Long Hunt With T2

[RLOH]

I have only used my new T2 three or four times and I have found old coins deep with it every time out. Today I got out for 4 hours to a church camp with loads of coins and some 100 year old coins mixed in with the newer stuff. I have been battling a bad back for several months and I just can't dig everything like I use to. I only dug targets deeper than 5 inches. I must have found 50 quarters and dimes in the first three hours, but nothing old. Finally, I got a deep(7inches) nickle number and I didn't find it until I got to the eight ince depth and it was a 1906 V nickle in remarkable shape. Ten minutes later I got a 93 number that was deep when I checked in pinpoint. I was sure it was silver and it was a large mans silver ring with a gold inlay. An honest nine inches and the signal was not muted! I was just about ready to quit and I was swinging my way back to my truck when I got a bouncing nickle and an eighty some signal that was again 8 inches deep in pinpoint. First thing I came to was a 1935 Buffalo that was about eight inches deep. I rescanned the hole and there was something else in the hole. I checked it with my handheld pinpointer and there was a coin on the side of the hole completely vertical at about the six inch mark. This turned out to be a Canadian dime(1967) and I dug it out with my fingers. It was vertical. This is one powerful and accurate detector. I am seeing many selling used and I can't believe that people are jumping out of them so quick. I had read that the T2 is a better relic hunter than coin shooter, but it as good as any detector out there for coins. One little quirk that I have noticed when using it as a coin hunter. When I use the 3 tone mode, I seem to dig a lot of pulltabs and I don't seem to get the great depth that I get in the 2+ mode. When I pass over a coin in the 2+ mode, I get a crisp signal and along with the super accurate VDI numbers, it is DEADLY on coins. Another thing I have found helpful is to ground balance it every time it gets to chirping. It is extremely simple and fast. I don't think the F75 will be any better performing, just a couple of options to make an already easy maching even easier to use. Just my two cents. R.L.

 

[coenwolf]

gonna have to try that 2+ not used that one yet

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Have to agree with you, on the T2 the lost ark of detectors you just have to learn it.

 

[dirttrax]

n/t

 

[Dick from NC]

Everyone is right, the T2 is a great relic machine and a very good coin machine. I live in the path of Sherman's march ( southern North Carolina ) and the T2 is a dream to relic hunt with. I had it down at North Myrtle Beach, SC the other weekend and gave it a go at coin hunting and didn't do to bad considering the time of year. I could only hunt in the dry sand but thats ok because thats where a lot of coins and rings are lost. I normally hunt in 2+ when relic hunting, but hunted in dp at the beach and I believe I like dp for beach hunting. Which every mode you hunt in will take a little getting use to. The main reason I hunt in 2+ is when you go over iron it will give you a low sound and you know it is iron. I go mainly by the ID numbers to tell what it might be. Anything above iron will give you the same tone and the ID number will give you an idea of what it might be. I don't use 1, 3, 3b, or 4.

Here is an unusual bullet I found at a spot that would not give me a repeatable signal, but I felt like something was there so I pinpointed it and got a good pinpoint. It was down about 7 to 10 inches and a few days later I found another one. Its a 44 caliber Tranter bullet, which is an English make.
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A really good tip to remember about the T2 is if you even thing something is in the ground but you don't get a good signal or you get a scratchy signal just pinpoint it and if something is there it will sound off.

 

[Dick from NC]

Here is a more natural picture of the Tranter bullets.

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Here is a picture of the finds at North Myrtle Beach, SC the other weekend.

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[Old California]

WTG with your recent finds, You're experiencing what many of us did when we first tried out the T-2. A remarkable machine, Hard to believe the T-2 would forever change our path and now for many of us the T-2 has become our favorite detector.

I prefer the 2+ mode with disc set at 10 for relic hunting, simplifies the search for relics when one digs anything above iron. Using the two-tone approach avoiding the iron signals unless it's big then I'll dig the bigger pieces of iron in hopes of something out of the ordinarily.

Thanks for sharing,
Paul (Ca)