another one of THOSE questions!!!! :surrender:

[oldranger]

Ok Folks here we go ...

GTI1500

LOW tone to me is iron a deep BEEP
MEDIUM tone to me is from foil to
next to a penny.. Medium Squack
and of course Belltone is Belltone

Im just trying to relate tones to targets
on the GTI so i have a betyter idea of
what might be in the gorund.. does
ANYONE understand what im trying to ask

In other words im trying to understand the terms
like HARD hit or Soft etc etc
Thanks as Usual
RON

RLTW

 

[cwilk]

It takes a lot of practice. Not the answer you might want but it is my answer. I am by far better in 2009 than I was in 2008 when I was better than I was in 2007 and on and on. It is leveling off some but I plan on getting better in 2010 too. The more targets you dig the better you will get at interpreting signals. I still dig up almost every signal especially the jumpy and oddball ones. One way signals are not to be forgotten and they are sometimes very good targets.

You're doing a fine job and in 6 months you'll be a pro.

Chris

 

[oldranger]

Chris

Tks for the advise. Im htinking of taking a note pad
and recording all the signals in a way htat makes
snese to me and then diggind All targets .
That way Ill get abetter idea of whats going on

Tks again
Ron
RLTW

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Hi Oldranger.
I nearly always use the Scorcher coil on my GTI and love the audio feed back from it. I don't use the imaging coil much but I'm sure the same principal applies. Listen to the width of targets, seems to be the way to go with Garrett machines. Only good targets close to maximum depth will give weaker signals. I generally ignore the scratchier sounds unless there is something about it that grabs my attention.
Give yourself plenty of time to master the GTI and you will be handsomely rewarded. It took me a while to get the upper hand with it, but I'm glad I stayed with it. I've still got plenty of learning to do with it, but it is the detector that I grab most of the time. Got 3 others and soon to be 4, but the 1500 will still be my most used detector.
Mick Evans.

 

[oldranger]

Thanks Mike

as usal very good info.. Ill use
the tips i get here for sure too bad winter is comin!!

Safe hapy FUn hunts

Ron
RLTW

 

[cwilk]

A notebook might be a good idea. For me it would interrupt the flow of my hunts. Seriously, once you've dug a few thousand coins your mind will be full of signal interpetations. I often say to myself. I recognize that signal. Last May it was a deep silver dime on edge but the last three times it was a deep rusty old square nail. Better dig it. I bet I can call 90% of everything I dig accurately. The surprise signals are always the best targets. Rings, chains, really old coins, and unfortunately a lot of junk.

If you dig everything you won't miss anything. (I rarely dig anything below foil though.)

Chris

I had an awful winter after my first real season of detecting. Serious cabin fever. I think you might be in for the same this year. I save a lot of MD and coin collecting projects for myself to do when the snow flies. I stopped tumbling clad about two months ago and I have a years worth of rings (over 100) to fix, polish, and organize.

 

[oldranger]

Thnaks for the advise Chris Much appreciated here.

Your right im already trying to figure out what to do
when the snow is here and the ground is hard.. Even
Bark at the playgrounds freezez into solid rock!!!

Good Hunting

Ron

RLTW

 

[dahut]

Ok Folks here we go ...

GTI1500

- LOW tone to me is iron
- MEDIUM tone to me is from foil to
next to a penny
- Belltone is Belltone

I'm just trying to relate tones to targets on the GTI so i have a better idea of what might be in the ground.. does
ANYONE understand what Im trying to ask?

Thats right - it really is that simple. One thing about the Garretts - you don't have to think too much. That is by design.

Now, if you are discriminating iron you wont get the low tone - but you might get the cursor jumping to iron and the other signals burping and bonging as a result. You have to have iron accepted to get the low tone. One of the tricks I use is to switch back and forth bewteen ZERO disc and DISC mode. This is useful when you are getting a lot of erratic responses.. 8 times out of 10 you'll find there is some piece of iron nearby.

In other words im trying to understand the terms like HARD hit or Soft etc etc

There is little of such "subtlety" with the Garretts. You have to think in terms of "short" of "long" on the new Garretts, like the 1500. Garrett detectors today have a deep target boost built in; Garrett used to call it "Power Master" circuitry a decade ago. It is now standard on all their detectors. This is a good thing on deep targets, but it also means that everything tends to hit with the same, strong audio. This is in contrast to other makers that use an analog model, which softens the audio response as target depth increases.

However, Garrett offers an ingenious method to help discern things. What they do is make it so that deep items, or small bitsies like shoe eyelets, will give short/small "blips," as opposed to the soft audio found on detectors with modulated audio.
Shallow and large items will give a response that is longer/larger. The difference between a quarter and small silver earring is that while they'll hit in the same TID range, they will give different length audio responses.

Here's a real world scenario: Imagine you are in a deep woods, relic hunting. Since there isnt much trash, you have your Garrett GTI 1500 at high SENS to punch down through the layer of leaf mold and into soil. You get occasional strong hits that turn out to be can tops and wads of copper sheet. But along with these you are hearing small, short blips that ID in the mid to high range. When you hit your pinpoint, you see they are at depths of 6"-7" - you want to dig these small, short signals!

This short-long audio response is a fundamental difference with the Garretts, and can be bothersome to those who come from the amplitude modulation school of thought. You just have to get used to it.


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[cwilk]

It's almost easier to dig in frozen earth than it is in icy frozen bark chips. When things begin to freeze even I hang it up.

Chris