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Ahhhh really I've had my fortey of beach hunting and it doesn't do much for me I usually find enough aluminum to start my own recyclry shop I've found more rings on fresh water beaches and farm fields than I do the ocean so I think i'm going to try a gold just as soon as I sell the gti 2500 garrett
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
well I 'll be honest with you I've never been really a garrett fan but I know the at line up is different from the green machines so who knows I just wish it would handle the salt water better
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have a really nice Garrett gti 2500 comes with head phones and dig tools just no manual, can be down loaded i'm sure wish I could post pics here but don't have the capabilities but is on other forums can send pics through email if interested $680.00 shipped
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I have a friend that just bought a 2500 gti today and were thinking maybe about a treasure hound to go with it was wondering if anyone has tried one and whats there take on it?
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Hey there MRH i 'm glad you can dig your ground in maine another week or 2 went and tried out my smart got a nice signal but the dirt was hard as a rock even as much as i weigh at 390 i could only get 2" out of my foot digger
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when i used the vista gold up here in Maine it loved brass and deep musket balls easy 6 to 8" and old buttons coins not so much have scored more coins using the vista relic than the gold, the RG 1000 wa awesome on coins also just waiting for the dam ground to thaw to really try my smart
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no i'm really very happy about it i was going to buy my friends chev tahoe and got thinking really for off road and lift kits way too much money and found a cheap jeep cherokee lifting it will be alot more affordable too perfect for what i need and now can take the mrs on some of my excursions LOL!
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All right is the deal of the night own a deep seeking machine and comes with 3 coils the 5" round DD has the updated coil cable and works great i really don't want to let it go for this much but in mid stream of another deal paypal only the machine works awesome recovery speed is not as fast as the vista gold or smart anddoes have boost mode also runs at 8khz great freq if your looking
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there is no PROBLEM i'm replacing them next month and since i live in the frozen tundra hole can't hunt anyways, but i need cash to buy 4 wheel drive rig, believe me i do not really want to sell them so please don't insinuate that is a problem when ther isn't JUST TO CLEARIFY! now if you read the first sentence and why that should have been the first clue.
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As much as i hate to do this but i have a chance to buy a nice 4 wheelin rig from a friend of mine, so i'm seeling my vista RELIC runs at 8khz and comes with the 11" round coil the eliptical and a 5" round with the updated coil cord has boost and single toned $700.00 shipped, also the vista smart runs at 15.5 comes with the 11" round coil and eliptical coil and the only use th
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I personally would like to see a comparison with the deep tech RELIC and F-75 in a deep silver comparison 8khz vs 13khz in all types of soil now grant you the relic is probably not going to have the recovery speed of the f-75, but on a dime all out depth i think it will match it in mild soil conditions to little a hot just my thought
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
yeah you got to have the right tool also and well the g-2 doesn't have the greatest depth at times plus i using a the eliptical coil too which i'm not sure if i'm going to like but we'll see later with more experience
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the only thing i ran over that was electronic once my pager underneath a 3000 gal oil truck and i couldn't believe it took it and still worked other than the light inside it
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between the 2 of the vista relic and smart, the smart will 2 adavantages over the relic, 1 two tone id, 2 faster recovery speed, the relic in my opinion is at its best on a fairly clean pasture land or or if there is iron about it will null it out but will null out dime sized stuff also if right next to iron nails the 5" round coil i have for it does a great job for cellar holes but iron inf
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well i guess i missed that part my apologies, but who would really run over there $1800.00 detctor? must be nice to have money to throw away.
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I ended up going to salisbury beach wern't there long then again wife and son were like having a couple of handicaps there wanted to get there earlier but no such luck the whole family thing for me detecting is a pain its one of those loner hobbies for me unless with skilled others
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