willl your tector find a hoard at 2 feet ??

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on the deepers site he suggests burying a beer can at 2 foot and then try to locate it .
on garysdetecting site he has buried a hoard at 2 feet and he says no machine will find it .
hoard of bronze and silver coins .
whats your results on this test ??

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Dude, it depends on the SIZE of the hoard at 2 ft. If it's the size of a toaster, or micro-wave, then sure, most detectors can find an object of that size at 2 ft. Heck, especially a 2 box unit, and then you can easily go 2 ft. on a soda can, and perhaps 3 or 4 ft. deep on toaster size targets. And if you're talking a "hoard" the size of a volkswagon, well heck, probably 5 or 7 ft. deep. So you see, it all depends on the size, and machine used.

If the "hoard" is the size of only a soda can or jar sized item, then 2 ft. is that's about the max limit for regular coin/relic/jewelry machines (maybe a little more if you're talking all-metal fixed GB, etc...).

 

[Smudge]

I'm fairly certain the White's Sierra Madre would find that soda can without a problem.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I hate to bring facts into this, but there are several machines that will find a single 1-ounce gold nugget at 24" without breaking a sweat (Minelab GPX 4500). I am speaking from first-hand, personal experience. Hell, I've found soda cans in wet ocean sand at 22" with a Tesoro Sand Shark. You won't do with a VLF machine though - just aint happening.. My two-cents.

 

[BarberBill]

The GPX4500 should pick up gold nuggets at depth. That's what it's designed for and you'll pay a pretty penny to own one. One time I detected an old car battery at 18" with the earlier 7" coil Compadre, but this demonstrates the size factor as mentioned. Another time I picked up a rusty gallon sized can at 15 to 16 inches with the Eldorado

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

Just another example of what a detector can do. A farmer friend of mind wanted to know where a gas line from a well on his property ran on it's way to the main line. He wanted to clear some trees for more pasture land. The owner of the well is legally obligated to have the line marked for him. Being a big political leader in the community he was shirking his duties. The farmer not wanting to get into a big legal battle asked for my help. I said I would give it a try with my F 70. There was no electrical interference problems to contend with so I cranked her up. I started at the well where we could see a 2 inch carbon steel line. I followed it for a couple hundred yards at depth of up to three feet down. It was very hard to detect in some places. We dug and verified a few places as the farmer marked the line with yellow ribbon on the brush. I was amazed that it also picked up cow manure. It couldn't pick up deer manure, It was done with the stock coil. The farmer and I were both happy.

 

[slingshot]

So, if you ever need to fertilize your garden......

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Oh sure, the GPX 4500 can find a cache at 2 foot with ease (heck, can almost find a single quarter at 2 ft. deep!) But seriously now, no one would be using this type of machine to hunt in any sort of relicky environment, where he is there looking for caches. The gpx 4500 is WAY to squirrelly sensitive to use for anything but nuggets in virgin terrain, or perhaps the beach. Can you imagine taking the gpx 4500 out to a ghost town, ruins, or demolition site, etc... looking for a suspected cache? You'd go insane!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Oh sure, the GPX 4500 can find a cache at 2 foot with ease (heck, can almost find a single quarter at 2 ft. deep!) But seriously now, no one would be using this type of machine to hunt in any sort of relicky environment, where he is there looking for caches. The gpx 4500 is WAY to squirrelly sensitive to use for anything but nuggets in virgin terrain, or perhaps the beach. Can you imagine taking the gpx 4500 out to a ghost town, ruins, or demolition site, etc... looking for a suspected cache? You'd go insane!

Absolutely Tom, that is why research is King. But, if you are back in the woods the treasure to trash ratio starts to even out. You are not going to find some criminals pvc pipe full of Gold Coins at 30" with a VLF machine. You will with my Minelab. Sometimes a few nails and car bumpers is the price you pay to find the yellow..

 

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garysdetecting test site wont allow PIs only discrim machines but even so his data must be out of date by now