Two months now with the GS5,

[Anonymous]

I've been using the GS5 for about two months now, Still learning more about the unit each trip out. Search both inland and beach for relics and gold jewelry, Use the smaller DD coil for inland relic hunting and the larger 11" mono coil for beach use.

Here's a picture of several square nails, The GS5 read each square nail as a non-ferrous target in both directions. Truly amazing for a pi, totally different than any regular Pi out there.

After learning the audio sounds, I tend to forget it's a pi and feel it's more like a VLF..........On one particular day while hunting the wet sand, I was finishing up and heading back to my pickup to call it a day. I normally turn off my other Pi's as I'm leaving the wet sand area because who wants to hunt with all metal in the dry sand, I left the GS5 on and detected the dry sand while heading back to the truck.....Not one piece of iron was detected with only lower conductive signals responding. Sure, Bottle caps came in by the dozen but who doesn't dig bottle caps.

Another time, Was hunting an old 1850 site laced with pieces of iron and square nails. The GS5 was fooled by some iron but so do my VLF detectors time and time again, No machine is perfect but the GS5 does hold it's own.

Below are several square nails, both directions the GS5 read them as non-ferrous with a slower decay.

Paul (Ca)

 

[Eric Foster]

Hi Paul,

I'm not quite clear from your post what these square nails are. From the picture, they look ferrous, but you say they read as non-ferrous. Did they give a high tone, a low tone, or both? How was the response different from a straight PI, which would love an iron target like this?

Eric.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Eric,

Some of the square nails give the low-high-low in one direction but the high between the two lows is a weak high signal, Then coming from the other direction they give a low WOO sound.

If I place a nickel or a low conductor underneath one of these square nails the GS5 can still detect the nickel washing out the low woo sound only hearing the nickel, Coming from another direction then it sees both.

My GoldQuest and HH Pi react to these same square nails as they would a gold ring, So the GS5 gives me more information to avoid these targets. I do allot of relic hunting here in California, My first time out two months ago at an old 1850 settlement "now a walnut orchard" with the GS5, I was so impressed with the GS5 avoiding most of the iron and getting pistol and musket balls with ease.

For Relic hunting, I prefer to search with the GB/DISK control at the 3 o'clock position which "for me" allows me to hear and avoid the WOO sounds better. Plus, the added on probe is a must have tool for relic hunting, helps make detecting so much more enjoyable.

Thanks Eric for a fine machine, It's strength is more for inland hunting such as "gold nugget or relic hunting" or dry beach area. Wet sand is ok but I prefer to use my GQ for wet sand hunting which is were the GQ really shines.

HH, Paul (Ca)