A few questions before I take the plunge into an F75. Explorer SE, users please read if you have used both machines.

[JASONSPAZ1]

I was wondering if some of you F75 users can answer a couple questions. Even more so if you have experience with the Explores SE as well.

1. How does the f75 perform with target separation in trashy areas with the stock 11" coil. My Explorer SE, seems to be slow in target separation and kind of underwhelming in trashy areas with the stock 10.5" Explorer SE coil.

2. Are their any prospects of a smaller F75 coil being released soon.

3.Does the F75 pinpoint well

4. seeing how the F75 runs at around 13kHz, I assume it will be hot on Gold. But how does it handle deep silver half dimes? My Garrett GTAx-1250 at around 7kHz, air-tests better on gold rings than my Explorer SE ??

5. How is the construction quality? Cheap plastic? is it wobbly?

6. seeing how it comes with a control housing, and battery compartment weather cover-ups. Is it easy to still access the controls?

Now I don't want to start a war, I know the Explorer SE, Has its great strengths. Why I am starting to second think it is for the following reasons. I am an on the fly detectorist, I go when I get the chance and I don't have time to "fiddle fart around" making tons of adjust adjustments. I don't mind making adjustments, It is all part of the fun. I just don't like cumbersome sub menus to access settings and disc settings. I want to do to much to get allot out of the machine. I love and will never get rid of my Garrett GTA-X 1250, due to how easy it is to see and adjust my options. I think the F75 will hit allot of my marks. I had a cz6a, years ago and seeing how the developers in the cz had a hand at the F75, well that is what started my interest into seeing if the F75, may be able to be a good main multi purpose machine.





Thanks so much in advance
Jason

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

All the questions you have asked have been answered in the forums already.

Do a little reading and your gonna really like what you read about the F75.

BTW... after having the F75 for a couple weeks or so, I am selling my SE. I thought it was the end all detector till I used and figured out the F75.

HH, Stoops

 

[alton]

1. How does the f75 perform with target separation in trashy areas with the stock 11" coil. My Explorer SE, seems to be slow in target separation and kind of underwhelming in trashy areas with the stock 10.5" Explorer SE coil.

The F75 performs very well in trash with very little if any lost time recovering from the null. The DD coil does a good job separated the good stuff from nearby stuff, especially when you consider the size of the coil. The processor of the F75 is super fast. You will cover the area quicker with a F75.

2. Are their any prospects of a smaller F75 coil being released soon.

Perhaps. All that has been said so far that priority would be to produce a small coil first.

3.Does the F75 pinpoint well

The F75 pinpoints great, especially compared to the Explorer. I might add here that they included a pinpoint trigger with VCO pinpointing. This is my most preferred pinpointing solution. You can also detune and keep narrowing down where the target is.

4. seeing how the F75 runs at around 13kHz, I assume it will be hot on Gold. But how does it handle deep silver half dimes? My Garrett GTAx-1250 at around 7kHz, air-tests better on gold rings than my Explorer SE ??

I really can't relate a lot of experience on silver. So far I have found a silver dime at 7". However, my deepest coin find ever, I made with the F75 on a V-Nickel at 12". BTW, you will find many, many more nickels with the F75 than with the Explorer using the 4H tones. This causes the nickel to sound like a dime or a quarter. Like I said, I haven't found much silver lately with the SE or F75. What I did find, I found with the F75. I also found a clad quarter at 10". I was doubtful that is what it was as the F75 IDed it perfectly with a depth indication of 10-11 inches. The sound was clear and strong. After confirming the depth and content with the Periscope, I decided to dig it and see. I was thinking that it had to be silver at that depth. But out popped a 1982 quarter. I'm confident that it will hit deep silver.

5. How is the construction quality? Cheap plastic? is it wobbly?

It is made well, not wobbly, especially compared to a Explorer. Just like the Explorer, don't let the construction worry you. It seems unlikely that such a powerful detector can come in such a light package, but it does!

BTW, this is the lightest, best balanced detector I've ever had in my hands.

6. seeing how it comes with a control housing, and battery compartment weather cover-ups. Is it easy to still access the controls?

I'm still waiting on mine to arrive, but from what I've seen, it would be easy. There is just one pushbutton, and one knob (protrudes out ove the cover). Actually the on/off/volume control is also a knob and located on the battery box. There should be no issue of keeping everything dry and clean.

I plan to keep my SE. Having them both works great for me. I like to have different tools for different jobs. I also like to go over the ground a second time with different coils, and different detectors. A local homesite I keep going to produced silver with 4 different detectors. Some of it after 6 or 7 previous trips over the same ground. The F75 is a fantastic detector. So is the SE.

HH alton

 

[AndyNM]

Let me explain to you why i would never use an Explorer although i have the money to buy one.

The Explorer is one of the heaviest detectors out there AND you have to swing it slow to get the deep stuff. Target response and recovery speed is slow.

If you put three coins from left to right with a space of about 5 inches between them and than swing the Explorer fast over it, it would NOT give you three signals.

Now the F75 with its lightning fast recovery speed will hit all three coins and even ID all coin right, in a split of a second.

The F75 is a lightweight detector and fun to swing, the batterie life on just 4 AA batteries is over 40 hours.
One more advantage is that the F75 will hit much better on small gold than the Explorer and it can be used for nugget hunting.
Depth is very good to on the F75, but even if it would be an inch short of the Explorer i would still use the F75 due to its speed. Better target separation due to fast recovery speed means more finds.

Andy,NM