HOW DEEP?????

[D&P-OR]

What's the deepest coin you've recovered with the G2 so far?----What denomination of coin & in what type of soil?

 

[Sonny1965]

For me so far is a 7 inch dime

 

[basstrackerman]

so far with very little use due to weather a 6in wheat penny under a nail.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

I had a 8 in silver ring !

 

[D&P-OR]

Thanks guys was this in the turf or sand?-----Do you know (approx.) how mineralized the ground was---light, medium or heavily mineralized?-----I hope we get some more responses to this question--"fire away" (anybody).---------Del

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Mine was in georgia red clay, 86.7 on the Ground Balance reading.

 

[Monte]

I can state that I have been pleased with the performance of the G2 so far. Not the deepest seeking detector, usually getting better depth with Teknetics' own Omega, Gamma and certainly the T2. But the G2 provides me with simplicity in design and set-up, excellent operator controlled Tone Break, quick-as-a-blink response time and quick recovery. I hunt a bit with the stock 11" DD coil, but I reserve the G2 mainly for hitting more iron infested sites and using the 5" DD coil.

Most of the sites I've worked so far have Ground Phase read-outs from about 77.2 to 85.7.

Most of the sites have been soil, some grassy and some bare dirt, with the worst being located on a black sand beach or in a 289 acre city park that is an extinct (I hope) volcano. Parts of that were the toughest mineralization.

Regardless of using the 5" or 11" DD coils, I will make a very close rough guess that the deeper coins depths I've made were fro dimes, pennies and nickels, and they ranged from 5

 

[ron_c]

Regardless of using the 5" or 11" DD coils, I will make a very close rough guess that the deeper coins depths I've made were fro dimes, pennies and nickels, and they ranged from 5

 

[sgoss66]

This is a fascinating post, D&P-OR. I have been wondering this, also. From this post, it looks like 5 1/2" to 7" is on the "deep" side for this detector. Anyone else that can chime in? Anyone on a larger coin, like a quarter or half?

Steve

 

[Monte]

Regardless of using the 5" or 11" DD coils, I will make a very close rough guess that the deeper coins depths I've made were from dimes, pennies and nickels, and they ranged from 5

 

[sgoss66]

Monte --

Thanks much for the excellent info. You posted up to 7-8" depth on a few dimes and pennies, and I just read another post with an 8" merc dime with a Gold Bug Pro. This is plenty deep for me, given the other benefits of the G2/Gold Bug machines in iron. You say your T2 and the G2 "complement each other quite well," and that's exactly what I was thinking -- I have an F70, and feel like a G2/Gold Bug will complement this machine quite well, one a bit deeper (to catch deeper coins others may have missed), and the other deep enough, but better in iron (to catch masked coins that others may have missed).

Thanks for this information, and it further cements my decision to save cash for a G2/Gold Bug.

Steve

 

[gmanlight]

Dime at 9in in mild soil. Marked with Omega and GB 29er

 

[sgoss66]

I am impressed -- thanks for the additional confirmation, gmanlight...

Do you happen to remember anything about the VDI on that one? Did it ID as iron, or were there some higher numbers in there?

That not only goes for gmanlight, but any of you finding deeper coins with the G2/Gold Bugs -- how are the digital IDs on those deeper coins, in your experience?

Steve