Darrell, since you currently hunt for coins & jewelry as well as relics, what detector(s) do you currently own and use? Other than being a lighter-weight detector are there any other reasons you're interested in the Tek. G2? For most of the time during the 48 years I have enjoyed this great sport, I have owned more than one detector at a time. Often it is more like 3 or 4 detectors. Different features, different performance, different abilities to fit different applications.
When the G2 was about to be released I was provided a prototype to evaluate. I did so, and posted my review on October 30th of 2010 and it has had over 4600 views. Since that time and even to this spresent day, my G2 rides along with me wherever I go. It isn't always the first detector I grab, depending upon the site I am going to hunt, but sometimes it is. I usually have 4 detectors with me, sometimes more if I am going to check out a trade-in I've picked up, and there are times, such as this weekend, when the G2 w/5" DD coil is my 'go-to' model.
I have used it, a little, with the stock 11" DD coil but where I often hunt there are just too many short, stiff grasses and bushes that snag the open coil. Also, I usually look for more out-of-the-norm sites to hunt, like an old house renovation site. Matter of fact, just such a site two towns over (maybe 15 minutes away) was one where I especially enjoyed working the G2 for my evaluation. An 1800's house on the corner of a double lot that was being dug up (the lot) in order to relocate the house to the west-side lot.
Well, they did just that and I knew just how littered with trash that place was. To work it well, you needed/need a smaller-size search coil coupled with very quick-response and fast-recovery to up your success chances. This weekend, since they have now tilled and groomed all of the existing yard to prep it for seeding, I got the okay to work some of it. I used my Omega w/5½x9¾ elliptical concentric coil, and I figured the G2 with the 5x10 DD coil would be a winner. Well, it worked, but not like the 5" DD coil that I usually keep mounted o;n the G2 and that's back on the end of that rod now.
The elliptical DD, just like the 11+" DD, is just too big and covers too many trash targets to pick keepers out of the mix. The 5" DD does fine. I like the G2, especially for gold nugget hunting, but most of the time I hunt trashier sites and there the G2 can do well compared with many of the competitors models. It is light and well balanced, like all of the Teknetics 'Greek' series detectors, and while it is not a depth monster in the Discriminate mode, especially for higher-conductive target, it can still hold its own in most hunting environments for the "typical depth" coins and jewelry.
If you consider the G2 to make a good 'fit' in your current detector battery, I also encourage you to consider adding the 5" DD coil and a spare lower rod for it. That will make coil changes afield quick and simple so you can spend more time detecting.
If you have any particular questions, feel welcome to shoot me an e-mail.
Monte
"Your Eyes, the ONLY 100% accurate form of Discrimination!"Stinkwater WellsMonte V. Berry Sr.
monte@stinkwaterwells.com(503)481-8147
My main use favorites in order by brand:
White'sMXT Pro w/6½",
VX3 w/950
Tesoro.. Replacement coming ..
TekneticsOmega w/5½x9¾
G2 w/5" DD
