TNGUNS
Bronze Member
- Jun 23, 2012
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites 5900, Fisher 1266x, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Silver Sabre, Whites Eagle Spectrum, Teknetics G2, Teknetics T2, Vibra-Probe 580
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Have been hunting an area lately with my G2 that I feel has a lot more to offer than I am able to reach. In most cases I believe the average modern metal detector is capable of reaching 90% or more of the relics and coins we hunt. I made a point of digging some really iffy targets today and realized this area has some really deep stuff and the ground in South East TN has fairly heavy mineralization. Lots of clay around here. While digging some targets I knew were probably iron it became clear that if I am finding iron in excess of 12 inches I am sure there is other stuff at that depth. Dug a large piece of rolled up copper at 12+ inches as well. I would take the great discrimination and recovery speed of the G2 over a deeper machine in most cases but it certainly got me thinking. I have been planning on getting a F75 or T2 from Edd at Treasure Mountain and keeping the G2 for heavy trash and as a back-up but have read so many articles that contradict each other on performance of metal detectors that I just wanted some member input. I hear the Tesoro Tejon is pretty awesome on depth. The F75 and T2 seem to be the Boy-Dogs of the First Texas lineup and then there is the Minelab machines. The Blisstool claims incredible depth but seems to have its problems with discrimination. Whites has its name in the pot as well. How about a little input from you guys and gals that hunt side by side with with some of the depth demons or own one yourself.