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New to the 1500,but not new to detecting,

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What kind of detph can I expect ?
How does it handle iron trash ?
I have always wanted to try the 1500, how deep will the Imaging work ?
Thanks and HH....BJ
 
It's kinda hard guessing how much depth you will get in your area, but I have no problems getting musket balls, silver dimes and 22shells/bullets at 6 inches. Trouble is that they aren't much deeper in my area. I know some guys have posted some incredible depths with their machines, but you will have to wait until they speak up!
Iron trash isn't a problem at all. You have a choice of either removing the notches at the lower end of the screen, thus no audio over iron trash......or, run the machine in zero discrimination and ignore the low sounding audio signals. Either way, the curser still registers the probable target. The bell tone feature lets you know when you are over a probable coin. It works great!
The imaging works great until about the 6 inch mark, where it starts to read targets bigger then they are. However, silver coins will lock on very quickly and ID properly in the silver range. Even the 22 shells still read as a size "A" target at 6 inches, which is correct. You don't lose any depth adding discrimination with this machine.
This machine is just super for finding coins. The pinpointing is right on, and if you just want to hand-pick older coins, just dig the "B" size targets at 4 or more inches. But then, as in using all other machines, you tend to leave behind good targets. NiMH rechargeables(8 x AA's) work well, and a set should easily last you over a year, if you hunt a lot. The machine has a (controlled) LCD backup light for night hunting in case you are interested. I've had my 1500 for about 5-6 years and would never even think of selling it. I am a heavy user of the machine, and it is very tough. Service is excellent! There aren't many used 1500 around......guess why?
 
By saying the imaging is good till 6" then starts to read targets bigger then they are...that means coins that it is picking up may register in the C range? and if so I wonder if my 2500 does the same thing....I've passed alot of coin readings @ 7-8" or deeper cause they were in the C range <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> This I guess would actually be a question for Bill(OR) but I thought I would see if you might know.
HH
Steve
 
I would definitely dig "C" size targets. Large cents and silver quarters were some of the gifts that have popped out of the ground. The imaging, depth, and target ID are "PROBABLE" target indicaters, and are influenced by mineralization, how long the targets been in the ground and angle of the coin. If I were you Steve, I'd go back to some of those spots and do a little more digging. My test garden definitely shows that what is in the ground, does not always register 100% on the ID. Any deep target should be "played with"......do circles around it and cross it from different angles. Any hint of it going into the coin range should be dug.
Posted By: John-Edmonton <Send E-Mail> (px1ar.ed.shawcable.net)
Date: Sunday, 2 May 2004, at 12:19 a.m.
In Response To: don't keep us in suspense. what's the pattern you discovered in your test garden with deep silver, pray tell (joemack in IL)
OK Joe, in my type of soil, it kinda works like this. My test-garden has numerous deep silver coins, well beyond the threshold level. My 1500 can't even whisper a sound on the deepest ones. No problem with that. However, the deepest silver coins that begin giving a response, tend to give that low metal groan with no discrimination, IDing them as bottle caps or lower. "BUT", if you continues to play with that signal, you start getting some spikes in the coin range. Looks Like junk, sounds like junk. Normally I would have moved on. "BUT", when you read the depth, you get a constant value as long as you remain absolutely centered on the target. The depth reading will not necessarily be accurate, but the key is that constant depth value.
So, that's what I tried in the field (so far). I found a low groan type signal, played around with it, got some spikes in the coin range and got a constant depth value of 5. So, I dug it, and out popped a 1918 silver quarter. It was found about 5 feet from a goal post. I can't even imagine how many other machines also recieved a poor quality sound on that quarter, and just let it be. Hunting in front of a goal post in a soccer or football field is a prime area for finding lots of coins. No secret there. I also got the old penny with the same type of reading.
So, that works in my territory. Our soil has very low mineralization. I can usually run my machine around 11 to 11 1/2. So, my
 
Imaging varies with ground conditions, amount of trash, etc. But it is right on at 6-7 inches. I wouldn't pass up anything deep regardless of reading because no detector made is 100% accurate. Dig a few of those deep signals and see what you come up with.
I once dug up a flattened out beer can full of probe holes. But I was the only one to dig it up and find the roll of quarters buried under it. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
Bill
 
Thanks for posting these insights. I have a 750 and was working an old church yard which was very trashy. On several occasions my machine behaved as you describe the 1500 with a constant depth of 5 and an inconsistent coin id and I passed them up. I did take an old wheatie and my friend picked up a rosie so I am excited about heading back there armed with this valuable lesson.
 
BJ.....I have had three GTI 1500's and I can say they all had their individual traits. No two (or three) operates the same in identical situations.
Thats the nature of electronics.
PS... more than six in. its a guessing game for coins. <img src="/metal/html/frown.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":(">
 
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