinion of what my machine is telling me.

Now, to even further enhance the true all metal mode, Garrett has designed the GTI 2500 so that it can be manually ground balanced, to ever further squeeze some depth out of it.

So that's how I have come to utilize the GTI 2500 true all metal mode.

Of course, the GTI 2500 also makes an excellent coin shooter, and using the imaging helps to leave the larger targets in the ground, and only dig the coin sized objects. I hope you enjoy the GTI 2500 as much as I have. That changing of the chip should make it an awesome detector.
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I have the ACE250 and the CXIII. I find that the "NON_ MOTION ALL METAL MODE Goes much Deeper than All metal discriminate mode, however I ususally cannot ID the deeper signals. It also is very sensitive to very small metalic objects at deep depths so locating the target can be a hassle.

I rarely use the non-motion unless it is a remote area with very little trash.

John, you said " I will hunt in zero discriminate mode, and the targets with a good signal strength I flip back to zero discrimination mode, to get a second opinion of what my machine is telling me."

I think you meant that you hunt in zero, and switch back to discrimate mode? or so I have this backward?
 
Hi Again John,

Thanks for your in depth explanation of the "True All Metal" setting and it's potentials.:thumbup: It is somewhat mind boggling (Particularly for me):wacko: to contemplate just how versatile and how many alternatives the GTI 2500 really does have, especially when some one with your knowledge and experience is able to explain them as you have. I certainly have a lot to learn to be able to master the machine and to benefit from it's capabilities.

I presume by your comment in the second paragraph "I will hunt in zero discriminate mode, and the targets with a good signal strength I flip back to zero discrimination mode, to get a second opinion of what my machine is telling me." you mean that you will hunt in All Metal and then flip to Zero Disc.????????

Just one further point, your final sentence is about the fitting of the "mineralization chip". Have you any knowledge that this chip causes any improvements to any other functions of the machine other than it's ability to work in Australian mineralized ground (which is what I believe it was designed for), does it help in other areas such as salty beach searching or the like?????:look:

Many thanks and regards, Barry.:ausflag:
 
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