SunRay GI-1 Probe for Garrett arrived this afternoon...

[Anonymous]

...I put it on the 2500 after supper, and tried it out for a couple hours tonight.

It takes some getting used to with the extra range, as it finds coin-sized targets at 3" instead of at 1/2" or having to almost touch them like the hand held probes I am used to.

It works pretty slick on the 2500. Toggling between DISCRIMINATION and ALL-METAL and PINPOINTING, the probe acts exactly like a little mini-coil. For example, when you have a coin at the bottom of the hole or in the plug, it BELL-TONES like the dickens in DISCRIMINATION.

In one hole, it kept getting reads and I kept digging, ending up with a handful of nails and a bunch of other bits of junk piled by the side of the hole. I can see how this could lead to a whole new way of detecting some spots--micro-detecting--sorting through piles with just the probe and a digger! I can also see where that extra few inches you get when you put the probe to the bottom of the hole will be very useful when giving a hole a final sweep to make sure there's not another coin down there getting left behind.

I'm gonna try to get out and give it a good go in the next week, and if anyone is interested I'll post a report.

--Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Sounds very interesting GABE, I also have a 2500, and would love to hear how you make out with the new machine!!.............did you pick it up from Corunna?

 

[Anonymous]

...Hi Bobincanada! Long time no see! I'll keep ya posted!

 

[Glenn(SD)]

n/t

 

[Anonymous]

n/t

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah let us know how it works out for you bud and if it improves your treasure count. I'd try one if they'd send me one to field test. Course I haven't done many field tests. HAAA.

Bill

 

[Guvner]

Or was it on purpose??? :

Guvner..