Should I buy GTI 2500?

[dcbaros]

Is a GTI 2500 worth it? Or should I go with a whites for a similar price?

 

[DAVID@RT6DETECTORS]

I HAD A GTI 2500 (WAY HEAVY) AND TRADED IT FOR A DFX. DFX WAS BETTER, BUT I USED IT AS MY SECOND MACHINE. I HAVE A MINELAB EXPLORER SE PRO THAT I USE AND LOVE IT. U MUST GET USED TO THE SOUNDS IT MAKES OR IT WILL DRIVE U NUTS. AFTER THAT AWESOME. I SOLD THE DFX AND BOUGHT A GARRETT SEA HUNTER MARK II AND AN EXPLORER II. MINELAB (IN MY OPINION) IS WHERE IT IS AT.

 

[lonelyduckhunter]

I recently upgraded form a Ace 250 to the GTI 2500. The weight of it takes some getting used to but it does the job. Can't really comment on the imaging feature I dig whatever image shows up regardless you never know what you might dig so I dig it all. The imaging is almost always correct size wise thu.

 

[nfunk]

I upgraded from an ACE 250 to the GTI 2500, and I can tell you I dig a lot less junk! The unit is heavier, but I am 57 with some arthritis in my shoulder and I don't have any problem swinging it.
I get excellent depth, found a led .177 cal pellet at 6" and a very small diamond earring (size of a BB), at 5", both in discrimination mode. Of course there is no mineralized soil here in the New Orleans area which probably helps.

 

[Hosensack]

Now, I am a carpenter by trade, and swing the detector with my hammer hand, so my opinion may not count. However my site is an old homestead in the middle of the woods, creek walk and thorn traversing included. Which is a bit tiresome to begin with. With all that, I have not once had a "dear lord this thing is heavy" moment.

The GTI 2500 features are there to do what they say and with a bit of practice(comes rather easily) you will find they do just that. There are no extras that you don't need(I-phone on a stick) but everything you do. Keeping up with the I phone comparison, if you are having trouble in a certain terrain/environment, "there is a coil or mode for that". It is truly a do all anywhere detector.

Downside: My current site(mentioned above) is full of iron nails when using the no motion pinpoint mode to pinpoint, it puts the detector in a all metal mode and the nails will then be detected.

Upside to the Downside:It takes about (2) nails, and paying attention to figure out when it is a nail you are detecting, and what the detector is telling you.

I personally spent about half a year salivating over the V-3 with every intention of going that route once I was ready. Luckily it took me a little longer to put together my investment than first expected, and after research on my own and through the knowledge here I changed my focus from the V-3 to a Sovereign GT, but being used to visual target ID features and not wanting to make a purchase I would regret I needed the best of both worlds, for me that decision ended up being the GTI 2500. If you visit the posts dedictated to the 2500 on here Sandman had some very helpful things to say.

In short(cough cough) if you have the investment and will not be satisfied with a more mid range detector, you will not be dissappointed with a GTI 2500 in my opinion, and many others as well. However as always the right detector is the one that you decide on and feel comfortable with in your personal style and search areas.

 

[Monty]

I loved my GTi 2500 but having some disabilities it was just too heavy for me and I wound up getting tennis elbow from swinging it. Of the top end detectors it is probably the easiest to learn. And it is probably the last of the "old school" detectors, not having many upgrades over the years. If they would lighten the thing up a tad with new metalerology and electronics and insert a multifreq discrimonator they would sell them by the boat load. And it is my understanding they did away with "Treasure talk" where that nice young lady explains what 's going on as you hunt. I always felt like I had a hunting partner with "Treasure Talk". I admit I did tell her to shut up a few times but you could turn her off if you wanted to! Monty