Garrett 350 GTA

[Benbuck6]

Bought one off Ebay for $130.00, just wondering if that is a good deal or not.

Also, I read it's manual online and it said it is submersible (the coil not the housing)...does that mean i can search banks and small, shallow streams?

If so, worth it mayber considering I live on the banks of the MS.

 

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[txkickergirl]

I don't know anything about the 350 but I own the 250 and love it, and yes the coils are submersible so you can search in shallow water, becareful not to fall in. My ace does not like wet beach sand so that is something to remember if you go to the beach and have problems.

 

[ArmyOps]

I have a 350 along with an Ace 250 and a Garrett CXII. My 350 has a semi-bad coil and only penetrates into the ground about two inches. That makes it great for surface coins since it doesn't pickup the trash that is down in the ground a piece. If you have the 8 inch crossfire coil, you wont have much luck sniping for gold unless you run over a decent size nugget. You may have better luck using a sniper coil on it. (4.5" diameter) The 350 and the 400 are pretty much the same. Wal-mart sold the 350 from what I was told. Dealers sold the GTA 400. It you are searching large open fields with not much trash, you can turn up the power and swing away. When you get a hit, you will need to back off the power/depth to about 50% and swing over the target again to get a good reading as to what it is. The more you power down the depth and still get a good reading, the more likely it is a coin on top or very close to the surface or a large object like a soda can up to 8 inches down.
I took my time and made a course with known objects first on the ground, then buried to get the feel of the tones down and to see how the machine reacts to the item. The biggest problem I had was learning to turn down the depth/power. I always wanted to swing it on high power thinking I was going to go deep and find the "GOOD" stuff. When the depth setting is on high, the transmitter is shooting signals all over and the receiver is catching signals from different angles and your detector will jump all over the i.d. scale and make a bunch of tones that will more than likely drive you batty or disinterest you in the detector.
Take it slow, learn the tones, keep the power down to 50%, practice pin pointing the object. If you get a hit, change your position over the target by 90 degrees and see if you get the same tone and same i.d. from the object. If so, it is worth digging. Foil targets like Hershey Kiss wrappers will send you to your knees looking for the silver with the 350.

I moved on the the ACE 250, which has a pin-pointer built in. I bought the sniper coil and the oversized 9 or 10 inch coil too. Once again, I powered it up and drove myself batty for a while. Then I learned to power it down and take my time. It gets a little confused when the power is up too high.

My Ace 250 has some modifications. The four AA batteries don't last long, so I rigged a 4-D-cell box onto the bottom of the arm rest. I put an L.E.D. reading light on the side so I can read the screen in shade and dusk/dark. I bought the realistic 2.4GHz stereo wireless transmitter used on eBay and after a little mod to the stereo pin jack, it was Velcro-ed to the back of the unit. I mounted an L.E.D. ring of lights on the shaft at the midway connector pole for extra light at night. The D-Cells have lasted me for at least 40 hours now and have not shown any sign power loss. The pin pointer seems to really suck the power out of the AA batteries.

130.00 is not bad for the GTA 350. It is a good sturdy learning tool. I think I am going to sell my wife and buy a mine lab next........Just kidding about selling my wife. Although she would like to sell me if I bring a minelab home. I need to find that gold cache so I can justify my toys.

Good luck. Let me know how you make out.

Don

 

[redbronco]

I have had my GTA 350 for a few years now and had a lot of fun with it. It is easy to use and does a pretty good job. I have found a good bit of change and some jewelry. No, It is not the king of the hill but it is a nice machine. Good Hunting.

 

[John-Edmonton]

If it is in 100% working order, you got an above average deal on it.