GTI 1500
Street Price $800 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 11
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GTI 1500
GTI 1500
Steve Pearsall in USA -Likes: 1) The target imaging system, which can accurately measure how large a target is and therefore how deep it is. 2) The GTI-1500 has a very fast recovery time due to it having 2 microprocessors instead of only one like most other detectors. 3) The machine is a very accurate pinpointer. 4) A belt mounting system for the battery pack is built into the machine so can get the battery weight off the detector and onto your belt. 5) The notched based discrimination system makes it very easy to only discriminate out the trash and accept everything else. 6) Garrett has excellent customer service.
Dislikes: 1) You have to keep constant pressure on the pinpoint button to keep it in pinpoint mode. This can be hard to do when wearing gloves. 2) The detector has automatic gain control on the audio amplifier so that all targets sound the same volume, deep targets sound the same as shallow ones and small targets sound the same as big ones. 3) The machine only has 24 possible target IDs. Most other machines have some sort of VDI number display that shows a number for the target ID that has at least 100 possible values, some machines have many more. 4) There are only 2 imaging coils for the machine - the standard 9.5 inch coil and a 12.5 coil. (Note: there is a wide selection of non-imaging coils for this machine). 5) The 1500 falses a lot at salt water beaches - pretty much all single frequency VLF detectors do as well so this isn't a problem specific to the 1500.
All in all, the GTI-1500 is a fantastic coin shooting machine and doesn't do too badly as a relic machine. If you are looking for a well built, well designed, easy to use detector that will be used primarily for coin shooting then the GTI-1500 deserves some real serious consideration.
Apr 29, 2004
42 Yes
2 No
GTI 1500
rickey in USA -
this machine surpasses many machines w/all metal plus it will ID at great depths. my 2500 fails to id so deeply correctly. (all metal mode w/imaging enabled)
w/discrimination this may be arguable.
the gti 1500 is the best all around garrett today.
the 1250 will go DEEP!!! i tested and found very nice things.
i will use my 2500 in the gold fields or in a "hunted site" (no site is truly hunted) - till i arrive ;)
Mar 12, 2003
9 Yes
2 No
Garrett GTI 1500
Terry in USA -I have been detecting for 15 years .Started out with a bounty hunter.And moved to the gta 1000. I now have a GTI 1500 and love it. I have hunted side by side with a whites xlt and a minelab. And I found more then they did with better depth. I have been ask alot of times to ID and pinpoint targets for these guys. The 1500 is a great detector.
Mar 10, 2003
12 Yes
0 No
Garrett GTI 1500
Mark in USA -I started MD'ing over 30 years ago .I started with a Metrotec 220 , and soon after purchased a Garrett Groundhog ( TR ) discriminator . When Tesoro came out with their 1st VLF discriminating detector , the INCA ( which I still have ) I was hooked on it & on Tesoro .I still own several TESORO detectors but when the 1500 came out I was talked into looking at Garrett once again .
The stability , depth , accuracy and weight of this detector make it may #1 coin hunting detector .Garrett is the only company that makes a depth meter that gives the exact depth regardless of size( a coin or a cannonball at 6" will read 6" ), the other brands are calibrated for coin sized objects & will give realitvly inaccurate depth readings for a size other than " coin size " .
The imaging feature is also unique to Garrett . Other brands have imaging , but from what I understand , they work on a sampeling basis .Why the 1500 over the 1250 or the 2500 ? The 1500 competes well in the "0" discriminate mode with the 2500's all metal mode ( for depth ).
It is also lighter & less expensive . The " IMAGING " feature of the 1500 is well worth the extra cost over the 1250 .DRAWBACKS : At the beach I found that the " saltwater mode " was still very noisey even on dry sand no matter how I tuned or adjusted it .
Since my trips to the beach are few & far between I use my CZ5 on the beach & my TESORO Sand Shark in the surf .I have yet to have the need to test the GARRETT service Dept. however , if they are 1/2 as good as TESORO I will be happy .
SUMMATION : After 33 years with other detectors I am back with GARRETT & their 1500 & I can't say Praise this detector enough , in fact I now own two of them . It IS the best coin shooter I have ever used .
Mar 04, 2003
63 Yes
2 No
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