Minelab GPX 5000 Metal Detector Settings for Relic Hunting & Live Digs on a Civil War Site

Join me for a day of metal detecting on a Civil War Site with the Minelab GPX 5000 metal detector using the 15” Detech Ultimate Spiral Coil. This was a relic hunt that had many twists and turns in it.

I started out with the intention to compare the XP Deus II, Tarsacci MTD 8000 and the Minelab Equinox 800. I spent about an hour marking 12 signals with the XP Deus II detector that I was running in the Relic Program with the IAR set to 5. This was a relatively small area roughly 20’ x 30’ or less. Most of the signals gave a strong audio but none of them sounded like a “really” good signal.

I went over the same area with both the Tarsacci and the Equinox set to my best settings for this site. But I did work with many of the signals by trying different frequencies and settings. As it turned out I was able to get a signal on all the targets that I had found with the XP Deus II. I systematically hunted the same area with all 3 detectors but those 12 signals were the only signals I could get and they all sounded iffy. A few of them did give VDI readings on the non-ferrous side for both the Tarsacci and the Equinox though but wouldn’t lock on.

I spent most of the day making a video of this comparison, but as it turned out my SD card filled up and died on me. When I got home, all this footage was lost.

I ended up hiking back to the jeep with all three detectors and swapped them for the GPX 5000. Even though at this point I was almost too tired to detect but I pushed forward until it was time for me to get off the farm.

After I dug a few targets, I took the time to go over my settings that I was using on the GPX 5000. The screens ended up very hard to read on the video, so I did some editing to help save the footage. I made the settings easier to read and tweaked the vocals a little. Sometimes these Live Digs on Civil War sites have technical issues.

This site has some strange soil that changes many times in a small area. It goes from being very red and hot to darker and hot and is highly magnetized for some reason. Also, there are 3 distinct sources of EMI that wreaks havoc on the GPX. It all seems to converge in one area. When I get away from that one particular area, the detector becomes much more stable. I’m sure this ground and the EMI causes just as much trouble for the other detectors I was using earlier in the day.

It turned out to be a good day of relic hunting after all even though I lost most of the footage.

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🕙Chapters | Timestamps🕗
00:00 Intro
00:51 Target #1
01:43 Target #2
02:37 Target #3
04:51 Settings - Front Control Panel
06:15 Settings - Rear Control Panel
12:06 Target #4
13:46 Target #5
14:30 Target #6
19:20 Target #7
20:05 Target #8
22:08 Target #9
23:02 Target #10
23:51 Target #11
24:23 Target #12
26:48 Wrap Up
28:50 Relics Found
29:33 Outro

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