GTI 2500 Depth

[freightdawg747]

Been reading a few forums on the 2500 just wanted to get some of your input on it's depth using discrimination vs other detectors out there. I have heard good and bad when the 2500 is matched up against other machines.

 

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[JP]

I have used a few other brands of detectors and came back to the GTI.  My friend and I hit a park last month, he was using a Minelab Sovereign GT and myself the GTI.  After 1 1/2 hours of hunting I had a pocket of coins, he had a bag of garbage.  He would get a signal and have me go over it.  I would tell him I believe it is junk at around 6 inches.  He would dig it and recover a pull tab.  He was getting very deep targets that when I ran over them with GTI I couldn't get them to show well on the size meter.  They were just too deep.  When I would run over the object in all metal and let it register I could see on the meter that it was junk.  He is old school (which I believe is the best) and dig the object.  With a deep hole at close to 12 inches out popped an old beaver tail tab.  At the end of the hunt I had almost $7 in change, he had recovered 13 cents.  I was just digging objects that were coin size and had notched out nickels because I didn't want to dig pull tabs.  This park has lots of can slaw and other junk. 

I wish someone would tell us why the size option seems to only work well to 6 inches for coin size objects.

Yes I know that it is just a visual aid, that it is not perfect, and that one can miss good objects.  But between two equally good machines I spent a lot less time digging garbage.  The only junk I dug was 3 pull tabs and 2 copper fittings.  In my opinion that wasn't too bad.

One last thing to add. Remember a machine is only as good as the person that knows what they are doing with it. Without experience and time with it, one won't find much. My friend, just like myself, knows his machine well.

 

[hollowpointred]

i would say in discrim mode the GTI is average in depth for mid to upper level machines. not bad and not great. for true depth on the GTI you have to use the true all metal mode.that will get you down there but it takes practice to tell the difference between trash and good stuff since the tones are all the same in true all metal. supposedly the visual target id works in true all metal but i have learned that its inaccurate for the real deep stuff. its better to learn the sound of something good.

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

I've always wanted to try a 2500. Garrett makes a killer machine.

 

[Sandman]

I don't have the 2500, only the GTI 1500. I too wondered which one of my detectors was deeper and a lot depends on the area and other variables. In a lot of places coins aren't all that deep and target separation is more important.

I had one target in an old park that I just couldn't dig down to because of frozen ground, but the signal was loud and clear on a Tejon. In the spring I came back with my 1500 and the size was to large on the imagining screen. I dug anyway and found a alum can down a foot buired straight up. That was strange I thought.

 

[ilyes1113]

i confirm that 15 coil detect large object 10 feet-3m deep.in all metal mode( a metalic box 75x10x15 size)

 

[Eu_citzen]

I had a GTI 2500 and have stacked it up towards a DFX and a Explorer II.
My comparison was in disc, not true all metal just to be fair, all with a 9.5-10" coil.

While the GTI was deeper then the DFX it isn't even close to the Explorer. Sens was as high as possible while stable.
Both the DFX and Explorer where more sensitive to small targets then the GTI though.

I came to that conclusion after using them side by side in multiple places. Comparing stuff before digging.

The GTI is good because of the Imaging/Sizing and easy to get depth
The DFX is good for covering much ground quickly and flexible.
The Explorer is good for going deep, and looking for silver.

I think that is a short summary.

Hope it helps,
Eu

 

[An Ri Rua]

i confirm that 15 coil detect large object 10 feet-3m deep.in all metal mode( a metalic box 75x10x15 size)

WoW! THis may have persuaded me to buy the one I'm looking at. A 1500. In very clean ground, that sounds exactly what I want the GTI to do.Thanks for posting