Well, I've been using the GTP for 95% of my hunts this year, and it has served me well. It loves silver, pennies, our one & two dollar coins and is quite stable with a high set sensitivity. Ive had no problems with hunting in trashy areas, as I either look for the trashy areas in areas to find out where most of the people congregated, and/or just remove the problem junk by removing some of the notches. I have my best luck hunting in zero discrimination, profiling turned off and using the 3 tones on the machine. Once this machine is understood, it makes an excellent coin hunting machine...in fact, probably one of the best available.
Today, I thought that I would see how the GTP 1350 would do as a relic hunting machine. I picked an area in our river valley, where there is lots of junk, including such items as old rusted tin cans, old bottle caps and lots of tinfoil buried in the ground.
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Here is the area I hunted.....it has about 50 miles of trails throughout the river valley. But, the bugs get you in the summer and minus 30.....well you know what I mean gets you in the winter. That leaves a small window each year to hunt...spring and fall, and well...fall is here!
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My best find was this belt buckle, buried about 4 inches in the ground. It appears to be silver plate over bronze. The GTP 1350 read it as a coin, so I of course dug it. I have no idea how old it is, but a very unique item.
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Here are the total finds from the hunt. Very interesting items to say the least. I was surprised at how easy the GTP 1350 picked up a small lead ball fired from a shotgun at 4 inches deep. It gave a good solid signal. Shotgun shells also get easily picked up at 6-7 inches. The tools gave a typical low grunt on the machine, but a little more ump then rusty tin cans. Old bottle caps make interesting targets with this machine. Some old caps sound almost like coin signals, that is until you stamp on the ground over them, which changes the audio to a low grunt...meaning junk. However, if they are indeed a coin, the sound actually improves and you end up with a coin signal.
I was quite pleased to see how well a coin hunting machine performed in the woods as a relic hunter. It was very sensitive to small items, yet readily gave a good audio sound to help distinguish a rusted tin can from a bottle cap to a coin.
Not bad at all..........
Today, I thought that I would see how the GTP 1350 would do as a relic hunting machine. I picked an area in our river valley, where there is lots of junk, including such items as old rusted tin cans, old bottle caps and lots of tinfoil buried in the ground.
<center><img src="http://members.shaw.ca/john_edmonton/woods.jpg">
Here is the area I hunted.....it has about 50 miles of trails throughout the river valley. But, the bugs get you in the summer and minus 30.....well you know what I mean gets you in the winter. That leaves a small window each year to hunt...spring and fall, and well...fall is here!
<center><img src="http://members.shaw.ca/john_edmonton/buckle.jpg">
My best find was this belt buckle, buried about 4 inches in the ground. It appears to be silver plate over bronze. The GTP 1350 read it as a coin, so I of course dug it. I have no idea how old it is, but a very unique item.
<center><img src="http://members.shaw.ca/john_edmonton/relics.jpg">
Here are the total finds from the hunt. Very interesting items to say the least. I was surprised at how easy the GTP 1350 picked up a small lead ball fired from a shotgun at 4 inches deep. It gave a good solid signal. Shotgun shells also get easily picked up at 6-7 inches. The tools gave a typical low grunt on the machine, but a little more ump then rusty tin cans. Old bottle caps make interesting targets with this machine. Some old caps sound almost like coin signals, that is until you stamp on the ground over them, which changes the audio to a low grunt...meaning junk. However, if they are indeed a coin, the sound actually improves and you end up with a coin signal.
I was quite pleased to see how well a coin hunting machine performed in the woods as a relic hunter. It was very sensitive to small items, yet readily gave a good audio sound to help distinguish a rusted tin can from a bottle cap to a coin.
Not bad at all..........
I hope the package arrives soon. I've had stuff stolen before where the mail folks sliced the package open, removed the contents, and delivered an empty envelope.