Give Me Some Advice

[B_Geo]

In my case, the treasure is at a minimum depth of 1 meter. Will these detectors be able to find a small chest at that depth?

[Alexnov]

16 minutes ago, B_Geo said:

В моём случае сокровище находится на глубине не менее 1 метра. Смогут ли эти детекторы найти небольшой сундук на такой глубине?

Minelab gpx 4000-5000 , coil coiltek 22 mono.

[Greenhorn]

On 5/21/2025 at 6:13 AM, Jeff McClendon said:

I agree with F350Platinum. A simultaneous multi frequency VLF detector like the XP Deus 2 with 11” coil would be a great detector to start with in your described situation. If you eventually like detecting and make some discoveries you can buy XP’s XTreme hunter accessory and go much deeper. 
 

Very often new detector users are fixated on big and deep targets along with imaging and ground penetrating radar. This forum is not going to give you any advice on those detector types since we don’t use them. The same is true of machines like the Ajax Primero but for a different reason. Any machine with a description that includes finding gemstones/diamond deposits is not going to be recommended at all on this forum. 
 

The GPZ 7000 is a fantastic gold prospecting specific detector. Is it also a good detector for coins, relics, jewelry and cache hunting?  I have no idea since I have no experience with it apart from gold prospecting which is what it was designed for. I have done those types of detecting with Minelab GPX 4000, 4500, 4800 and 5000 model pulse induction detectors as have others on this forum. They have the ability to go deeper and find coin sized targets even in difficult ground conditions by changing settings and by changing coil sizes. They have a basic type of iron identification also. The coil selection for the GPX models is huge compared to the GPZ 7000. 

Learning how to use this interface, 2nd try on quoting. Got a chuckle on this post because as a newbie been looking at ground penetrating radar to determine bedrock depth. Figured if I knew the bedrock layer was deeper than what my detector would detect easily it would be nice to know so I wouldn't waste my time..🙃

[JCR]

1 hour ago, Greenhorn said:

Learning how to use this interface, 2nd try on quoting. Got a chuckle on this post because as a newbie been looking at ground penetrating radar to determine bedrock depth. Figured if I knew the bedrock layer was deeper than what my detector would detect easily it would be nice to know so I wouldn't waste my time..🙃

A bottle probe would tell you that.

[Greenhorn]

2 hours ago, JCR said:

A bottle probe would tell you that.

Cool! Did not know such an animal existed. When I was a kid in the early 70's I chipped a Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription bottle from the 1800's digging it up with a shovel at an old house dump site. Coulda used one of those then. I have some old straightened zinc plated steel small diameter rod from politician's signs I salvaged for making lobster hoop nets left over that would be perfect! Thanks!

[JCR]

A proper probe will need to be made out of spring steel. If you want to home make one, use the long torsion rod from an old large passenger car's trunk lid.

[SABucks]

Only one thung: How deep are the fortunes/artifacts buried? If they’re deeper than 2 feet down, you’re going to need that sort of budget for something called a two-box detector. Or one of those things geologists and crime scene investigators use to search for buried bodies. Ordinary detectors really arent useful past 1.5-2 feet down.