Imaging, does it work?

[dwmedic]

Looking to get a coin shooting machine to hunt old parks etc. Was just wondering if the imaging on the 1350,1500,2500 works like its suppose to. Thanks Derek

 

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[stimeygraves]

yes for me it does. I have a git 1500 the size and depth is right on but the target ID is a little off. A dime will sometimes ID as a penny, a penny will ID a little below a penny but a quarter is right on. Maybe its me iam still new at this.

 

[stimeygraves]

sorry that is a gti 1500

 

[kwdstalker]

i have the gti 2500 and the zinc pennies show just below the Penney from 82 down its on the penny mark.
Kim

 

[dwmedic]

Thanks for the replies so far, I'm familiar with the target I.D's from my other detectors what I'm most interested in is the sizing feature. Do tabs fall into the B range along with coins? Just wondering if this feature works so well why is Garrett the only one who has it? I was thinking of getting a GTA 550x, but if the profiling works I might try a used 1350 or 1500. Thanks again Derek

 

[Mach1Pilot]

It works. I find with the 2500 that the sizing is on when the coil is centered right over the top of the item. If its off to the side, it will show up larger than actual size. That is one way to know that you have pinpointed the target - keep moving the coil until you get the smallest size indication at the shallowest depth, and you are centered on the target.

Hope that helps.

 

[kdismuke1]

like the 1500.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Yes, it does work. It works best in the top 5 inches, then it's accuracy drops off. You have to be dead center over the target for best results. You have to get used to it, and understand it's limitations, just like any other type of discrimination features available on the market. But once you learn it well, you end up leaving a lot of trash targets in the ground, concentrating on just the coin sized ones. And your decision can be made in an instant.

 

[U.K. Brian]

Whites QXT had a similar feature with the advantage that you could stick any coil on, it didn't a special imaging coil. Come to that any Whites with a "Signagraph" gives an indication of target width with coils/rings coming in one or two blocks wide.

 

[kenley]

I have had a 2500 for a year. The imaging works fine. I don't know how I managed without it for 20 years. It has never lied to me yet. Depth is usually right on. I.D. is within a few notches, but that has as much to do with the time buried and soil make up as much as anything.

 

[Eu_citzen]

It does work, with limitations by the user (pinpointing accuracy) and as John points out -depth.
The difference isn't huge from a machine without it, if you ask me, it helps at best on ID'ing crushed cans and similar.