Mine is not the updated and wonder if it is worth updating or not at this time and how much of a difference it will get.
One of the first times out with it in the snow of a sledding hill I found it to run very smooth and ID was good on coins and did pick up a nice gold wedding bad that read as a nickle. I picked up over 40 coins too with alot of the quarters in the snow and ice.
Took it to a old farm yard that is abandon and feel the ground had been worked up as it is not too level. I found some small pieces of copper, brass a few beer cans and did find a Diamond (1891-1966) Centennial token from Enderlin, ND the size of a half dollar that was around 11 inches deep and gave a good signal. There was a lot of trash around and I did dig a little just to see what it was. I found on both hunts my T-2 would reset itself if it was set down hard or shook and feel the batteries are not making a solid contact as they should. After putting my setting back and ground balance as it was so easy to do and change as you go I was able to pick up a 1920 D Wheaties that was too a good 8-9 inches deep and gave a higher than normal numbers on the meter.
Next site was a farm field that used to have a ball field and picnic area that was closed down back in the 40s and been hunted to death over the years, but though i would try it anyway and picked up a lot of 22 shell casing that were surface to 7 inches deep and did pick up quite a few rusty bottle caps a few nails, but the numbers were not real stable so i figured this is what they were. The ones that really fooled me were the pieces of old tin cans as they had a good lock on and sounded good. I was able to be the only one to get any coins that afternoon out of 3 of us. I got a 1912 Wheaties and a 1897 IH with the T-2. I was back again for a couple of hours and just got some rusty bottle caps and pieces of tin cans, Digging less trash though then before.
Next site was a very old race track that is now a farm field that closed down back in the early 1900 as I know some barber, seated and IH have been found there, but not by me, but I know there is a lot of iron and nails there, so it was a good place to try it. I run 0 disc so I could hear everything and see if I can tell the good targets close to trash and see where this helps getting fooled on nails or bottle caps. I dug some bigger iron that was deeper and after 2 hours got one good signal I knew was not iron and read a little lower than a IH would read and dug up a very nice gold pin with a fancy E on it. I don't know if it is just gold plated or not, but it shines nice for being in the ground 100 year or more, no pitting or corrosion, but also no marking either.
Now my last site was a very old park that has one area that has a lot of nails in it and thought this would be a good spot to try it at to see if we did miss anything. I got mostly clad coins and had over 25 in the hour and a half I was there and was digging some rusty bottle caps too and decided to do some comparing on a couple signals and switched from 4 tone ID to 3b and found what everyone was saying is true the 3b don't give as good of a signal on rusty bottle caps as 4 tone does. I found what look like a very nice gold ring too and seen some marking around the band on inside and outside, but just didn't feel right for gold. My Grandson told me it is Lord Of the Rings novelty ring, but it is a ring. I then went on to get a very nice signal that was very repeatable, but no high tone of a coin and read lower than a IH penny would too, but was a solid signal and the depth showed 9 inches. Using my UniProbe ( need a good probe for the T-2 as some items are very small) I was able to get a signal after digging a big plug out and found it to be a rusty item the size of a half dime, but when I went back into the hole I seen there was another target which was a 1923D Wheaties that was with this rusty item. It turns out the rusty item was a iron token, but the T-2 seen the penny and read maybe a little lower, but good enough to dig.
I know I have over 20 hours on the batteries now and still reads 3 bars, so very happy with battery life. I like the fast response it has and being able to switch to the tones that fit the areas. In my farm fields I like the 2 tones, for my coin hunting I like the 4 tones and if a lot of rusty bottle caps 3d works good, but not perfect on everyone of the caps I found out, but it sure helps. Not happy with the small pieces of tin cans reading so good, but it is not a real problem. I feel the battery connection could be better too and may have to send mine in and see what can be done with it.
I do know that a person will get to know the detector better the more you use it, so those that use it for a hour may not like it much, but the more you use it the more you will like it as the better you will get with it.
Waiting to see what others think of the updates before i send mine in and have it done to it, but feel the T-2 will be a keeper for me and one that can and will do the job once I person puts some time in it as we are seeing.
Rick
One of the first times out with it in the snow of a sledding hill I found it to run very smooth and ID was good on coins and did pick up a nice gold wedding bad that read as a nickle. I picked up over 40 coins too with alot of the quarters in the snow and ice.
Took it to a old farm yard that is abandon and feel the ground had been worked up as it is not too level. I found some small pieces of copper, brass a few beer cans and did find a Diamond (1891-1966) Centennial token from Enderlin, ND the size of a half dollar that was around 11 inches deep and gave a good signal. There was a lot of trash around and I did dig a little just to see what it was. I found on both hunts my T-2 would reset itself if it was set down hard or shook and feel the batteries are not making a solid contact as they should. After putting my setting back and ground balance as it was so easy to do and change as you go I was able to pick up a 1920 D Wheaties that was too a good 8-9 inches deep and gave a higher than normal numbers on the meter.
Next site was a farm field that used to have a ball field and picnic area that was closed down back in the 40s and been hunted to death over the years, but though i would try it anyway and picked up a lot of 22 shell casing that were surface to 7 inches deep and did pick up quite a few rusty bottle caps a few nails, but the numbers were not real stable so i figured this is what they were. The ones that really fooled me were the pieces of old tin cans as they had a good lock on and sounded good. I was able to be the only one to get any coins that afternoon out of 3 of us. I got a 1912 Wheaties and a 1897 IH with the T-2. I was back again for a couple of hours and just got some rusty bottle caps and pieces of tin cans, Digging less trash though then before.
Next site was a very old race track that is now a farm field that closed down back in the early 1900 as I know some barber, seated and IH have been found there, but not by me, but I know there is a lot of iron and nails there, so it was a good place to try it. I run 0 disc so I could hear everything and see if I can tell the good targets close to trash and see where this helps getting fooled on nails or bottle caps. I dug some bigger iron that was deeper and after 2 hours got one good signal I knew was not iron and read a little lower than a IH would read and dug up a very nice gold pin with a fancy E on it. I don't know if it is just gold plated or not, but it shines nice for being in the ground 100 year or more, no pitting or corrosion, but also no marking either.
Now my last site was a very old park that has one area that has a lot of nails in it and thought this would be a good spot to try it at to see if we did miss anything. I got mostly clad coins and had over 25 in the hour and a half I was there and was digging some rusty bottle caps too and decided to do some comparing on a couple signals and switched from 4 tone ID to 3b and found what everyone was saying is true the 3b don't give as good of a signal on rusty bottle caps as 4 tone does. I found what look like a very nice gold ring too and seen some marking around the band on inside and outside, but just didn't feel right for gold. My Grandson told me it is Lord Of the Rings novelty ring, but it is a ring. I then went on to get a very nice signal that was very repeatable, but no high tone of a coin and read lower than a IH penny would too, but was a solid signal and the depth showed 9 inches. Using my UniProbe ( need a good probe for the T-2 as some items are very small) I was able to get a signal after digging a big plug out and found it to be a rusty item the size of a half dime, but when I went back into the hole I seen there was another target which was a 1923D Wheaties that was with this rusty item. It turns out the rusty item was a iron token, but the T-2 seen the penny and read maybe a little lower, but good enough to dig.
I know I have over 20 hours on the batteries now and still reads 3 bars, so very happy with battery life. I like the fast response it has and being able to switch to the tones that fit the areas. In my farm fields I like the 2 tones, for my coin hunting I like the 4 tones and if a lot of rusty bottle caps 3d works good, but not perfect on everyone of the caps I found out, but it sure helps. Not happy with the small pieces of tin cans reading so good, but it is not a real problem. I feel the battery connection could be better too and may have to send mine in and see what can be done with it.
I do know that a person will get to know the detector better the more you use it, so those that use it for a hour may not like it much, but the more you use it the more you will like it as the better you will get with it.
Waiting to see what others think of the updates before i send mine in and have it done to it, but feel the T-2 will be a keeper for me and one that can and will do the job once I person puts some time in it as we are seeing.
Rick
