Hi everyone this Darryl author of "thirty inches", To Willwee I new there would be naysayers but please don't insult me by calling me a liar, and yes the deepest silver quarter I've ever found was correctly I.D. by my conductivity scale on my GTI 2500 in pinpoint with no audio and YES IT WAS ABOUT THIRTY INCHES! I have dug well over one million holes in my life and I dig thousands of slight chirps no others would bother with. I have dug thousands of coins in the one to two foot range! I have taught my partners and my friend using an SE recovered two Quarters, one a seated in AU and a barber in AU at approxiamately two feet just this spring. At one county fairgrounds in the parking lot we discovered the foundation of the old armory by accident, we found many great targets so I fished in this area and strangely I found most good targets around 10 to 14 inches and then a layer of pulltabs deeper then that, thats right pulltabs deeper than fourteen inches! Now these depths are only achieved in perfect soil conditions there are places I detect where four inches are the maximum. Have you expirimented with your pinpoint on your 2500 as I suggested? if so you will discover it will ID conductivity well past it's audio range. As far as depth you must run a defective 2500 because my friends and I have tested the SE and the 2500 under many different senerios and found them to be practicly identical on depth, although as I stated the GTI pinpoint is magical if you have the talent to use it, by the way what is your deepest coin of your life? My mother always said " if you have nothing positive to say say nothing at all". Willee I hope you learn to find the deep ones too, good luck, Darryl.
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Get this BS from the Whites Forum
- Thread starter bigealive
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Joel-Winnipeg
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to give a little followup on my last letter. The reason most detectorist don't find coins under one foot is because they go to a site and listen for solid beeps and look at the meter. I do just the opposite, when I go to a site looking for old coins and relics I listen for tiny almost indescernable beeps and can't look at the meter because all of my concentration is being used to see exaclty where the loop was when the fringe signal is emmitted, I then drop my detector and dig. Detecting like this is not for the meek or out of shape person. It is a lot of work but to me there is nothing more exciting than recovering a piece of history, I love it. Also If anyone really wants to learn and see my hunting style first hand I would love to meet them at my favorite fairgrounds for fishing. Also most detectorist are no longer allowed to dig at my favorite fairgrounds but I am their grandstand painter and part time grounds keeper so I am allowed to dig one foot circle plugs with a huge pile of dirt as I have shown them there will be no damage when I'm finished. Thank you all and good luck hunting, Darryl.
deepnails said:
Darryl, I'm a little bit confused now.
I thought your technique which you explained on a different thread was to watch for brief high conductivity blips on your meter where no audio is emitted, but now you're saying you listen for tiny beeps of audio and don't look at the meter?
Also don't you think it's possible that on the 30" quarter you dug - the signal that caused you to dig might have been from a different metallic object?
That seems like a lot more logical explanation than a 30" coin signal, no matter how slight, on a VLF detector.
Uncle Willy
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I would guess shills.
Bill
Bill
grumpyolman
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I was seriously thinking about getting a White's dual field PI. If there's some small chance doing that will cause me to develop a superior attitude towards all non-White's devotees, maybe I ought to reconsider the Infinium. I ought to go post that comment and see what happens. Jim
Willee - Texas
Well-known member
deepnails said:
If you say so Darryl. BTY: its WILLEE
If I say I dont believe it and you take that as an insult ... that is your problem not mine.
I have owned and used a 2500 and a 1350 so I know full well what those machines can do.
It is my opinion and experience since the early 70's that no production metal detector can detect much less ID a silver coin buried 30 inches in the ground.
It is apparent that you firmly believe that but not long ago people were burned as witches for not believing the earth was flat and was the center of the universe.
There is a reason you found a coin at 30" inches ... I just dont think it is the reason you are giving.
Will your detector air test a silver quarter at 30"?
at 20"?
at 12"?
You think a detector will detect in dirt three times as deep as it does in air?
(assuming a successful 10" air test)
Dont take it personal ... everything I have read and experienced says otherwise to what you are claiming.
Please dont burn me at the stake for saying so.
And Your mother gave you some good advice.
Willee
Wow, I only been posting to findmall forums a few months. And everyone I have talked to has been great and very helpful. But I have never been on the whites forum, but sounds like its not a friendly place to go if you don't worship Whites MD's. Step out of line and get the boot. Thats sad and bad advertizement for findmall's site owners.
Here's a dumb question OP. I take it this forum is a findmall's forum, not a forum at anyother whites site. If it is, I would deffenantly complain to the person or person's who owns this site.
I will listen to anyone's tip who MD's, no matter what MD they use. If I had to classify myself, I first would say I am just a MD fan. If you want to classify me in the MD brand race. I guess you could say I am a garrett, since I have owned 4 since last winter.
Bought my first one(Ace300) last winter at a auction for $5, never used one before. I started messin with it this spring. A month later I shopped around, bought a new Ace250 at Kellys. Then I wanted a UW MD, at the time I didn't have the funds to buy a high dollar one. I shopped for " all " UW MD's, not just garrett. And the best I could find for my $$ was a cheap "Trail" something at wallyworld online for $98. It worked great, found clad quarters, a ring, earring, and trash wading, then I completely submerged it and it lasted 20minutes before it died. Then a guy from here contacted me about a used UW XL500garrett, i bought it. Used it bout 1-1/2 months, had allot of fun, couldn't get the hang of ground balancing it(probably cause I am a greenhorn). So traded up for a new SH MarkII last week, great deal I got there...
Couldn't pass up Garrett's deal. Traded the XL in on a new UW MD and got the Mark2 half price....Do any other manufactors do that??? I don't know if they do, but that deal right there told me how great the Garrett family/people are to deal with. If the Whites manufactor Comp. is anything like the Whites forum you are talking about. They will never see me, I would rather buy from a friendly dealer than one who thinks they are all high and mighty(in my book I call that being a snob).
Charly
Here's a dumb question OP. I take it this forum is a findmall's forum, not a forum at anyother whites site. If it is, I would deffenantly complain to the person or person's who owns this site.
I will listen to anyone's tip who MD's, no matter what MD they use. If I had to classify myself, I first would say I am just a MD fan. If you want to classify me in the MD brand race. I guess you could say I am a garrett, since I have owned 4 since last winter.
Bought my first one(Ace300) last winter at a auction for $5, never used one before. I started messin with it this spring. A month later I shopped around, bought a new Ace250 at Kellys. Then I wanted a UW MD, at the time I didn't have the funds to buy a high dollar one. I shopped for " all " UW MD's, not just garrett. And the best I could find for my $$ was a cheap "Trail" something at wallyworld online for $98. It worked great, found clad quarters, a ring, earring, and trash wading, then I completely submerged it and it lasted 20minutes before it died. Then a guy from here contacted me about a used UW XL500garrett, i bought it. Used it bout 1-1/2 months, had allot of fun, couldn't get the hang of ground balancing it(probably cause I am a greenhorn). So traded up for a new SH MarkII last week, great deal I got there...
Couldn't pass up Garrett's deal. Traded the XL in on a new UW MD and got the Mark2 half price....Do any other manufactors do that??? I don't know if they do, but that deal right there told me how great the Garrett family/people are to deal with. If the Whites manufactor Comp. is anything like the Whites forum you are talking about. They will never see me, I would rather buy from a friendly dealer than one who thinks they are all high and mighty(in my book I call that being a snob).
Charly
Willee - Texas
Well-known member
musky8it said:
Hi Charly sounds like you are having some fun in the water.
Beach hunting is my main thing right now and I have a lot of fun doing it.
The reality of it all is that the big name brand detectors are all good.
Garrett is a Texas company that has been around for a long time in the metal detecting business and as a treasure hunter Mr. Garrett is very experienced.
Dont let the actions of a few that are not even connected to the company give you the wrong impression.
If you have found you like Garrett detectors and like the way the company treats you then stick with them.
Willee
RickIowa2009
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I think they all need competition! That way someone gets to make a better one every year!