First Texas metal detectors:

[LuckyLarry]

Does anybody know which FT (non-PI) detectors go deepest in high iron or salt soils? Only FT please, I don't need info on others. Thanks.

 

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[woof!]

In the medium to high performance bracket, the Fisher CZ's and the Fisher & Teknetics GB/G2 machines. On the low end, the lowly BH TK4 does pretty well under tough conditions.

Your question was pretty general. What specifically did you want to know?

--Dave J.

 

[LuckyLarry]

Thanks for the quick response Dave.

Mostly I hunt Oregon beaches and old ball fields, and the soil here is mostly on the high magnetite side, including when I hunt on Oregon beaches with it's prevalence of black sand. I'm usually interested in smaller deeper gold and silver jewelry. I don't care for the ML sounds, and the Whites don't interest me either.

Larry

 

[woof!]

In the really heavy black sand, no VLF is gonna do a very good job. Also, in the wet salt, a single-frequency machine isn't going to work nearly as well as in the dry stuff. But you've been at this a long time, I suppose there's more you could tell me about that, than I could tell you.

Of the models we make, the ones I've heard the best reports on for Oregon beaches are the CZ's and the new GB/G2 machines. On clean interior sites the CZ's will usually beat the GB/G2's, but trashy sites will tend to favor the GB/G2's especially if it's jewelry you're looking for. These reports are consistent with what I know about the actual design of the machines.

In heavy iron mineralization, a small searchcoil will generally deliver better results than a large one.

--Dave J.

 

[LuckyLarry]

Thanks Dave. I think I'm ready for a G2/GB Pro, I already have a cz70.

Larry

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Thanks Dave. I think I'm ready for a G2/GB Pro, I already have a cz70.

Larry

Are you gold hunting or coin hunting? The Gold Bug 2 doesn't make a very good coin hunter due to very high 71 khz freq. EXTREMELY sensitive on gold though. Gold bug Pro is a AWESOME trash hunter on coins in trash and iron as Dave said.

Holler if you have questions! Bart

 

[TNGUNS]

Got a real steal on a G2 that a gentleman had bought in Jan of 2012. Has never hunted and only tried it one day. I mean it appears to have just come out of the box. Wanting an f75 but could not pass up the deal on the G2. I figured good back-up.....Yeah right. This little dude is awesome. Great in the iron trash and I dug some Merrill Carbine bullets with it yesterday that I am not even gonna list the depth. Nothing stupid but just don't want to hear the I doubt it's. If the F75 is as supperior in depth as they say I am gonna need some help digging. Man this thing is light and fast as lightning on the return. You will dig lots of small led and brass. I mean SMALL. Hey.....it's a gold machine.