Some thoughts on the G2

[Ray(Ca)]

Hi everyone

Took the G2 out this weekend with the 5X10 coil. Here in California we don't get snow or freezing temps so I can pretty much hunt year round. Took the G2 back to a old logging camp from the 1840's that I hunted a couple of weeks ago. That first trip I found a 1786 2 MARAVED

 

[parrott]

Gosh Ray(Ca)... Any older coin found in California is a great find, The 1786 coin is a real great find... WOW...My best find was with a Teknetics T2 at a Stage stop (Pogue's Station) north of Duckwater, Nevada back in 2008 was a Shield Nickel... It was a real thrill to my memory of finding it... But it pales to your find... Best js.

 

[warren in ga]

nice find.

 

[silverman]

Way to go Ray! How deep was that 1786?

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Sweet Ray !!!!

 

[sgoss66]

WOW -- SUPER old coin, for CA (or anywhere else, for that matter!)

Glad you are enjoying the G2 -- these are really, really fun units to hunt with.

Steve

 

[jotram]

So I am new to detecting I have the gbII but my question is if you hear a very faint beep do you dig? I tend to pass those up and normally will dig the more louder beeps? seems like the real faint beeps are usually small pieces of foil? any thoughts?

 

[kai_gold]

This thread is about the Teknetics G2 not the Gold Bug 2. But, in answer to your question, it depends. I saw that you are using the GB2 at playgrounds and such in addition to the gold fields. I would dig all nonferrous signals in a volleyball court looking for small earrings. In totlots I pass up most of the weak inconsistent signals as there is often too much foil to worry about. Check out previous posts by ANT on this forum. He inspired me to use a GB2 at playgrounds and gives some good advice. Also watch his video if you haven't already.

Keep in mind that not a lot of us use the GB2 at totlots as it is primarily considered a prospecting detector so you won't likely get a lot of response from many detectorists on this. But the GB2 is a good detector for playground jewelry hunting if you are patient and learn it. I found a small gold chain a couple of days ago in the woodchips with the GB2 after skipping many of the faint scratchy signals as ANT recommends.

The G2 is also good at finding gold as it shares the same inner circuitry as the golf bug pro.