Garrett GTP 1350?

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Has anyone owned or use the Garrett GTP 1350?

I am considering getting this detector because it looks amazing, and I think the small, medium, large object detect is insane. Can someone tell me about their experiences with it, anything good or bad with it?

 

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Has anyone owned or use the Garrett GTP 1350?

I am considering getting this detector because it looks amazing, and I think the small, medium, large object detect is insane. Can someone tell me about their experiences with it, anything good or bad with it?

I own one and have alot of experience with it.
It is very sensitive and has great depth. It has been compared with the Whites MXT on depth.
It is pretty lightweight and has a lot of useful features.
The sizing function works, but is best with shallower targets down to about 5". It is time based so you have to be careful to sweep correctly.
Overall, I think it is one of the best midrange detectors you can own. If you want more to chew on, well... here you go:

"Read the booklet that comes with the detector - A LOT. Ive read and re-read it. For instance, I never really caught on to the distinct sound that is heard when you engage the Profiling feature...that is until I found mention of it in the booklet.

To me, this is a problem that Garret could rectify - the information is sketchy, for a detector that really has so much going on. For a newbie, their direction is to guide you to learn through using. But there is much they could offer in the way of advance info that would help."

Here's a pile of "user tips", from yours truly:

Posted By: DaHut
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2005, at 9:29 a.m.
In Response To: Hoping to pickup my GTA 1350 tomorrow.

A great machine, one you can and should practice a lot with. The Garretts are overlooked as being toylike, goofy and ineffective - I know, I used to say those things myself. But, that was my undoing; the more I use mine (1350), the more capable I find it to be.

- NUMERO UNO. It's very sensitive and running your SENS too high will kill you...especially in trashy sites. Always start low (4-5) and work your way up till the falsing begins, then back down a notch or two.
As Bill Revis says, "The 1350 is sensitivity driven."
He also says, "...the SENS control is NOT a depth control." He's right...it is a gain control for the receive circuits. Cranking it up has a combined effect: increasing the gain AND sending the circuits into instability, especially in the presence of trash/minerlization/multiple targets.

- Employ the threshold feature. Set it to the point where you can barely hear it.

- Strap the cable to the lower rod so it doesn't flop around, as it'll pick up the wires in the cable if your SENS is set high. But don't tie it down rock solid - give it a little strain relief. I use Velcro straps.

- In clean sites, you can crank er 'up a bit. 8-10 isnt too high in low trash, mildly mineralized soils. The depth is there.

- Deep/small targets result in SHORT DURATION beeps. They're NOT "softer" sounding, or modulated... but shorter. The amplitude of the signal remains the same, but the duartion changes. This one fact gave me fits with my first Garrett, a 1250, the grandfather of GTP.

- Don't be afraid to swing it a little faster than recommended. It gets a bit deeper when you do and still picks up the good signals, especially where they are shallow.
But remember, and this is a point Bill Revis makes time and again, steady and thorough will always win over fast - slow down a bit once you've found a "hot spot" and then work to isolate the signals.

- Test the trash separation at home on the floor, in your yard etc, so you have an idea of how things work in the real world. This factor can make or break you. When I place a dime at 2-3" from a nail, I get a clean "dime" signal with the stock coil. That's good separation. You should learn what yours does, too.

- Is the GTP 1350 deep? It is as deep as every other top of the line detector out there. It's been compared to the Whites MXT and the concensus is that the Garrett hits better on silver and copper, but the MXT is a little hotter on nickels. The Garrett runs quieter.

- Run it in jewelry mode for max depth. In coin mode you loose some depth.

- If the ID jumps around, from iron to coin and so on... it's most likely junk.
If it jumps around in the coin range, it's a deep coin most of the time.

- The Garrett is well balanced and fun to use. You don't have to read the manual every time you use it, because it's that easy. There are no outside controls you could accidently bump or turn.

- Work to pinpoint without the button, what used to be called "X'ing," and what I like to call "MindsEye Pinpointing." The 1350 lends itself to this, as it has a fast response time. It's easy to learn and saves time. This leads us to profiling...

- Understand that the profiling feature comes on AFTER pinpointing for a reason... it's part of a planned sequence of operation.

{{ Some folks complain about the Profiling, but I LIKE it. To be fair, I didn't at first. But once I stopped fighting it, I got a new appreciation for it. Here's the sequence I follow -

A. After "X" pinpointing, press pinpoint once (or simply release the PP after you have manually pinpointed.)
B. The Profiling will auto-engage and then you allow it work, letting the data sink in...
C. Turn off Profiling by pressing the PP button once more .

Simple sequence, very logical - easy to get used to. }}

** This is really about being deliberate. You deliberately turn on the Profiling and then, just as deliberately, turn it back off as part of your hunt sequence... life gets less stressful when you accept these things.

- In trash you can't rely on Profiling alone, because the coil sees too many targets at once and the reading is off.

- The GTP 1350 can profile/size with ALL non-GTI Garrett coils. This is a bonus as you dont need special coils.

- Get the 4.5 inch coil for it. That coil gives good target separation and ID in trashy sites, like around old houses.
It will also allow you to run higher gain settings, which tends to offset the smaller coil (SENS). This way you dont lose too much depth.

- Use headphones - always. I like digiphones in the summer and full cuffs in the winter.

- Get both the dust and coil covers.

- Keep your batteries warm (good advice any time ).

- Make sure you always have a spare battery holder. That is the only physical weakness of the Garrett.
{{ When mine developed a crack I called Garrett. They sent two more, for free.}}

- Make the "Rubber Bumper PinPoint Mod".
Get a 3/8-1/2" stick on silicone rubber bumper at the hardware store and stick it on to the PP button. This really makes pinpointing easier and is a must do.

- Finally, go back and read NUMERO UNO again.

Welcome aboard,
David