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garrett deepseeker

razor		Posted : Friday, 26 October 2012 6:08:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: chch Thanks: 3 times		ive inherited one of these and would be appeciative of any advise or operating tips on one of these think they may have been a good detector in its day

garrymac		Posted : Friday, 26 October 2012 7:27:25 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 3/03/2011(UTC) Posts: 84 Location: dunedin Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 26 time(s) in 19 post(s)		They are a good detector when you get used to them as long as all is in good order. Go online and get a operating manual and spend plenty of time reading it, it can take some time learning to understan the machine. They are an old detector and can be a bit frustateing. I had one in the eighties and found a bit gold, not enough to retire but enough to pay its way. Now the machine gathers dust in the wardrobe, its a lot easier with the minelab.. Cheers, goodluck

NUGGY		Posted : Monday, 29 October 2012 8:55:42 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Hey - I have a couple of the box coils to turn one of these old Garrets into a 2 box machine if anyone interested, no frame though. :-) NUGGY Edited by user Monday, 29 October 2012 9:01:36 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

razor		Posted : Monday, 29 October 2012 10:09:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: chch Thanks: 3 times		what advantage are the coils and what do they do extra

NUGGY		Posted : Monday, 29 October 2012 10:23:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Well - to save me a long winded and wordy description,,, google - "two box detector" there are you tube videos, pictures explanations etc :-) NUGGY

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 29 October 2012 11:02:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		A grand detector - Only yesterday I loaned one to a farmer in South Canterbury so he could locate a well head with it - I found a great many coins with mine in the 1980s and 1990s as well as others things, rings, jewelery and so on. To a large degree they were 'The' detector alongside the Whites 6000 and the smaller original Goldbug. The Garrett Deepseeker and the Whites were extremely popular in Australia and were forever getting mentioned in the Pix magazine. I found my Garrett Deepseeker a lot easier to use than the Minelab but that is largely due to the sound it makes. The discrimination I found to be simplicity itself and it took me a very short time to master it. Edited by user Monday, 29 October 2012 11:06:27 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

razor		Posted : Tuesday, 30 October 2012 9:30:35 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: chch Thanks: 3 times		its the discrimination is the part im not understanding found a few old coins but dug alot of tabs and tops

razor		Posted : Tuesday, 30 October 2012 9:51:31 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: chch Thanks: 3 times		nuggy sounds just what i am looking for how much woud you want for them http://metaldetectingwor...box_metal_detector.shtml i have access to an old mining area where their are some old face buckets buried as the story goes and have been told if i can find them i can have them Edited by user Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:02:14 AM(UTC) \| Reason: spelling

Lammerlaw		Posted : Tuesday, 30 October 2012 9:53:01 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: razor its the discrimination is the part im not understanding found a few old coins but dug alot of tabs and tops I find the discrimination a thousand times easier to work than other detectors BUT unless you have sharp ears to detect subtle differences in tone you are going to dig heaps of tabs and tops. I also learnt to dig them anyway because you just dont know! A few pull tabs I dug turned out to be coins so I simply differentiate between ferrous and non ferrous and dig all non ferrous and in that way there is no doubt.

razor		Posted : Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:26:18 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Flake Groups: Registered Joined: 4/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 12 Location: chch Thanks: 3 times		i guess it doesn't help being industrially deaf :) :) Edited by user Tuesday, 30 October 2012 10:28:49 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

Lammerlaw		Posted : Wednesday, 31 October 2012 4:26:22 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: razor i guess it doesn't help being industrially deaf :) :) On the contrary I think that if you are somewhat deaf then the Garrett Deepseeker is a better machine to use than a Minelab - I know as I blew myself up once and shattered my eardrums or whatever happens to them and am as deaf as a post. It also didnt help when I spent three days non stop on a rifle range with .303 rifles and Bren guns hammering in my ears either and for weeks after all i could hear was a ringing sound...back in those days only sissies used earmuffs - if they were even invented!

NUGGY		Posted : Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:00:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 20/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 267 Location: greymouth Thanks: 85 times Was thanked: 76 time(s) in 58 post(s)		Originally Posted by: razor nuggy sounds just what i am looking for how much woud you want for them http://metaldetectingwor...box_metal_detector.shtml i have access to an old mining area where their are some old face buckets buried as the story goes and have been told if i can find them i can have them As per pm, let me know, I will possibly be heading to CH-CH in a couple of weeks. NUGGY