Garrett GTI 2500
Price: $1000
Avg. Score: 
4.03
Based on 89 reviews
4.03Based on 89 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.63
Avg. Ease of use:
4.25
Garrett gti 2500, good but maybe not great.
August 17, 2019
Over the years I owned two GTI 2500s. The first time was around 2001 and I
was just not happy with the machine. My second I purchased sometime around
2005 with four coils, including the TreasureHound coil. I have used
Garretts and White's over the years and both have their uses. But for me, I
live in Germany and use it to look for relics, specifically aircraft
wreckage, so discrimination is not as important as depth and ease of use.
My complains are that the machine for what I need it for, has to many options/functions and it lacks depth in some ways. The 9.5" and the oval 9.5x11" coils have only been tested and then put away, never to see light again. The 12.5" coil is my coil of choice due to the added depth, but, it is rather heavy (I have permanent nerve damage in both legs since my time in the Army). Now the TreasureHound Eagle Eye Pinpointer is really a bad afterthought. I also own a TM-808, which has the tendency to be emotional like a teenager during puberty, but it outshines the TreasureHound and goes way deeper.
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No, it's too complic
Danny Keay from
Germany
51
The best detector ever
April 19, 2017
I bought my actual GTI 2500 three month before 9/11 in 2001. Since that
time, I don't have complaint with my GTI. This detector has everything you
need to analyze a target before you dig. Also, goes deeper than other
detectors. I had been in hunt with others guys who own AT-Pro and I'd found
with my GTI relics in spots where they swept theirs coils before than me
and found nothing.
The depth to find an object will depend on several factors, some of them is the coil, settings, and experience using the GTI. I'd found a simple cent to 12 inches (30cm) using the sniper coil of 4". If I have to buy another detector, will be another GTI 2500.
Max Depth: 18 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Carved Stone Quest from
Baltimore, MD
2515
Gti 2500
March 08, 2017
What can I say bad about this machine..........................Nothing!
Owned it since 2008 and love it. Spent years of research on the best company to go with and Garrett is it. I have "sold" (by referral) a number of friends the GTI 2500, GTI 1500 and Pros over the years and they love them!
Well I was ready to complain to Garrett about the fact that they had no wireless headset for their products. Then they developed the best wireless headset in the industry and ruined that for me! In almost 10 years of hard constant use I sent it in for a minor repair and got it back in less than a week for repair free of charge!( it rained that week anyway!)
All the Garrett people are more than knowledgeable in metal detecting and Garrett products. Sue, Rusty, Brian and Myra are wonderful when you call Garrett about new products or anything else regarding what you own and what they do. Just to let you know if you have had a GTI 2500 for years Garrett will recondition it like new for much less than the price of a new very inexpensive great detector!!
Garrett machines are easy to use even though they are the most advanced superbly complexed tools in the world of metal detecting.
Max Depth: 10 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
James Patterson from
Michigan
144
Don't understand
August 30, 2016
I am a 65 year old woman who loves this detector. I don't understand why
anyone would think this is heavy unless they are being paid from some other
company to bash it. This 2500gti is the easiest detector I have tried. It
is easy to pinpoint where coins are and easy to handle. Set up perfectly.
It is light weight and easy to swing. I can easily go for a couple of
hours. Great fun and good workout for someone my age. Wish I had gotten
this one first!! I just got this a few days ago and am loving it. Can't
wait for the weekend so I can go all day to the beach.
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Yes, absolutely!
Kathy from
NC
215
Rock solid
June 23, 2016
I have owned one a long time ago. Sold it to try and find something better.
Been looking for about 25 years. Had a White's XLT, MXT, the new pro. Had a
Minelab or two or three. Maybe four. Also tried about four models of the
Fisher brand. Tried Tesorro. Tried a Blisstool. A Nors Forka or whatever it
is. Tried XP Deus. Tried a few Bounty Hunters. None did what I was I
looking for. So I sold my Deus and bought me another brand new Garrett GTI
2500 with two coils and Depth multiplier.
To me there is just not another detector out there that is as honest as this one. Some of the other detectors are deep don't get me wrong. But when you crank them up and run them hot to go deep, they false and have me digging huge holes with nothing there. Where I hunt on rocky hillside they cannot tell the difference between a target and a pocket of minerals. Even when you pinpoint with them, they still say it's a target. My 2500 don't do that. I have checked it on the mineral deposits. If you do get a good beep like there is a target there, just hit the pinpoint and work it and it will disappear. That's honesty I can trust. I am a Garrett man from here on. No more looking for the latest and greatest. (I hope)
Max Depth: 13 inches on US quarter
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Yes, absolutely!
Jjames from
Ok
2712
I have come full circle
June 18, 2016
I started out with one about 25 years ago. I have went thru all different
kinds of detectors. Just trust me a lot. There is some good detectors and
some are just crap. I sold my last detector and bought a new Garrett 2500.
Yes I will agree it's a little heavy. Yes there are other detectors that
are deeper, but they false a lot. If this detector does false you can use
pinpoint and figure it out. Just the most honest detector I have ever used.
I looked for many years for one better, and just didn't find one.
Some people just don't really know how deep this detector will go. It goes REALLY DEEP in all metal. I will always be a Garrett man from now on. At the very root of it, I just trust this detector not to false. It don't let me down. It's not perfect, but it's as close to it as I have found. If I need to cash hunt or go deep, I just strap on the two box system. What other company offers that with there detector? I will be a Garrett man till I am gone. Fact
Max Depth: 13 inches on US quarter
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Yes, absolutely!
CR from
Ok
2013
Believe in the power of the gti
September 29, 2015
After owning this machine for awhile and testing it out in the field I for
one am very impressed. I took one of my Minelabs out to the river for some
placer nugget shooting and hit a great target about 8 inches down it was a
tin can lid about 4 inches across if I would have had the GTI I would have
known not to dig a large target, the size finder does work very well on
this machine even at a foot I have tested large deep objects displayed on
the screen and I usually come up with a beer can the sizing feature does
work well, really keeps you from digging junk.
It has a ton of coils including the two box that I like a lot, a newer 8.5X11 DD coil that works really well in black sands but no imaging feature, and the all metal mode goes very deep. A lot of people leaving bad reviews don't switch it into different modes like zero no disc, or relics, jewelry, all metal or custom, this detector offers so many useful features that are not gimmicks, I am a Electronics Tech I am still impressed...
Max Depth: 18 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
George from
Idaho
3013
Excellent detector in 2015
June 05, 2015
This a a great machine I did an air test against several machines from
different manufacturers using a metal ruler and tested all units in all
metal mode all of the other units picked up the ruler at about 12 inches
the GTI 2500 in all metal was still hitting the target at almost 4 feet now
that is some power even though an air test is not what an in ground test
would actually do but my GTI 2500 hits some amazingly deep and small
targets in mineralized ground at the freshwater beach.
I don't care what these other guys are lying about the GTI it is still one amazing Green Machine, you can nugget shoot with it and relic hunt goes very deep and coin treasure hunt use the two box treasure hound coil it may be heavy to some but when I use mine it does not seem heavy to me!! Once you learn the GTI 2500 it is very impressive my favorite detector!!!
Max Depth: 18 inches on US quarter
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Yes, absolutely!
Dennis from
Washington state
2917
Dont believe the garret trolls
May 16, 2015
This is a heavy peace of crap. The Trolls that say it can detect deep are
probably paid trolls.. I bought this detector used for cheap and still paid
to much. Sure it has different tones you can select but only one works when
you are using it. The imaging display is a joke and depth is pitiful. Buy
this if your weak in the head and strong in the arm. I can say this for it,
its full of worthless gimmicks and poor quality chips.
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Kamorle from
Canada
2456
Heavy?
May 13, 2015
I have had my GTI2500 for four years, for the life of me, I don't
understand what all the heavy complaints are about. I have done four and
five day trips where I was swinging it all day, every day, and never
noticed to being heavy. And it works great. Read the manual, watch the DVD,
and practice, Practice PRACTICE! You will start hitting great stuff.
Max Depth: 10 inches on US quarter
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Yes, absolutely!
TJ Jones from
California
307