worshipviolin
New member
After looking at the G2 sitting in the corner for nearly a week, I finally was able to take it on its first hunt today. My friend Sonny1965 and I went to a park that I have never hunted before. It was a huge, nice-looking park, but the amount of trash in that park is amazing. This is as junky of a park that I've ever seen, and it has been hit hard for years.
First, for those of you who are thinking about getting a G2, it's all true. What's true? Every story about the G2's amazing ability to "see through" the trash! We were finding many coins that had been in the ground for quite a while, but obviously had been "invisible" to other detectors that had searched there. We both hunted this trashy park with the sensitivity set at full throttle! We both got a healthy bag of clad each, I found some costume jewelry (my daughter loves it), and plenty of screw caps. I turned my disc down several times just to hear the trash in the ground, and was amazed that I was finding coins right in the middle of all of the trash that was everywhere!
Second, the G2 is so light that I hunted for hours with one arm. I used my right arm to swing with from 10 AM until 2 PM before I decided to change to the left arm. Very light!
Another cool and handy feature of the G2 is the Gain control. I found several coins in the play area that others had been missing. These coins were lying close to the metal parts of playground equipment. I could hear that there was a target there, but being so close to the playground equipment made it hard to find. Some detectors had already missed these targets, but mine heard them. All it took to find them was to simply turn the sensitivity knob down until the big metal wasn't freaking the detector out, then the location of the targets were easily found. Quick and easy! No scrolling through menu after menu to just to find the sensitivity control. Just a knob!! Turn it up, turn it down - all in seconds!
My first impressions are great. This may be the best thing since corn bread! I had fun Sonny!
First, for those of you who are thinking about getting a G2, it's all true. What's true? Every story about the G2's amazing ability to "see through" the trash! We were finding many coins that had been in the ground for quite a while, but obviously had been "invisible" to other detectors that had searched there. We both hunted this trashy park with the sensitivity set at full throttle! We both got a healthy bag of clad each, I found some costume jewelry (my daughter loves it), and plenty of screw caps. I turned my disc down several times just to hear the trash in the ground, and was amazed that I was finding coins right in the middle of all of the trash that was everywhere!
Second, the G2 is so light that I hunted for hours with one arm. I used my right arm to swing with from 10 AM until 2 PM before I decided to change to the left arm. Very light!
Another cool and handy feature of the G2 is the Gain control. I found several coins in the play area that others had been missing. These coins were lying close to the metal parts of playground equipment. I could hear that there was a target there, but being so close to the playground equipment made it hard to find. Some detectors had already missed these targets, but mine heard them. All it took to find them was to simply turn the sensitivity knob down until the big metal wasn't freaking the detector out, then the location of the targets were easily found. Quick and easy! No scrolling through menu after menu to just to find the sensitivity control. Just a knob!! Turn it up, turn it down - all in seconds!
My first impressions are great. This may be the best thing since corn bread! I had fun Sonny!
----We've already "let the cat out of the bag" about FT's "best kept secret"! 
------Hey, it's HARD to stop talking about such a great little detector!!! 