Uncle Willy
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Bill
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For those who think the 2500 ain't a coinshooter here's a pic of the coins found when I field tested the 2500 some years back...
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Uncle Willy, I tend to agree a little and question it a little. In shallow, trashy ground, I thinkthe GTI 2500 is a fine coin shooter. But I find the imaging feature-its best feature in my humble opinion-is only accurate to 5 or 6". After that, it's a liability if someone fails to dig a target with a good sound, but imaging makes it a size D or E when there's really a good quarter or smaller coin at the bottom of the undug hole. In my seasoned test garden, I found that it was apt to miss a quarter at 6 to 7 inches, but with care-and knowing the test garden-I was able to get good beeps on quarters, dimes and cents up to a max of 8 inches in both discriminate and all metal mode. All metal was scarcely deeper with the stock coil than was the zero discriminate mode. Disappointment begins to set in....
My biggest fear is that at 5 to 6" I'll get only a good beep on a good target, but not dig it due to the imaging being badly inaccurate. So, to compensate for that I will have to dig every good beep from 5" and deeper, regardless of the imaging. BUT that puts me back into MXT, DFX territory, which do not have imaging. This is disappointing, but reality. The DFX will go deeper in all metal mode than the GTI 1500 and 2500s, but in shallow targets the DFX will have me digging soda cans again. Whew....I wish this digging thing were a little easier on my old disc-impaired back.....Thanks for you reply.
My biggest fear is that at 5 to 6" I'll get only a good beep on a good target, but not dig it due to the imaging being badly inaccurate. So, to compensate for that I will have to dig every good beep from 5" and deeper, regardless of the imaging. BUT that puts me back into MXT, DFX territory, which do not have imaging. This is disappointing, but reality. The DFX will go deeper in all metal mode than the GTI 1500 and 2500s, but in shallow targets the DFX will have me digging soda cans again. Whew....I wish this digging thing were a little easier on my old disc-impaired back.....Thanks for you reply.
Uncle Willy
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One has to realize and compensate for the fact that imaging peters out at about six inches or so. That little circle in the center of the coil is the imaging receiver so it ain't going to reach to China. And zero discrimination is not the same as all metal and still maintains an element of discrimination and can't even compare to true all metal. I'm from the old school of detecting so I don't depend on all the gimmicks on detectors to find my stuff for me. The most accurate discriminator is your digging tool. If it sounds good I dig it regardless of what the display tells me. A few years back I found three Barber coins with the 2500 buried under a tree root at 14 inches. I didn't depend on the display to tell me whether they were there or not.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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I use the 250 most of the time, especially now after my surgery, because it's light and easy to handle. I used my 1500 awhile back and it about ruined me. 
When I'm in better shape I'll whip the 2500 out and play with it. I keep waiting for Garrett to come out with a new ultra-light machine.
As for gold jewelry, I've found a fair share of it. Didn't I recently post a pic of all the gold rings I've found? I have a hunk of melted gold found at the site of a fire that weighs way over an ounce. I haven't sold anything. Gave a few pieces away for presents. I'm a miser and hate to part with it.
If gold really gets up there I might part with some of it.
Bill
When I'm in better shape I'll whip the 2500 out and play with it. I keep waiting for Garrett to come out with a new ultra-light machine. As for gold jewelry, I've found a fair share of it. Didn't I recently post a pic of all the gold rings I've found? I have a hunk of melted gold found at the site of a fire that weighs way over an ounce. I haven't sold anything. Gave a few pieces away for presents. I'm a miser and hate to part with it.
If gold really gets up there I might part with some of it.Bill
Mick in Dubbo
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Nice haul there Bill. It's good to finally see a pic of your mellon.
Mick Evans.
Mick Evans.
Uncle Willie, I had a GTI 2500 for five years, I was verry brand loyal. But after five years of butt whippings from a xlt & a nautilus I came to the realization
that it was the machine & not me. In my frustration I called the factory and talked to a engineer to see what I could do different, the only advice he could give me was to change my frequency. The 2500 is a touch & go machine, you can't tweek it much, nothing to tweek. The things I liked about the 2500 were the
belltone, the imaging which can only be trusted to 6", the all metal mode that is deep, the arm rest, It was comfortable to use. The things I didn't like about it were It would lock up on you at 25 degrees or less, & belive me this was the last straw when my buddie Jim Weaver with his xlt was digging old coins left & right at a old tavern site, barber dimes,large cents, & a 2 cent piece. The battery tabs are real fingernail breakers, poor design, the treasure talk is useless. If you will notice when you find a coin with it that there is no iron in or around the hole, Its a cherry picker. It discrimates against iron to much. I could go on but I won't. But--- with all of this said, after 9 years of detecting, the deepest coin I have found to date that I could verify was found with this green machine, a 1936 quarter at 7 " laying flat in a old worked out park. This was my first and only whisper, I though they were a myth. Whatever you do if you hear a belltone whisper, dig it. My finds have gone up since switched to the xlt, with it I have tone id which gives me a different sound with every target depending on the conductivy, I can change my gain, recovery speed,ac sensitivity,sat speed, ect. Belive me this makes a difference.
that it was the machine & not me. In my frustration I called the factory and talked to a engineer to see what I could do different, the only advice he could give me was to change my frequency. The 2500 is a touch & go machine, you can't tweek it much, nothing to tweek. The things I liked about the 2500 were the
belltone, the imaging which can only be trusted to 6", the all metal mode that is deep, the arm rest, It was comfortable to use. The things I didn't like about it were It would lock up on you at 25 degrees or less, & belive me this was the last straw when my buddie Jim Weaver with his xlt was digging old coins left & right at a old tavern site, barber dimes,large cents, & a 2 cent piece. The battery tabs are real fingernail breakers, poor design, the treasure talk is useless. If you will notice when you find a coin with it that there is no iron in or around the hole, Its a cherry picker. It discrimates against iron to much. I could go on but I won't. But--- with all of this said, after 9 years of detecting, the deepest coin I have found to date that I could verify was found with this green machine, a 1936 quarter at 7 " laying flat in a old worked out park. This was my first and only whisper, I though they were a myth. Whatever you do if you hear a belltone whisper, dig it. My finds have gone up since switched to the xlt, with it I have tone id which gives me a different sound with every target depending on the conductivy, I can change my gain, recovery speed,ac sensitivity,sat speed, ect. Belive me this makes a difference.
I dug 4 mercury dimes. 3 silver Roosevelt dimes and 12 wheat cents at an old putt putt park with my 2500. I know it got searched 2 times by my friends w/ nautilus detectors. I went behind them w/ my bounty hunter and found a little clad. When I got my 2500 I went back and dug the dimes and wheats which were deep and some on edge. 3 of the dimes were lost where a copper wire ran under the ground. The Gti picked these difficult coins out. If Its set up properly you shouldnt leave anything behind.
Oldrivers, bring it on, the xlt will spank the green machine. I have 1000s of hours experience in the field & know both machines. If you can handle the
all metal- easy in a clean site,you will have more depth than the xlt. But at the average site Mr. XLT will eat Mr. Greens lunch because it can weed thru
the junk & find the good stuff. I only hunt OLD sites, I have the best job in the world for gaining permission, I work in engineering dept for the cable co
here in Louisville, Ky,. so I am all over the state & find many old sites to hunt. If you ever get this way I would be happy have a show down, & who knows
with dumb luck you might get lucky.
all metal- easy in a clean site,you will have more depth than the xlt. But at the average site Mr. XLT will eat Mr. Greens lunch because it can weed thru
the junk & find the good stuff. I only hunt OLD sites, I have the best job in the world for gaining permission, I work in engineering dept for the cable co
here in Louisville, Ky,. so I am all over the state & find many old sites to hunt. If you ever get this way I would be happy have a show down, & who knows
with dumb luck you might get lucky.