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Garrett gta 350
- Thread starter reg420
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I had a 350-accidentally dropped it in the water at a beach. I rushed home and opened it and put it under a fan. It fell off the chair I had it sitting on and ripped several surface mount parts-and there went my GTA. It's still outside in the barn in a box. It didn't go as deep when in notch-but when I put it where the notches were at about foil, the depth and everything improved. My favorite story is when I was using it at a school. Charles Garrett had mentioned slowly checking a large signal and being able to identify each of several items in the target area. I thought this was cool, so I was ready to do the same. I had searched for over an hour at a heavily worked school and only found 3 dimes. I started to leave, but I hadn't finished working my grid so I decided to do the right thing and finish. Suddenly, I got several beeps, going from nickel to quarter to penny to dime! I brushed back the gravel and there was a $10 bill! I got so excited I ran back to the car and started to drive off, then it hit me. I had left the coins! I use a 10" screwdriver to probe till I find the coin, then slide it slightly over and go under the coin and sort of "pop" it out of the ground. If it's too deep, I use the same screwdriver to slice a "V" plug with the coin in the middle and lift the flap and probe for the coin. Sorry for the long post-it just brings back memories and when I go out to the barn it's sad to look at what's left of my 350
Uncle Willy
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I owned a 350 about 137 years ago. 
Garrett hasn't produced them in years but they're not a bad little detector and will find enough to keep you satisfied. If you have bark chip playgrounds in your area that's a good place to learn your detector without digging big holes all over the place. Like the other poster I don't dig holes but pop them out of the ground with a big screwdriver.Somewhere on this forum I posted a diagram showing how to do it.
Bill
Garrett hasn't produced them in years but they're not a bad little detector and will find enough to keep you satisfied. If you have bark chip playgrounds in your area that's a good place to learn your detector without digging big holes all over the place. Like the other poster I don't dig holes but pop them out of the ground with a big screwdriver.Somewhere on this forum I posted a diagram showing how to do it.Bill
Uncle Willy
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Yeah it'll keep you happy for awhile.
Bill
Bill
Square Nail
New member
Hi Reg420, I had a Garrett GTA350 or 300? some time ago. That would have around 1993? I remember the little guy had a feature called "Treasure Eye". Does this sound like yours? Could you, would you post a pic or two of your GTA350 for nostalgia? I tried mine on parks for coins, at the time I was also sporting a Garrett Master Hunter 7ADS. Being spoiled by the capabilities of the MH7, I didn't put much more interest in the 350 and traded it off. It was a shame I didn't give it a better chance. Good luck to you with yours.