Hey guys I'm new to the forum and pretty new to metal detecting too. Started out with a delta last spring didn't do to good with it, with the limited time i had to use it and the emi where I was hunting just made it frustrating. Didn't really build much trust/confidence with it if that makes sense.(not blaming the detector but my lack of learning it) After some reading and youtube watching decided to step it up and get a new detector and try it again with a t2 classic from bigboyshobbies. Got the t2 this week been trying it out in the yard and getting solid signals that i did not with the delta. Ive got alot to learn but i think its going to be a fun job learning with this machine. All the setup info people have shared on youtube have helped me get a little better understanding of how it works. Any advice or tips from you guys would be greatly appreciated. I know there is alot of knowledge on this forum and would love to hear from you all.
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New t2... any advice?
- Thread starter WRMII
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Honestly the best advice is run preset for a while.......... Add sensitivity as you get more familiar... Start tweaking after you know what each setting really does..
Do not be afraid of running low sens... T2 will surprise you at lower settings............. If you have the 5" " coil..use it in high trash areas..
Do not be afraid of running low sens... T2 will surprise you at lower settings............. If you have the 5" " coil..use it in high trash areas..
There's,probably hundreds of posts on the T2 on this forum plus manymhundreds more,available,throughmGoogle,and,You,Tube.,,How,about,you do,some,homework.
Sorry, but,just,asking,everyone,to write you,some,essays on the T2 before you spend a couple of hours digging on your own is not thoughtful.
Sorry, but,just,asking,everyone,to write you,some,essays on the T2 before you spend a couple of hours digging on your own is not thoughtful.
digsgti
TROLL
Run sensitivity high as you can with out interference, but don't be afraid to turn it way down if need be. Try not to run disc too high if you want the most depth. Deeper hits will bounce around on the visual display, so pay attention more to the audio. Don't forget to ground balance. You've got a great detector, just keep it simple and it will reward you.
You can't always go by how many hits your post gets to make an assumption. Many are reading because a search engine brought them here if they enter T2 into search. Many aren't even T2 users, so can't respond. The Classic T2 is brought back recently, so many aren't as familiar as they are with the T2 SE.
I read your post the day it came out, but never owned one. But am considering one. Sometimes, people with 1 or 2 posts have been trolls in the past, trying to start arguments between members. So don't take the lack of response personally. This is really a friendly forum when people know your true intentions, and then, you'll have more good information. Keep in mind, the generic "just bought XX and any tips would be appreciated" is asked so much, people get tired of repeating themselves over and over. A specific question gets a lot more results than a general one.
Hope that helps. Welcome to Findmall.
I read your post the day it came out, but never owned one. But am considering one. Sometimes, people with 1 or 2 posts have been trolls in the past, trying to start arguments between members. So don't take the lack of response personally. This is really a friendly forum when people know your true intentions, and then, you'll have more good information. Keep in mind, the generic "just bought XX and any tips would be appreciated" is asked so much, people get tired of repeating themselves over and over. A specific question gets a lot more results than a general one.
Hope that helps. Welcome to Findmall.
Hey WRMII
Sorry about the scolding - I was a bit ashamed of myself when I read this morning what I posted last night.
The great thing about the Forums is that unlike Facebook, they persist. You can go in and search on a topic or just go through one of the specific forums and find so much good stuff which will tell you so much more than you are likely to get by asking at a specific time.
Again, my apologies for my tone. It was rude.
I worked on an Air Force contract called WRM II also on WRM I. Anyting to do with your forum name?
Sorry about the scolding - I was a bit ashamed of myself when I read this morning what I posted last night.
The great thing about the Forums is that unlike Facebook, they persist. You can go in and search on a topic or just go through one of the specific forums and find so much good stuff which will tell you so much more than you are likely to get by asking at a specific time.
Again, my apologies for my tone. It was rude.
I worked on an Air Force contract called WRM II also on WRM I. Anyting to do with your forum name?
No apologies necessary lytle78. i am impatient alot of times and didn't think about how many times you guys see the same old questions over and over by newcomers like me. To be honest some of what i find to read is above my understanding because of my inexperience so i thought i might catch a short cut for getting started. I look forward to putting some time in soon though and I'm sure i will have some good questions then ha ha. And the name WRMII is plain old initials.
I did find out though why when i did forum search for "T2" nothing would come up, so i quit looking because i thought it must not be working. I didn't realize you have to use more than 2 letters to search. Learned something already.
I did find out though why when i did forum search for "T2" nothing would come up, so i quit looking because i thought it must not be working. I didn't realize you have to use more than 2 letters to search. Learned something already.
what type of hunting are you doing with the t2?? I have a t2se and use it for relics..I hunt in all metal mode mostly for the deep signals.. rarely use discrim myself, but ill set it up in 2plus tones ground balance...10 or 30 on the disc....switch to all metal drop the GB a few numbers and do what I have to, to quiet the machine down...if you are having emi trouble switch freq. to see if it will help....my t2se is on its way for the upgrade so I cant help you with the dst,fa parts ...take your time and don't get frustrated you will have a learning curve but once you get it figured out you will not leave home without it...pm me if you have a question and ill try to help out...
Thanks Rogue, I got the T2 classic and will be hunting for relics and old coins on my uncles farm . People find civilwar relics around the area its in. i have read about hunting in dics mode 2 tones with the disc on 5 or 50 and it is supposed to almost boost it on those certain disc numbers. has anybody else heard of "magic numbers" in disc mode to boost performance
All i use is just the plain good old reliable green T2,why its light,swings great,very easy to alter the settings and a very flexible all round machine and at the current price a bargain for such a versatile machine.
Settings that you see folks post on the internet ie on YouTube or FaceAche are just very basic guidelines and what i mean by that is what works for one T2 user may or may not work for another T2 user,we all detect differently,ground conditions,some do park hunting,relic,so no one can give you advice really or 'special magical setting' as those can only be fathomed out by yourself.
I personally shoot the basic green T2 from the hip in the UK,so my detecting scenarios are maybe vastly different from say someone across the pond,also someone who just hunts say parks,tots lots or really trashy sites like old homesteads or what ever you call them will be not the same as how i use my T2,i hunt mainly open farmland or pasture,also we are very lucky that our history goes back a very long way say 1000s of years,so our targets can be deep but also saying that some sites like say a roman/saxon site can have alot of trash in the area and many other problems that we encounter while detecting.
So one day i may be on a busy roman site that has 1000s of nails that came from roman hobnail boots,these nails had been used in the shoes soles to reduce wear on the soles,in those days you could not pop into a local shoe shop and buy a new pair of boots,so longevity was the name of the game,but the nails can become a nightmare when detecting these sites so to be able to get in between the trash to get to the really nice quality targets i would use a small 5'' coil,thats like a surgical laser beam that can pick out the decent targets from the bad rust hob nails and i think you can get the drift on what i am saying on a site like that.
But if i am on say a clear open farmland or pasture site and the targets are deep or i suspect a possible hoard is in the location then i often bring out the big fellas the large 15'' SEF or large NEL coils to play,these when using the right settings on clear ground and also the experience to use such a rig then a old green(classic) T2 can perform as good or certainly better than alot of other highly complicated detectors.But then i could also change my settings from field to field and i can also adjust my ground balance say every 15 minutes if need be.
I have always said that just because you buy a brand new detector or own the most expensive detector on the planet does not make you find any more,bottom line is a detector is just a large blob of plastic with some electronics inside,on its own it does absolutely nothing and even in the hands of a novice it does not do much better,but you give that detector to a skilled and honed detectorist and he/she will make it start performing and producing finds,its called 'experience' and that comes from not owning the most expensive detectors but learning what your detector is telling you,then and only then will you start to see a improvement in your finds,of course a detector will only find metal objects in the ground if any are in the ground to start with that is.
Had my trusty T2 for a long time and still learning all the time,some of my detectors like my DFX are well over a decade old and i have put a few 1000 hours on the clock with that detector but once again i am still learning new things.
I can only give some insight into how i use my T2 and in my detecting environment,what works for me may not work for others,but the No1 thing is that i thoroughly enjoy my detecting and that for me is the most important aspect of this hobby/interest.
Settings that you see folks post on the internet ie on YouTube or FaceAche are just very basic guidelines and what i mean by that is what works for one T2 user may or may not work for another T2 user,we all detect differently,ground conditions,some do park hunting,relic,so no one can give you advice really or 'special magical setting' as those can only be fathomed out by yourself.
I personally shoot the basic green T2 from the hip in the UK,so my detecting scenarios are maybe vastly different from say someone across the pond,also someone who just hunts say parks,tots lots or really trashy sites like old homesteads or what ever you call them will be not the same as how i use my T2,i hunt mainly open farmland or pasture,also we are very lucky that our history goes back a very long way say 1000s of years,so our targets can be deep but also saying that some sites like say a roman/saxon site can have alot of trash in the area and many other problems that we encounter while detecting.
So one day i may be on a busy roman site that has 1000s of nails that came from roman hobnail boots,these nails had been used in the shoes soles to reduce wear on the soles,in those days you could not pop into a local shoe shop and buy a new pair of boots,so longevity was the name of the game,but the nails can become a nightmare when detecting these sites so to be able to get in between the trash to get to the really nice quality targets i would use a small 5'' coil,thats like a surgical laser beam that can pick out the decent targets from the bad rust hob nails and i think you can get the drift on what i am saying on a site like that.
But if i am on say a clear open farmland or pasture site and the targets are deep or i suspect a possible hoard is in the location then i often bring out the big fellas the large 15'' SEF or large NEL coils to play,these when using the right settings on clear ground and also the experience to use such a rig then a old green(classic) T2 can perform as good or certainly better than alot of other highly complicated detectors.But then i could also change my settings from field to field and i can also adjust my ground balance say every 15 minutes if need be.
I have always said that just because you buy a brand new detector or own the most expensive detector on the planet does not make you find any more,bottom line is a detector is just a large blob of plastic with some electronics inside,on its own it does absolutely nothing and even in the hands of a novice it does not do much better,but you give that detector to a skilled and honed detectorist and he/she will make it start performing and producing finds,its called 'experience' and that comes from not owning the most expensive detectors but learning what your detector is telling you,then and only then will you start to see a improvement in your finds,of course a detector will only find metal objects in the ground if any are in the ground to start with that is.
Had my trusty T2 for a long time and still learning all the time,some of my detectors like my DFX are well over a decade old and i have put a few 1000 hours on the clock with that detector but once again i am still learning new things.
I can only give some insight into how i use my T2 and in my detecting environment,what works for me may not work for others,but the No1 thing is that i thoroughly enjoy my detecting and that for me is the most important aspect of this hobby/interest.
chuck said:
Me personally have never relied heavily on what the screen tells me,to me audio is king is far more accurate and also far more accurate at depth,i have found that at say 8'' depth or deeper the screen can be hit and miss and if solely used you can stand a chance of missing deep finds,this is why i like using a decent set of headphones so that i dont miss those deep feint targets as they are the ones that are to me what i am after and usually the best finds are at depth.
Even when using my Deus,the controller/screen is the most expensive part of the detector usually just sits in my pocket when detecting,i only use it for setting the detector up as once again to me thats a audio based machine,of course once again what works for one person does not work for everyone else.
chuck said:
What i am saying is that when i am detecting with detector with a screen at a certain depth the screen can become un-reliable as i see it,but the audio can still be heard,on my Deus for instance a small target at depth sometimes wont show anything on the screen but it can still give me a good audio diggable signal.
This is what my t2 classic manual says about it.
What You See vs. What You Hear
The visual Target-ID displayed on the LCD is based entirely on sampled processing; the number displayed represents the snapshot. When using these different “# OF TONES” methods, the detector’s audible response may differ from the visual. Using these methods, there is not a 100% correspondence between what you see and what you hear, especially on buried targets where ground minerals influence Target-ID and audible response. By making the audio and visual systems independent, the T2 allows each system to do what it does best. The audio is optimized for quick response and target feel, whereas the visual system provides the best numeric resolution of Target-ID.
What You See vs. What You Hear
The visual Target-ID displayed on the LCD is based entirely on sampled processing; the number displayed represents the snapshot. When using these different “# OF TONES” methods, the detector’s audible response may differ from the visual. Using these methods, there is not a 100% correspondence between what you see and what you hear, especially on buried targets where ground minerals influence Target-ID and audible response. By making the audio and visual systems independent, the T2 allows each system to do what it does best. The audio is optimized for quick response and target feel, whereas the visual system provides the best numeric resolution of Target-ID.
ramairnut
Member
chuck said:
Throw a rock down into a well that you cannot see the bottom of. You will hear the rock hit water/bottom but you cannot see it.Your eyes and ears work independently of each other. The water/bottom being the target and the rock being the magnetic field sent from the detector. Same thing the T2 will do on a very deep target. Hope this helps.