which has been your favorite garrett?

[u2robert]

The Garrett Master Hunter ADS 7

 

[HanoverDigger]

List your favorite detector that you ever had

Only had one Garrett...At Max. A good detector!

 

[TC-NM]

I'm going to have to say my old GTI2500; Dead on pinpointing and the voice! I've also had (owned) the ADS, 7X, 10X, CXII and the ACE 250. I really liked my son's ACE 400... very easy to use... turn on and go machine. TC-NM

 

[Tahts-a-dats-ago]

I've only owned 2 - the GTI 2500 and the Apex.

I'd go with the Apex, although there was a lot that I liked about the 2500.

 

[WaterWalker]

For salt water the Garrett Infinium when hip mounted, Function wise the ATX would have taken first place, but its physical size and weight make the beast a chore to use.

 

[Odanscoils]

I'm interested in the Axiom.

 

[Smigo]

Mine was a Garrett Groundhog Money Hunter. Was my late fathers and I found my first nugget with it, 4 1/2 grams.

 

[oldkoot]

The AT Pro was the first Garrett I purchased back in 2009, I never did take to the ATP, purchased the Garrett Gold Master 24K a while back and a Garrett Axiom just recently I like the Axiom but it is so new to me and a learning process with the FC DD coils, that I end up using my 24K more, so the 24K is my favorite Garret out of the three I own rite now, I am sure I will get there with the Axiom but again is so new to me that I am still learning it and also its a PI which is also very new to me and a learning process, just like any detector

 

[DIG5050]

Started with a Freedom II+ back in the 1980s, then moved on to a GTA-1000, GTI-2500, and now an Apex. The ‘2500 was pretty neat with the imaging, but at my age was like swinging a brick on a stick. I like the Apex b/c of its light weight, rechargeable LiPo battery and wireless headphones.

 

[FL2KY1986]

Mine was a Garrett Groundhog Money Hunter. Was my late fathers and I found my first nugget with it, 4 1/2 grams.

Smigo, sorry man I'm new to all of this, but I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the Garrett/groundhog detector you had or you may still have? I just came across one for cheap and I'm trying to learn how to use it properly. Thanks for any help you can send my way. I'm a single father and I'm trying to take my daughter out searching and hunting but I need to figure this detector out first.

 

[north1]

Freedom III CDC with bell tone audio and dual discrimination. Light weight. Compact. Was a big improvement over my sears branded Whites coin master. Cemented my love for detecting.

 

[HanoverDigger]

Well, to be honest, I've only owned one Garrett detector. So it would have to be the AT Max.

 

[Smigo]

Smigo, sorry man I'm new to all of this, but I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the Garrett/groundhog detector you had or you may still have? I just came across one for cheap and I'm trying to learn how to use it properly. Thanks for any help you can send my way. I'm a single father and I'm trying to take my daughter out searching and hunting but I need to figure this detector out first.

Hi, sorry for the late reply, im typically on and off the net for weeks.
It was a long time ago I had it, pre Pulse induction and around the time the first auto trackers from minelab came out the GTs. Getting it to run stable is the main thing to aim for. Like all machines start low or high in gain. Say you start high and its noisy lower it until it can be swung without false signals. You want that no rise or fall in the threshold sound as you raise and lower the coil for ground balance. Some ground if you can't get it fully quiet doing the ground balance you have to choose wether or not you settle for a raise in threshold as you lower it or a drop in threshold. Go for the slight raise in threshold rather than the drop. The drop side of things can null out faint targets. Go slow too. Thats the best I can remember after all that time sorry.
Good luck though.

 

[BigTony]

Started with a Freedom II+ back in the 1980s, then moved on to a GTA-1000, GTI-2500, and now an Apex. The ‘2500 was pretty neat with the imaging, but at my age was like swinging a brick on a stick. I like the Apex b/c of its light weight, rechargeable LiPo battery and wireless headphones.

I had a Freedom three and it used 9 volt batteries. It went deep and Charles Garett said in the video that came with it…
You have to dig some junk to get the good stuff…….too funny.

 

[therover]

Infinium. Because it found me my best item ever.