Thinking of buying a T2

[argentum40]

well some intersting reading here and too ad dmy 2 cents ... i always speak how i find and too date i havent found anywhere as much with the T2 as i did with the goldmaxx power. however i will also say that i havent used it as much so that could be a reason. i have had a few niggles with the T2 as i cant get the sens up anywhere near the rest of the UK users but i would in no way say its crap. in fact the uk lads on here know me and i like using the T2.

i will get godo results from it in time and have had a few nice bits with it.. just for ther record i hated the DFX as well.. may as well have held it by the coil end and waved the box at the ground for what good it was.

 

[jbow]

If you get a T2 you need to set every other detector aside and use it almost daily for at least a month... THEN it will begin to speak to you and you will begin to hear it. The T2 is one really hot machine. It will not work in the surf however, that is the ONLY place where a Minelab will best it. I have found that a Tejon will keep pace with the T2 if you use the 5.5" coil.

I have used my T2 under power lines with no problems however I can imagine that some lines that have dirty signal might be a problem with any detector.

As far as working in heavy trash with the stock coil... that is NOT a problem. The T2 resets so fast that it hears everything. That is just a user problem, in that the user has not used the T2 enough to learn it.

From the above post regarding the sale of this particular detector I think all can see that the problem was NOT the T2 but rather a user who did not spend the time to learn the machine AT ALL then mouthed off and trashed the machine.

One thing I know for sure is this. My experience with the T2 has been very positive and i have been using one as my main detector since July 2006. I also have a Sovereign GT and a Tejon.

Julien

 

[JM]

the dfx is a very, very, good detector, what ever you say ,perhaps it is you!!!!!!!! and not the detectors you are using.take up knitting mate, may suite you better ,from what crap your posting on a excellent detector, the DFX

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[Mike T]

This guys opinions are valid as he is simply relaying his experiences and offering what he feels is advice.
I am in the process of getting a T2( waiting 1 month,don't ask..) and his argument doesn't sway my attempts to own one at all.
Accepting the fact he's telling the truth, its quite possible he got a bad one, this happens all the time, and Bounty Hunter is notorious in the past for inconsistant quality, over 50% of the BH3300s bought new were returned to the factory for repairs so its not impossible to think of a bad one now and then slipping by.
He might also have been the victim of circumstances, the day he tests out his detector the electo magnetic currents where he is might be super active and mess with his T2. Then he goes to a spot where theres targets and no dice? a number of things could cause this maybe he was just a tiny bit to the side of the target, or for some reason the targets eluded him this day as discovering something lost or unknown isn't a perfect science.
What I'm getting at is there are endless theories as to why his T2 didn't bring home the bacon that day without having to question his competance at metal detecting, and the fact that his post is one of such a small minority of dissatisfied users only strengthens my belief that I made a wise decision in choosing the T2.

 

[jbow]

and thought it was just the way the machine worked because of posts like this one by people who did not take the time to learn the T2. It turned out that the connection was a little loose where the coil wire plugs into the control box. It caused the display to jump all over. I still found some good stuff with it but after tightening it up it became stable and there is no problem with it.

I have really learned how to use it. I run in 2+ with the sens around 75 to 80 and the disc on 10. It took me a while to settle on these settings but once I did I found it to be a really great machine. You will notice that it does not display the correct TID numbers when you run in either 3b or DP, I don't know why but that's what I find. On the other settings it seem''s to have the same TID numbers.

Anyway, don't let negative posts deter you or make you think it's not a good machine, because it is, you just have to put some time in with it to make it work for you.

At first you will probably be overwhelmed by all the tones you will hear, I certainly was but after sticking with it, I got used to it and learned to know what the signals are. Once you do... you will make great finds. Just be ready for something different and stick with it.

FWIW... the MXT was a prior design by the same guy, David Johnson, who designed the T2. The T2 is, IMO, a step above the MXT which is also a good detector... just not as good as the T2.

http://www.tekneticst2.com/PDFs/Davids_interview2.pdf

Julien

 

[Jim-IN]

Would sure like to have some first hand info on the T2. Have been using the Exp II for 2 yrs. and have made some amazing finds, but only if I hunt virgin sites. As far as hunting past hunted sites it's worthless. Recently I started hunting with 2 other XS owners and they make good finds. And when we trade detectors and the one that gets mine finds nothing also. Have decided it was bult on Friday late in the day. I only hunt coins at old homesites that aren't standing, usually in soybean or cornfields and the iron is horrible. I've heard the T2 is a really good see-through machine in iron and would appreciate some advice. Have hunted for 35 yrs. and after 20 or so detectors this is the most dissapointing unit I have owned. After reading some of the post's on the T2 site I relize nothing will do as advertised or make everyone happy but there's surely some middle ground. Thanks for your time. Jim beaglesRus3@msn.com

 

[UK Brian]

I had a T2 before they were imported into the U.K. and it was pretty good though other machines with matched coil sizes were better. Out of area it was very good. But then I'm in an area where the DFX didn't cut the mustard, Whites suggestion was never to use twin frequency inland...some people even had their money refunded.

I've had one of the more sucessful British detectorists staying with me for the last few weeks and he's gone from his favourite machine, the T2 back to the XP Goldmaxx.
So the area your detecting is does matter with the T2 just as much as any other detector, which, apart from checking weight/balance, makes a trip to a detector shop perhaps a hundred mile away a bit pointless.

 

[MattR]

just for ther record i hated the DFX as well.. may as well have held it by the coil end and waved the box at the ground for what good it was.

cheers
mick

[size=large]Mick..You have told us all we need to know about your abilities, by that statement.[/size]


.....MattR.UK

 

[Blue(UK)]

and I went from a Goldmaxx to the T2 after running them alongside each other for 6 months

 

[Blue(UK)]

The T2 is far, far better in iron in comparison with the Exploder. On clean fields the Exploder is probably 2-3" deeper but if you're trouble is iron then this is the machine for you

 

[coenwolf]

and me as well after 2 years with the mk1 goldmax and the goldmax power i switched to the T2 and i'm finding four or five times as much now

 

[Rick in J-ville]

9 out of 10 people think its crap mate

 

[Mike Hillis]

The record shows you received it during the last week of May and had it up for sale by June 11th. Thats 2 weeks. I had to check that out for myself before I put you on my personal black list of people not to do business with. So for the record, I believe your "new" listing. But I have to say that your posts will no longer carry any weight because your knowledge is now suspect and no one can trust what you say.

Its ok to say you don't like something, and its ok to say it's not your taste, or it doesn't work for you in 'your' ground. But to come across as someone who put in some time (2 months) when in fact it was probably as you reported "one outing in your backyard test garden" and then flame the machine publicly as if you were an expert with it is unacceptable.

Mike

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

We should have a system for people selling and not telling the truth like ban them from selling or ban them from the forum. Becaause that is where it really hurts us all. I guess E-bay is a bit safer they are rated and the sale just about always goes through every time.

OH well life goes on.

 

[Jason in TN]

I am not here to sell you anything. and do not sell detectors other than the ones I do not like on Ebay. Just wanted to give you my thoughts on the T2. Like I have said many times before I did not like my T2. The shadow out hunted at a relic site I hunt. You have no Idea as to when I got and sold my T2 as you have no Idea as to when it sold on Ebay so you are speaking of something that you can not confirm. I also do not remember you being here when I drove over to my dealer and picked it up. He had also warned me not to get one. My mistake to have given one a try I guess. Repeat after me. The T2 is not the only detector out If some one else does not like it and thinks it a piece of crap and waste of batteries it is OK. I can still use mine and enjoy it if I like it with out bit@h!ng about some one else trying to help some one out and saying try it before you buy it. I think I will go dig a few Relics now it is 60deg here and This is a wast of time. I also never claimed to be a expert on the T2 far from it. It is a simple detector to run but it would not do what I needed it to do find some relics in the same spot I could find them with the other detectors I have. Peace

 

[Rick in J-ville]

It didn't find relics like your shadow becuase you didnt have a clue what settings to use. Just switch it on & expect miracles right? If I was given a Shadow and turned it on and compared it with the detector i know already the shadow would lose everytime. Think about that for a second. Your mind is made up that the shadow and DFX are the best, so why even buy a new machine if you have no desire to re-learn? Ground blancing and such is different on each machine. To top it off, why ever buy from a dealer who you now claim told you not to in the first place? Now that's a real confidence booster right out the box! You didn't begin with a clean slate you began with a bias and an uphill climb against the T-2. All due to your closed mind and a weak freakin dealer. I would never buy from a so called *dealer* who does not believe in what they are selling. But he had no problem taking your money!
So, like you were told once already, go swing your DFX elsewhere.
Liam P.

 

[Rick in J-ville]

now and everyone wants to do Gay-Pal thinking its some great *instant* payment method, but it's really just a big scam as E-Gay owns it and its a way they control + collect even more fee's from you. Then with all the Gay Pal account *freezes*, scams, etc. the over all E-gay experience is not worth it. The fees rise every year. I sell detectors only on Classified's here now or do Amazon for books/CD's as they have no listing fee's. You need to sell a detector for like $50 more than you wanted on E-gay just to cover all the dang fee's! It seems obvious much of this dude's problem centers around losing so much cash sellin the T-2 on E-gay rather than the T-2 being such a poor detector. But E-Gay was his choice. There are no big fee's on findmall classifieds. Sadly he talked it up and pawned it off on some poor sap on E-gay even though it sounds like a bad machine.