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Bill Ladd, on the F-2.......:usaa:

vlad

vlad

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How much time did you spend hunting with it, and how deep did you find the pictured coins [Fisher Ad?]
 
Sorry I cannot help you, since I have never held an F2 in my life........But yes those are some of my coin finds. I have no problem with them using pictures of my coins, but I had e-mailed M. Scott trying to get my name attached in fine print or something, kinda like they do for photographers work. Perhaps it was too late? But I didn't want to make too big a deal about it as I was one of the one's asking them to use finds pictures in the F75 ad's........
As the so called "host" of these sites, I continue to get e-mails & posts about the F75 small coil, the F2, F70, F4, F5, cz-21, etc, etc.....people figure I was involved somehow, or know things as I always was Fisher's promotions guy before. But, it's a new era now, so I have to keep telling people, "sorry, can't help you....."
HH,
Bill
 
THAT WAY YOU NOT ONLY GET SOMETHING FOR YOUR PICTURES- BUT YOU ALSO CAN REPORT ON THE NEAT LOOKING F5 HERE THAT MANY OF US OUR INTERESTED IN BUT WANT SOME VALUED OPINIONS FIRST. NOBODY WANTS TO BE THE GUINEA PIGS ON A BRAND NEW UNTESTED MASHINE
 
buying a new release detector. I've done it from day one in this hobby. I've had to endure the occasional little "bug" and had to send it back for fixing but for the most part these guys (the manufacturers) aren't gonna release a POS and I'd rather get to it than wait. Different strokes I guess. And yes, I have an F-5 pre-ordered. Probably will do a 70 also.
 
to expand your ever expanding stable! :biggrin:

By the time you get some hours on it and make a report It will be close to spring up here. Gotta love you flat landers! :lol:

Tom
 
that insatiably curious (no, not THAT way) personality that I'm cursed with. :rofl: All in a day's work, Tom.
 
that's very disconcerting bill!...we all thought you LIVED in los banos for a while!...just kiddin'..seriously though,wouldn't it be nice if first texas sent you these detectors to field test!..you could cover the coils with tape,hunt your brains out for a month.,send 'em all back and report on your findings
here!..(sweet!)

(h.h!)
j.t.
 
Mr. Bill, he is too good of a salesman :lol: I will probably have something different to try out this spring. Land or water, that is the question. Heck, I may even try a PI at a couple of my "deep mines" to see if they can actually beat a good VLF in fresh water.

Tom
 
The Garrett Infinium LS does quite well. Once learned, you can ID with it well enough to use it coin hunting. I just happen to stock them :)
 
I was thinking of. Of course if its as deep as they claim I would only be able to use it in the off season. Can't have those mega boater types stepping in any deep craters and spilling their drinks! :lol:

Tom
 
that those craters were from boaters that anchored in shallower water to swim and drink and then later take off at full throttle with their motors trimmed all the way down because they were much more drunk than when they first got there. Well I'll be dipped. :rofl:
 
n/t
 
BUT I READ ON HERE THAT THE PROTOTYPE F70 WENT TO THE GUY WHOS LIKE THE FISHER REGIONAL SALESMAN FOR THE WHOLE SOUTH OR SOMETHING.FOR TESTING. SINCE ITS HIS JOB TO BE SURE THEY SELL OF COURSE HE WILL SAY ITS DEEP, AMAZING, AND WHATEVER. TOO MUCH BIAS THERE. YOU THINK HES ABOUT TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS?

DIDNT THEY GIVE F75'S TO EXPERIENCED FELLAS LIKE B. LADD, HILLIS, AND OTHERS TO LOOK FOR BUGS BEFORE HAND? WHAT HAPPEN TO THAT? MINELABS GAVE XT'S TO LIKE EVERYONE ONLINE WHICH WAS 100% BRILLIANT!!!
I CANT AFFORD A WHOLE CROP OF DETECTOR PURCHANCES SO ITS DIFFERENT FOR ME SO WHY SHOULD WE FIND THE BUGS? LET SOME REAL DIGGERS IN THE FIELD TRY ONE FIRST WHICH IS BETTER THAN AIR TESTS IN THE DANG FACTORY.
 
That too!! I always look for those manmade blowouts! Nugget hunters wait for the gully washers and we wait for those drunks! :thumbup:

<center> Propwash find
 
albeit rare, the old Fisher allowed field test comparisons.. Kudos to both companies for this one and to Barnacle Bill for his impartiality in the test.


Edge / X50 field test
 
I understand your sentiment and there was a time I at least partially felt the same. I don't much any more and here's why. I'm not what I would consider a detecting expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have a lot of experience with a lot of multiple examples of a lot of detectors and here's what I've concluded in order to establish my opinion at this point. If I read a test report, even from someone I know and trust to be objective, then WHENEVER I get around to buying the very same detector for myself, there's a distinct chance that mine will work better or won't work as well, (unit build variations, different geology). If they gig an apparent initial quality issue, mine very well might not have it, and on and on. Bottom line is results can and do vary a lot of times. I believe the tests are good reading and I understand their importance towards marketing but I choose not use them as a persons front line defense to or not to buy one. They will only know about a new or any detectorf for sure only IF they buy one and use it a lot. And at that point all they know (and I as an observer if I were to read that persons "review" on a forum or in a mag) is how THAT detector worked in THEIR ground coupled to THEIR experience level and ability to learn. That's not gonna help me a lot so I might as well help myself, buy the detector, and should I decide not to for financial or other practical reasons, then accept it and relax. Also, I hope I didn't say anything previously to make you shout. ;)
 
as I understand it, "the guy" that "tested" the F-70 is a well established detectorist that has also run a detecting retail business also for a long time; an owner and business that I've patronized some and gotten flawless service and satisfaction, for whatever that's worth. Actually, now that he is the FRL disributor for that region instead of a retailer, he would arguably have less "motive" to sugar coat the results, (IF he would have been so inclined in the first place,) and more to do it right.
 
Tom, at the local lakes the DNR has been cracking down on BUI's for about 5 years and as a result the amount of good jewelry that is lost from impulsive alcohol related swimming (drunken wanton skinny dipping) that often happens without regard to removing jewelry has been reduced to VERY slim levels. Looks like I better move up your way where one can still do some quality detecting that's still based on adult beverage stress management. :D
 
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