Deep targets and nothing to write home about

[Old Katz]

I hope all of you guys who own the Garrett 2500 will try to verify
Deepnails claim of such deep targets. As much as I would like to add another
metal detector to my collection, I'm not ready to invest money yet until
I hear what the jury has to say. I'm sure adding a larger DD coil would help me
tremendously, but 15,20 and 30 inches onlyoff the Garrett 2500 graphic display alone is
hard to believe at this point in the game.

My Ace 250 gives me good depth on larger targets with the standard coil. I'm sure that adding the 10x14
would increase my chances of getting deeper targets in the corn and bean fields. But my graphic display on the Ace
does not register anything unless there is a beltone.

My MXT WILL tell me there is something else deeper because I can hear a change in the background hum
my machine makes when it passes over something very deep.

I went out to a huge soccer field yesterday and picked up some change and a couple small rings.
I started with the Ace until my batteries went out, then switched to my MXT. Nothing to write home about.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Rings are always fun to find

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah I'm going to experiment with Deepnail's procedure plus contact him and get the correct particulars. I sent the info to the Garrett engineers and they said, " No way." So I don't know who is right and who is wrong. I never discount anything unil proven right or wrong.

Bill

 

[born2hunt]

I've tried a few deep holes on the faint but pinpointable signals. dug about 12 to 14", got nothing on the pro pointer and aborted. I was however in trashy areas when I tried so I'm still sitting on the fence.

There are plenty of good reasons to buy a 2500 but something with as much gray area as this technique, valid or otherwise, isn't one of them.

For what it's worth,
Steve in PA

 

[lazyaussie]

nice pile of loot Old Katz

 

[cwilk]

I have a fair amount of experience with my 2500 and I've seen all kinds of weird displays on my 2500 including one like Deepnails describes. I am digging more and more iffy signals and I'm getting rewarded for that patience. Most are junk bits or old nail or wire. I'm also finding super deep old ring pulls ring up almost like a coin. Enough so that I've dug many in the past three weeks. Yesterday I dug a weak quarter signal down to about 14 inches and got some old barbed wire. It took me 10 minutes to find it even with my Pro-Pointer and then another few minutes to repair my excavation. I can only imagine how long recovering a coin deeper than that would take and also how many times that signal would turn out to be junk. Personally, I don't like to dig more than about 10 inches.

Uncle Willy is trying to verify Deepnails claims and whatever he comes up with will be the answer that I accept. I trust his judgement and experience. In all my reserch and with all the treasure hunting stories I've read, 14 inches seems to be the limit of current metal detecor technology. I think Deepnails is probably a very sincere treasure hunter and probably a very skilled silver coin hunter but I am still extremely skeptical that he can detect deeper than a foot to 14 inches with his 2500. He made a few observations about the 2500 that are just plain false regarding the display and the depth indicator. It stops at 12 inches unless he has some prototype or old model that I've never seen. I also think recovering a coin at 30 inches would take around half and hour or longer.

Merely my opinion, for what it's worth.

Thanks for sharing your treasure with the group. It's all good and I have had many hunts where I've found a lot less than you did and I still had a great time out in the field.

Chris

 

[Graw]

Rings are nice

 

[NM5K]

I hope all of you guys who own the Garrett 2500 will try to verify
Deepnails claim of such deep targets. As much as I would like to add another
metal detector to my collection, I'm not ready to invest money yet until
I hear what the jury has to say. I'm sure adding a larger DD coil would help me
tremendously, but 15,20 and 30 inches only off the Garrett 2500 graphic display alone is
hard to believe at this point in the game.

Couldn't say about that. Don't have a 2500.. I'm running a 250.

My Ace 250 gives me good depth on larger targets with the standard coil. I'm sure that adding the 10x14
would increase my chances of getting deeper targets in the corn and bean fields. But my graphic display on the Ace
does not register anything unless there is a beltone.

If it doesn't , that means it's not seeing any metal on any of the ID notches.
The display is always all metal. Only the sound is effected by notching certain
conductivities on the 250. The display always shows everything, no matter what
conductivity. The belltone only applies to coin range conductivities.
If you have the 250 set to say coins only, it will only sound off on coin range
targets, but the display is seeing everything. IE: if you hit a nail, it won't
ring the belltone normally, but it will show up on the display as iron range.

My MXT WILL tell me there is something else deeper because I can hear a change in the background hum
my machine makes when it passes over something very deep.

You can do that with the 250 if you stay in pinpoint mode and use the machine
as a non motion detector. But.. I wouldn't be expecting a drastic increase in depth
vs the ID motion mode. They should be fairly close.
One thing, swing speed can greatly effect depth on the 250. So if you see an
iffy deep target, swing fast for max depth at that location. Of course, in the non
motion pinpoint mode, swing speed does not matter.