Well folks, I told you about John's jam pies. Here they are being devoured by Stu and Co.
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It was the start of another days hunting with the T2s.
If anyone out there has not realised how this detector stands above others, then you are yet to see the light.
In the company of another top range unit, the T2 sang whilst the other only stuttered. I don't bull#t....
In all my years of studying detectors and their performance, non have fulfilled their potential like the T2.
If it isn't working for you....then you are not learning.
I went out with Stu's T2 during the week, and hunted a woodland dale, during a gale. The tree's branches were snapping, the wind noise was near frightening, but I had to make best use of the time.
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Mangled undergrowth, deep leaf litter, rain squalls, tin can overload signals, ring pulls and foil, all made for a potentially wasted hunt. But on the final leg back through the dale, I hit a spot that saved the day. First, a copper half-penny from 6 inches. The ground phase read 84. The soil was very damp,and I suspect very acidic.
Just one Fe bar. I was using audio 3. Motion Sens. 70. Disc 30.
All other setting were at default'
It was the next signal that taught me just how good the T2 is.
A weak but persistent, repeatable, high tone.
I hit the spot from all 4 quadrants. Repeatable from all angles.
Depth showed 8 inches. VDI in the 80's. So I took out an appropriately square plug.
Nothing in that. Back over the hole and it was still there.
So in the next spade-full the target was recovered.
In the spoil was a large copper coin.(3 cms diam hence shallower reading than actual depth. 10")
Although virtually a blank disc I could just discern Queen Victoria's profile.
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The date proved to be 1868. Such wear suggested a loss time of around early 1900's. That was a superb find at ten inches.
So I back-filled the hole and re-scanned. Another even weaker high note was there about 6 inches away in the sweep.
This one was harder to confirm. Patchy but insistent.
Back in I drove the spade...I recovered another penny at 12 inches.
Fantastic. I only wished that Stu or John could have been there to witness the outstanding depth of recovery.
So a tough outing was rewarded not so much by the value of the items found, but by the revelation of just what the T2 is capable of.
So the lesson learned once more was, that you must be prepared to maintain your concentration and investigate even transient signals. Especially when things are not going well in your searching.
Trash noise can mesmerise your brain into a state of apathy. Lack of finds can lure you into despondency. They are the drug of disappointment.
The T2 is an exceptional detector. It is a thoroughbred unit.
Learn its strengths and where best to exploit them.
Use it sensibly and don't push it's sensitivity beyond what's needed for the conditions. Sweep low but not too slowly. Let the audio command your actions, and the VDI only assist.....But most of all dig it out if the T2 sounds neat and repeatable......MattR.UK
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It was the start of another days hunting with the T2s.
If anyone out there has not realised how this detector stands above others, then you are yet to see the light.
In the company of another top range unit, the T2 sang whilst the other only stuttered. I don't bull#t....
In all my years of studying detectors and their performance, non have fulfilled their potential like the T2.
If it isn't working for you....then you are not learning.
I went out with Stu's T2 during the week, and hunted a woodland dale, during a gale. The tree's branches were snapping, the wind noise was near frightening, but I had to make best use of the time.
[attachment 45775 ResizeofP1120057.JPG]
Mangled undergrowth, deep leaf litter, rain squalls, tin can overload signals, ring pulls and foil, all made for a potentially wasted hunt. But on the final leg back through the dale, I hit a spot that saved the day. First, a copper half-penny from 6 inches. The ground phase read 84. The soil was very damp,and I suspect very acidic.
Just one Fe bar. I was using audio 3. Motion Sens. 70. Disc 30.
All other setting were at default'
It was the next signal that taught me just how good the T2 is.
A weak but persistent, repeatable, high tone.
I hit the spot from all 4 quadrants. Repeatable from all angles.
Depth showed 8 inches. VDI in the 80's. So I took out an appropriately square plug.
Nothing in that. Back over the hole and it was still there.
So in the next spade-full the target was recovered.
In the spoil was a large copper coin.(3 cms diam hence shallower reading than actual depth. 10")
Although virtually a blank disc I could just discern Queen Victoria's profile.
[attachment 45776 ResizeofP1120059.JPG]
The date proved to be 1868. Such wear suggested a loss time of around early 1900's. That was a superb find at ten inches.
So I back-filled the hole and re-scanned. Another even weaker high note was there about 6 inches away in the sweep.
This one was harder to confirm. Patchy but insistent.
Back in I drove the spade...I recovered another penny at 12 inches.
Fantastic. I only wished that Stu or John could have been there to witness the outstanding depth of recovery.
So a tough outing was rewarded not so much by the value of the items found, but by the revelation of just what the T2 is capable of.
So the lesson learned once more was, that you must be prepared to maintain your concentration and investigate even transient signals. Especially when things are not going well in your searching.
Trash noise can mesmerise your brain into a state of apathy. Lack of finds can lure you into despondency. They are the drug of disappointment.
The T2 is an exceptional detector. It is a thoroughbred unit.
Learn its strengths and where best to exploit them.
Use it sensibly and don't push it's sensitivity beyond what's needed for the conditions. Sweep low but not too slowly. Let the audio command your actions, and the VDI only assist.....But most of all dig it out if the T2 sounds neat and repeatable......MattR.UK