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I got my CoinGT today. After installing the 8 batteries, I took it out in the yard for a test.

First, after 15 minutes, my arm began to tire from the extra pound of weight over my F5.

Second, the multitone feature started to go nuts over most that was in the ground. I'm sure it's junk, as I have dug most good signals.

Thirdly, It appears deeper than my F5 and F2. I didn't dig any signals, but some in all metal mode seemed to disappear when I turned disc back on. In disc some targets were PP at 6-7" depth on screen. If disc does pick them up and AM does, I am assuming they are deeper that 7".

I don't know why it takes 8 AA (12v) to run this detector. My experience tells me that the board must have some resistors, caps, and the like over IC microvoltage processing. Or maybe just that it has a backlight.

I can tell it's going to take some time and patience to understand this unit. But hey, at 65, what else do I have to do.:lmfao:
 
Congrats on the new detector. These are nice machines, had a Prizm II with a 950 ish coil wich did some nice finds.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting
 
Should only take you about 30 or so hours to learn it.... remove the all discrimination and listen to all the iron.. after you get a handle on it then turn off what you don't want to hear but I think you will still want to listen to everything.. At least I do.. Well unless I am at the high school just cherry picking quarters..
 
Having experience with both the F5 and the CMGT, I agree with your assessment. The CMGT is heavier, a bit coil heavy with the stock 9"; I think it would be well balanced with a smaller coil. With the stock 9" coil, the CMGT did seem to be plenty deep, but I did not get comfortable with the CMGT's multi-tone feature or it's target ID system, which seemed a bit 'nervous'. I suspect I may have been more pleased with it if I had used a smaller coil or if I used it exclusively for a longer time. The CMGT does have an impressive feature set and I did well with it. I ended up selling the CMGT and keeping the F5, largely based upon my comfort level with the F5.
 
I took the F2 and the CoinGT out together in my yard just to see how each responded to targets. At one point, the F2 found a target going back and forth between 83 (silver) and 35 (tab). Back and forth constantly. This is an iffy signal, but still digable and not a normal tab signal. I then ran the CoinGT over it. It could barely get a signal and whatever it did get was "extremely" choppy and low in volume. The PP said F2=2" down, CoinGT=VCO picked up 8" down. What a difference.

I dug the signal just to see what it was. It was a metal piece of wire 3 inches long, coat hanger size, bent in a few different configurations. Junk.

The CoinGT definetly classified it junk. Yet since it wasn't coin sized, couldn't give an accurate depth reading. This is expected, as a flat beer can can appear 3" down at a foot, so why couldn't a "bit" of metal appear futher away.

But the F2 somehow didn't see the same thing as deep. But attempted to give a "no confidence" on the segments. Since the CoinGT is a deeper machine, it appears not to be as sensitive to more shallow signals as the F2 which is not a super deep machine. As the GT has a 9" coil over the F2 8" coil, I'm sure the bigger coil added to the lack of ID over the F2 on a more shallow, smaller target.

If I wind up understanding the GT and continue to use it, I believe I will use it with the stock 9" concentric for most hunting, open and deep. Then use the F2 with the NEL sharpshooter as my "trashy" area detector, since accuracy to 7" on a DD seems fine for me.
 
I have had my GT for about a year or so. Right away. Super light and sensitive. Depth is only about 5 or 6 inches.Most targets are in that range. Been detecting 38 years. Had about 50 detectors. Have seven now. Most top of the line. But my go to detector is the GT. Thinking about getting an MX 5. The first thing I will do is put the shooter coil on it.Should be close to the same weight and balance. Try a 4X6 shooter coil on your GT. I think you will be surprised at the weight and performance of the GT.....Jack
 
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