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Garrett Metal Detectors GTA

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My Garret GTA has given me awesome results for coins in the field.

For any other GTA owners out there, let me give you a tactic.  If your units have the notch discrimination, where you can set up what you want to find by notching in an item or if you want to pass it up you notch it out, try this:

On the GTA 1000 Ultra, gold rings fall in the area between Nickel (3 to 3.5) and Pulltabs (4.5 to 5.5). I learned that by adding 4 and 4.5 notched in I might pick up some pulltabs but I don’t miss those gold rings. Your settings may be a bit different than the 1000 but look between Nickel and Pulltab to lock in the gold rings.

Now, is this tactic worth the extra hassle of digging up pull tabs? You decide.  Just for your consideration, do you know how much a gold & diamond ring is worth?  I’ve found more than one using this trick.

The Garrett detectors are truly deadly on coins.  It is really easy to use and picks up when others don’t.

What are your thoughts?

Scored some nice pennies from an old farm.

Finds and Stories,

Well the day came when I could get onto a new farm I have. My partner and I set off, into a real hard going field, Full of hoof holes and hard to walk. My first signal was a georgian halfpenny, then a victoria penny. Also got an old victorian candle holder.

After having a break I decided to do an easy feild with no cow holes. Again my first signal was a georgian penny – no dates too worn. I had to go back to the car to renew my batteries then decided to start detecting in some dips in the land, I got another Georgian the a real nice 1914 florin which came out shining, and how nice to be able to read the date.

I met back up with my buddy who was doing some detecting around an old crashed aircraft site, he got a shell of some sort. but not much else.

This land has potential. Cant wait to get back on there.