Garrett GTI 2500
Street Price $850 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 53
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Paul in Lebanon ,NH USA -
I bought the 2500 a few years ago hoping it was what they said it was. I have sent it back three times now. My problem is it just keeps going off when there is nothing there. I every time I dig up the site I find nothing. I have since bought a minelab 1000 and I am very happy with it.
Anyone looking for a Garrett 2500.
It would be nice if they stood by there product!!
Jan 21, 2010
9 Yes
4 No
Where to find coins in the winter
dan in linesville pa -
I went to some bar parking lots and let me tell you I found all kinds of clad coins. In one day I found about 30.00 dollars out of 15 bars. They must dig for there keys and all the change falls out. I even found a nice buck knife. My gti worked good in the snow. Good luck in you town. Dan
Jan 03, 2010
2 Yes
3 No
Using the gti 2500 in the winter
dan from linesville pa in pa -12-26-09 try using it in parking lots all around the edges. Snows here and all those lost things get plowed there. I was out for 2 hours, found 7.86 cents and a set of keys. The gti worked good, just buy a cover to keep it dry. Other then that it worked great. Dress up warm and remember pick up all that trash you see, property owners like that and welcome you back. Good luck. dan
ps the gti 2500 is the best.
Dec 29, 2009
7 Yes
1 No
Look for that big old tree at cross roads
dan in linesville pa -I have been looking around big old trees at cross roads. I can't believe the stuff I find, coins, keys, tools, watches, just about any thing. Just think of how many people sat there back in the old days resting looking for a ride. Give it a try in your home town.
My gti 2500 is the best, get one, read the book on it and you will find treasure and don't forget to fill them holes, good luck and happy hunting. dan
Dec 25, 2009
3 Yes
1 No
Great unit
tech unit in Omaha Neb -I was reading the Dave in Canada review, the reason the GTI displays your coins as bottle caps is that they are JUNK DUDE I can pick them up with magnet now that is cheeseball, nothing wrong with the 2500 excellent green machine, this guy works great everywhere. I have tested your coins with all of my other VLF detectors and all of them display your coins as trash and that is the definitive answer!!!
Dec 03, 2009
11 Yes
4 No
No good for Canadian coins
Dave in Canada -
I just bought the Garrett GTI 2500 and was disappointed to find out after doing a test on Canadian coins, that detector does not identify Canadian coins at all.
For example the detector should tell me when it detects something like let’s just say 5 cents, the detector should tell me that it could be 5 cents on the display screen; instead the detector shows the 5 cents as well as all Canadian coins as junk or trash like a bottle cap or a pull tab, but of cause the detector will pick up all metal. The Garrett GTI 2500 is only set up to detect coins in the USA which is very disappointing considering how much the unit costs, you would think that for the price you paid a feature would have been available on the unit to change the country you live in or city because ever countries coins I’m sure is made for a different metal. I am very surprised that Garrett didn’t think of making a universal unit that would work anywhere, Garrett should have mentioned this on there web side and I would not have gotten this unit, any unit would have worked the same way in my opinion, if I lived in the USA this detector would rock you would never need another detector ever, it has all you need.
The detector is a little heavy but you will get used to it, I don’t mind it been heavy that tells me that it’s built well. But having said all of this, there are some good things to say about the unit.
(1) The pin pointer on it is very accurate
(2) The imaging display to show you size and depth works very well too but around 12 inches it does not work well.
I hope this helps.
Nov 27, 2009
14 Yes
14 No
Pennies at a Foot, and a Dime at 11 inches!
Dave in Far Northern Calif. and Southern Oregon. -I don't see how anyone could complain about its depth! I took my new Garrett GTI 2500 out in my front yard the first day it arrived, and it found two pennies at 12 inches, right next to my concrete driveway. They were from the sixties, probably backfilled there when the crusty old concrete was poured.
Later I took it to a solid black sand, far northern California beach, and dropped a thin clad dime in the thin surf. That one half inch, thin shiny dime looked so forlorn all by itself on that immense, solid black sand beach!
I kept raising the 12-1/2 inch coil, and it kept detecting it and ID'ing it. The last time she detected it, she consistently said it was a coin sized object at 11 inches! And the ID stuck right on a dime, with absolutely no false signals at all! And this was on a black sand beach with salt water running over the dime! I was awestruck, doing the happy dance!
I'd been detecting for 48 years. I've had multiple top of line detectors during those years: Whites, Garretts, Technetics, Compass X-100, Bounty Hunter, Big Bud Pro, Gold Mountain, and finally, my second Garrett, the 2500. I'd had several top of line detectors in several of those different makes. But NOTHING BEFORE ever came CLOSE to detecting the smallest normal coins we have, at a foot deep!
I usually find up to 20 coins an hour with my GTI 2500, sometimes more. It always finds its share of the nickles and jewelry too.
I don't understand why some reviewers have said the sizing feature is not needed! It is so easy to use, and once you learn what to pay attention to in the sizing and ID'ing areas, you almost NEVER have to dig up any trash, ever again! This feature alone is worth the price of the detector!
It DID take a while to learn to use it, and I'm still learning. But the GTI 2500 is the most awesome metal Detector in my whole lifetime of experience! Its the best detector of its kind that money can buy!
It also has the versatility that allows you to detect down to 18 feet deep, in search of large relics and caches. No other standard detector can do that, for just $200 more. Now that's DEPTH! I rate this detector at least TEN stars - More than any other detector!
Nov 20, 2009
38 Yes
3 No
Not happy in Washington
Earl in marysville, wa -My gti 2500 is about to go into the shop for a 2nd time, never had a problem one with my 2 bounty hunters. I like the features on the gti, but twice in the shop....makes me wonder about the quality.
Aug 15, 2009
10 Yes
7 No
The gti 2500 after 4 years of use
dan from linesville pa in linesville pa usa -My gti has been working 5hours a day for 4 years. The only thing that broke was the battery holder. And I bought a new one for 20.00 dollars. Other then that I love it. I find all kinds of coins in parks boat docks. The gti 2500 can even find buried well pipes and septic tanks. That sure helps put bread+butter on the table. So buy one and learn how to use it good luck and don't forget cover up them holes.
Aug 07, 2009
7 Yes
1 No
Lots of "Bells and Whistles".
Jamison in SC -
I bought my Garrett GTI last year as a package with the 9.5" and 11.5" imaging coils. I will say it is solid and well built. In "All Metal" mode this thing detects deep!!!. Where it lost me was in discriminate mode. It just seemed the depth died when I put it in disriminate. For me and relic hunting I am all about depth. I was detecting in a very old field at a club function and had someone following me pick up a nice old button after I went over the same spot that was using an old Whites 6000 Di After about 9 months of using it I sold it and replaced it with an F75. This is a nice high end detector for a novice as it is very user friendly. But I can pretty much guarantee that in discrim...you're missing the real old stuff.
May 24, 2009
13 Yes
6 No