Love my propointer and question about GTI-2500

[fongu]

I managed to do a little metal detecting last week for about an hour and the propointer really is a wonderful tool. I only found foil, rusty nails and barbed wire, but before I got the propointer I had to constantly scan with my heavy detector and feel through the dirt for whatever metal object I was searching for. The propointer speeded up my search and helped me to avoid getting up and down and went right to the target.
The only thing I was concerned about is all these targets showed up as B targets, but not the first one was a coin? I scanned in coin mode, zero mode and all metal mode and the same thing happened in each. The piece of barbed wire was about 5 inches long and had a large barb on it, but still registered as B target. I re-scanned these areas after my propointer helped me go right to the target and got no more signals of any coins that might have been within my coils scan range. I love my propointer more than any piece of metal detecting equipment I own at present time and will not leave home without it. Thanks to Mr. Garrett and family for developing and selling such a fine piece of equipment.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

I would put the 2500 in Coins mode and leave it there for at least 10 hrs. of hunt time. Did the targets you dug register as coins?? Only dig the ones that register as coins, B-size, for awhile till you get used to how the detector is working. You'll get the best ID, size and depth readouts in Pinpoint.

 

[Uncle Willy]

As BCD stated, stay in coins mode. Centering your target correctly with a GTI is absolutely critical or no readings will be accurate. Use the signal strength indicator to center your target - all the cursors at the top of the display will line up all the way across when the target is centered.

Bill

 

[fongu]

I believe I have the pin pointing down pretty good and all these targets registered as B targets. More practice is needed I know, but the propointer really makes things better when recovering targets!

 

[bearkat4160]

Your imaging coil might have just imaged the barb instead of the whole wire. Mine has done that before hunting around relic sites.

Alan.

 

[Uncle Willy]

It's like detecting chains, your detector only sees one link at a time, which is why they are so hard to detect. On barbed wire if the barb is sticking up above the rest of the wire the signal will see the barb first and stop right there and not even see the rest of the wire.

Bill

 

[fongu]

I bet that's what happened, because it's the largest barb I have ever seen. The nail looked old also and rusted pretty good. Doesn't look like I will get to do much metal detecting for a while, tho. Chipped a bone in my left wrist somehow and have to see an orthopedic surgeon. It must have happened when I fell down about 2 months ago, but I did not have any pain at the time I fell. My anemia has flared up again, also. Hope I can get patched up and find some good stuff to post in 2010. The old gray hoss ain't what he used to be, but it's not the age that gets you, it's the miles. I fully intend to metal detect one handed until I get healed up and I hope to get permission to search this old homestead soon. The person who owns it is agreeable, but his wife is afraid I will make a mess, I guess. I have assured them I will fill in my holes and remove the trash and I hope they will let me give it a shot. I plan to get the Ace 250 soon, due to it being lighter in weight than the 2500. Wanted it for Christmas, but too much month and not enough money.

 

[fongu]

I have noticed that when I am pinpointing a target and have a strong signal across the top the signal will change from a B target to C or D, but it takes so long
after you have pinpointed for the signal to change. It takes hardly any time to pinpoint a target, but an extra long time to get the true identity of the target. Just knowing to slow down my swing on the 2500 has helped me find some coins by my own front door recently. However, at the strongest signal it was supposed to be 2 inches deep and it was 6-7 inches deep. If it had not been for the pro pointer consistently going off when I put it back in the hole, I would have gave up on that signal and thought I did not know what I was doing?

By the way, I tried the idea of taping my coil wire up the shaft of the GTI-2500 about a foot as advised and it did not work as good as wrapping it around the shaft. I lowered the length of the shaft and got a better wrap and it is still comfortable to use. When I taped the coil wire 12 inches high on the shaft, I wrapped the rest of the coil wire around the shaft as usual, but got a lot of interference noise.