g2

[elmerjfud@ntlworld.com]

hi all just got the new g2 and was told to set it on 28 would that be for all types of land and beaches thanks andrew all the best and thank you all

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

He will know more about beach hunting and the G2. Purdy smart feller he is!!

 

[Monte]

for the types of sites you will hunt, what you're after, and the search coil used.

Remember that not all desired targets will sound good. A coin, such as an Indian Head 1

 

[Deese]

You know I was thinking of asking you about this very thing this evening Monte,I seem to recall some post about setting up other fisher machines with certain disc number because in the software programing it used like a single filter of something of that nature.Maybe I will search some older post and find it,but I was wondering if the goldbug se /G2 had similar functions where it would be beneficial to use the disc on say 21 instead of 25 . I have a curious bone because the other day I was trying to cherry pick this homesite and I had the disc wide open on75-80 I dug alot of wheat cents,well my friend called me over and said he found 5 silver dimes in a 8x8 foot square area,and I had been over the area before. So I turned the disc down to 30 or 40 ish and got alot of poor semi repeatable signals,vdi numbers jumping around in the 40 to 60's range. I pulled a silver quarter, 4 wheat cents,and a buffalo nickel out of that square,and alot of pulltabs also but I didnt mind. Whats your take on the internal software tricks?

 

[Monte]

You know I was thinking of asking you about this very thing this evening Monte,I seem to recall some post about setting up other fisher machines with certain disc number because in the software programing it used like a single filter of something of that nature.

When it comes to a lot of the detector design up until more recently, and I mean really more recently, like past 7-10 years, I have generally preferred detectors that were all analog or mostly all analog. Some that are sort of analog and digital, but I haven't been the biggest fan of all-digital designs. There are some on the market today that are supposed to be high-tech and all the fancy digital stuff and I could care less.

I can say that because I usually prefer to use a variable Discriminate setting that lets ME pick what I do and don't want to find. Quite a few detector shave been made that have a factory preset program which has determined what a particular target is supposed to respond as. Sometimes they even have segments that suggest the targets identity.

If the ground is moderate and there isn't a lot of masking targets (good or bad) in the area, and if the desired 'good' target is relatively shallow, generally 'flat' to the coil, and I have all the proper settings and sweep speed, then I might get an audible hit and visual Target ID that falls in the manufacturer's predetermined 'guess' of what it might be.

In the end, however, the Owner's Manual doesn't tell me what I want to find or direct me to a specific site. The instructions in the manual or on the detector don't direct me to the best settings to use or who to work the search coil. As the avid detectorist, I make that judgement call, and since each detector is different from others models, and each site poses an assortment of different challenges, only I can be the one to pick and choose the settings that might work for me.

There are some factory-set models that do their job well, and I'll claim the lower-cost Delta to be an excellent example of one. But it/they don't do everything I like a detector to do.

I was wondering if the goldbug se /G2 had similar functions where it would be beneficial to use the disc on say 21 instead of 25.

Yes, I can easily say that either model might provide the right setting for your needs, as long as you know what the chosen Disc. setting will achieve. For example, I worked a site the other day where every nail could be rejected with a Gamma set at 17 or 18. The T2 needed a higher Disc. setting, and if I recall, it was closer to

 

[Deese]

No I'm not confused,I put that tiny little coil on today that the gbse came with just for fun. That thing is a silver vacuum, two more silver dimes,5 nickels including another buffalo 1934,and a couple of wheats. Yeah I think I am going to have to clean this one area on this site with a pulse induction machine,we have pulled 10 or more silvers out of 200 sq ft area.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Hey amberjack hunts the beach more then I do. he would know but I will tell you this. From all the talking going on the the NEW forum about the detector, its awesome! / Gold Bug/ G2

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I set the split tone at35-40

 

[sgoss66]

I usually set the split tone at 40 also, but today was hitting alot of trash in a particular park in the 40s...so I set the tone break to 50 -- which cut out all iron below 20. Machine ran much quieter, but still hear 20 and higher iron, and foil 40-49, as low tone. Was easy to cherry pick better targets in this trashy park this way. But usually, as I said, I will set the tone break on 40 -- I usually like to hear it all!

Steve

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Learning it? Like it? Anything good?