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A little quality time with my F-5. Plus silver. :wiggle:
- Thread starter knarfj
- Start date
Can you spot the crusty IH? I notched it so it would be easier to spot. 
My pleasure Jake. Here are the front and back.
All the previous pictured finds are off one of our local salt water beaches, hence there poor condition. Over the years I've pulled some older silver and one or two gold rings off this particular beach.
I'm routinely drawn back to it during periods of near minus tides, with high hopes of more of the same.
HH
All the previous pictured finds are off one of our local salt water beaches, hence there poor condition. Over the years I've pulled some older silver and one or two gold rings off this particular beach.
I'm routinely drawn back to it during periods of near minus tides, with high hopes of more of the same.
HH
Skwerly said:
Well, yes and no. Over the years, IMO, I've owned machines that were much more accurate at IDing targets still in the ground. Lay the coins on top of the ground and the F-5 is right on? But, having said that, my previous machines were and still are about twice as heavy as my F-5. I just can't swing the weight of the heavier machines all day like I used to.
On the upside, because of all the ground information provided by the F-5 and insight and user information provided by other F-5 users on this forum and others, I feel I'm more knowledgeable in this hobby than I've ever been. I've also found a surprising the amount of user tips and information about the F-70 that also apply to the F-5. Even though I've never used the F-70, from what I've read so far, with the exception of the F-70s auto ground balance and a different operating frequency it's almost like they're the same machine only with a different user interface.
My 2 cents. HH
Skwerly,
The Fisher F-5 is really a excellent choice for the money. Having said that, when I first acquired my F-5 I wasn't so sure. As much as I hate to admit it, I let Fisher Labs know I wasn't happy with the F-5 in no uncertain terms. To their credit Fisher Labs ( Mainly Felix "the man") bent over backwards in an attempt to help me out. Between Felix, his knowledgeable technicians AND this forum I eventually became aware of where I was going wrong.
Ground conditions and the availability of desirable targets is what it's all about. If the ground conditions in your area are not user friendly your learning curve with the F-5 will be quite peaky. The non existence of of desirable targets is self explanatory.
As far as ground conditions are concerned they have a larger impact on how the F-5 or any other detectors performs than is typically acknowledged, from my perspective. In my area in the U.S. or native soil (no topsoil present) is very high in iron oxide and magnetite. In these conditions it is near impossible for my F-5 to detect a silver dime at 5 inches, via VDI or audio discrimination, even while set in the lowest discrimination setting of #1.
On the other side of the coin, so to speak, I have easily detected an IH penny at 8 plus inches in dark loamy soil where it blankets over our highly mineralized native soil. To be clear deep dark loamy soil is typical of soil that one would find located in good farmland. As a general rule this type of top soil has very low levels of mineralization such as iron oxide and magnetite.
So in my opinion: No matter how well you ground balance your F-5 if the soil you are hunting (by my measure) is considered bad (3 plus bars and GB at 78+) don't expect the magical 8 inches of depth on a silver dime. Generally speaking if your good dark topsoil is say 4 inches deep that's about it for fairly accurate and consistent VDI and audio target ID at that 4 inches of depth. By the same token if the good non-mineralized soil is 12 inches deep your detecting in the detectable depth is whatever you can milk out of your F-5.
My 2 cents. HH
The Fisher F-5 is really a excellent choice for the money. Having said that, when I first acquired my F-5 I wasn't so sure. As much as I hate to admit it, I let Fisher Labs know I wasn't happy with the F-5 in no uncertain terms. To their credit Fisher Labs ( Mainly Felix "the man") bent over backwards in an attempt to help me out. Between Felix, his knowledgeable technicians AND this forum I eventually became aware of where I was going wrong.
Ground conditions and the availability of desirable targets is what it's all about. If the ground conditions in your area are not user friendly your learning curve with the F-5 will be quite peaky. The non existence of of desirable targets is self explanatory.
As far as ground conditions are concerned they have a larger impact on how the F-5 or any other detectors performs than is typically acknowledged, from my perspective. In my area in the U.S. or native soil (no topsoil present) is very high in iron oxide and magnetite. In these conditions it is near impossible for my F-5 to detect a silver dime at 5 inches, via VDI or audio discrimination, even while set in the lowest discrimination setting of #1. On the other side of the coin, so to speak, I have easily detected an IH penny at 8 plus inches in dark loamy soil where it blankets over our highly mineralized native soil. To be clear deep dark loamy soil is typical of soil that one would find located in good farmland. As a general rule this type of top soil has very low levels of mineralization such as iron oxide and magnetite.
So in my opinion: No matter how well you ground balance your F-5 if the soil you are hunting (by my measure) is considered bad (3 plus bars and GB at 78+) don't expect the magical 8 inches of depth on a silver dime. Generally speaking if your good dark topsoil is say 4 inches deep that's about it for fairly accurate and consistent VDI and audio target ID at that 4 inches of depth. By the same token if the good non-mineralized soil is 12 inches deep your detecting in the detectable depth is whatever you can milk out of your F-5.
My 2 cents.
HHrick in mi
Well-known member
Very nice finds. I'm still looking for a buff! Wow alot of patina on those coins!! hh rick n mi
knarfj said:Skwerly,
The Fisher F-5 is really a excellent choice for the money. Having said that, when I first acquired my F-5 I wasn't so sure. As much as I hate to admit it, I let Fisher Labs know I wasn't happy with the F-5 in no uncertain terms. To their credit Fisher Labs ( Mainly Felix "the man") bent over backwards in an attempt to help me out. Between Felix, his knowledgeable technicians AND this forum I eventually became aware of where I was going wrong.
Ground conditions and the availability of desirable targets is what it's all about. If the ground conditions in your area are not user friendly your learning curve with the F-5 will be quite peaky. The non existence of of desirable targets is self explanatory.
On the other side of the coin, so to speak, I have easily detected an IH penny at 8 plus inches in dark loamy soil where it blankets over our highly mineralized native soil. To be clear deep dark loamy soil is typical of soil that one would find located in good farmland. As a general rule this type of top soil has very low levels of mineralization such as iron oxide and magnetite.
So in my opinion: No matter how well you ground balance your F-5 if the soil you are hunting (by my measure) is considered bad (3 plus bars and GB at 78+) don't expect the magical 8 inches of depth on a silver dime. Generally speaking if your good dark topsoil is say 4 inches deep that's about it for fairly accurate and consistent VDI and audio target ID at that 4 inches of depth. By the same token if the good non-mineralized soil is 12 inches deep your detecting in the detectable depth is whatever you can milk out of your F-5.
My 2 cents.
Hey, thanks for that!
Like any good detecting addict, I
You're welcome.Skwerly said:
Tesoro makes an excellent machine also. I can't imagine you being disappointed with a Vaquero. My backup machine is an early Tesoro Toltec II and believe it or not I bring it back into point, now and then, because under "certain conditions" I feel it has better chance of getting the job done. And it seldom lets me down.
By the way, morning metal detector rambles help balance out the day.
Well, usually. HH
LittleJohn
Member
Very Nice!