Took the GT out for a test run with new meter

[deepdiger60]

Today was nice out 50* sunny but still a lot of wind !! i figured i would hit the old school yard that has been hunted a thousand times i wanted to see how the new Insight worked hip mounted and the S-12 coil with shortened coil wire, i took the chart with me to see if the meter numbers matched up with the chart sure enough it was right on !! $1.03 in clad and .... all the clad was deep and old 60,s 70,s a few Penny's 90,s , i dug a 10K earring and a lead gekco lizard very happy with the results Good hunting Jim

 

[Tin Fin]

Jim, nice finds. How much deeper were these overall?

 

[deepdiger60]

Jim, nice finds. How much deeper were these overall?

My buddy and me have hit this sports field many many times in the past years i thought the section i hunted today was clean ,no way i had signals the whole time most clad and junk was between 6 and 8 inches the brass gear was at 10" but it is really large ,if it wasnt for the never ending wind i could of dug for hours i did have a few half eaten zink pennys that were very shallow and a few pull tabs , overall i was suprised at the depth of clad coins in packed tight moist soil , the quarters were dated 60,s the dimes 70,s i did have a chunk of can slaw that was deeper then my 11 inch Raven shovel .GH Jim

 

[borntofli]

Had you used the gt before w/ the stock coil on this field??? Are you finding the meter reinforces the tones you recognize for specific targets???

Just curious.....

 

[deepdiger60]

Had you used the gt before w/ the stock coil on this field??? Are you finding the meter reinforces the tones you recognize for specific targets???

Just curious.....

I used the 10" stock coil many times in that field it,s a good coil but now i like the S-12 better it,s deeper ,now i see the numbers on the meter the tones are the same no differance there, a nickle sounds the same at 149 just deeper now ,in the past i have found lot,s of silver coins in that field and was hopeing today but no luck i wanted to see if i could hear the differance without looking at the meter . hope this answered your question. Jim

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Nice finds.HH Ron

 

[Rick(ND)]

As you see it is sensitive and it does go deep and I think you will see some great finds you had missed before using the S-12.

Good Luck

 

[Tin Fin]

I have an s-12 on the way, along with an s-5 for high-trash areas - I'm still learning my GT - it's new to me, but it is coming to me. I look forward to using all thee coils under different circumstances, but it sounds like I made some good choices between the Excal, the GT with 10" and then getting the s-12 and s-5 to boot.

 

[deepdiger60]

I have an s-12 on the way, along with an s-5 for high-trash areas - I'm still learning my GT - it's new to me, but it is coming to me. I look forward to using all thee coils under different circumstances, but it sounds like I made some good choices between the Excal, the GT with 10" and then getting the s-12 and s-5 to boot.

From what i have been reading the 10" T on a Excal is a killer combo ! on the Sov GT the S-12 and S-5 you cant go wrong good choise ,between those 2 i dont think ill need the 8" Tornado as far as the WOT 15 i have swung on a friends GT it seems to heavy unless you have one of those bungie cords plus it really does not find much more then the S-12.5 HH Jim

 

[Critterhunter]

I have a S-5 and it's a great little coil. In air tests I'm getting about 7 or 8" in depth. That's impressive for a coil that is only 5.5" in diameter. That's as good of depth as I used to get on my Whites with the 9.5" coil. Haven't used the coil much yet but already have dug a rosie that was 6 or 7" deep between two shallow pull tabs at a pounded out park.