Bob Stephens
New member
Hi Gang! Finally took the plunge and logged onto the Finds Treasure Forum group. My wife Louise and I have been ardent CZ-5 users for years. These machines, in our opinion, are one of Fisher's best series as they have not only terrific depth capabilites but they're also easy to setup and use. This past weekend, I dug a number of older coins from the '40's and the '60's that came out of a heavily hunted local park. There is little, if any surface material but I was getting a number of faint, high tone signals on the CZ-5 that required a little elbow grease to investigate as they were anywhere from 5" to 8" down in fairly dry and dense soil.
My best find was a 1948 British Penny followed by two US Wheaties from 1944 and 1947 respectively. I also found a number of nice Canadian nickels from 1960, 1963 and 1968 plus some Canadian Pennys from 1961 and 1964. One hole that yielded up a '68 Canadian dime and the '68 nickel also yielded a very corroded and coated Canadian nickel that will be a challenge to try and clean up.
I didn't research this location but rather happened on it and when the pattern of few but deep targets became apparent, I adjusted my hunting style by slowing down, ramping up the SENS to maximum and turning off the DISC completely.
It paid off and reinforces my conviction that when I go into any park for a hunt, it's a wise idea to let conditions dictate how you hunt. If there is a lot of shallow clad, hunt quickly and maximize your recoveries or if the targets are sparse like they were today, slow right down and listen for the deep signals and dig them all. You will recover junk but you'll also find some keepers.
I usually always hunt with the 5" hockey puck coil that still provides decent depth for a narrow diameter loop and gives me good target separation. The only thing that is tricky is the CZ's love of sounding off with high tones on small bits of iron but I find the detector usually only sounds off one way and even when I rotate my stance and recheck the signal, it's still usually a one way blip. If it gives the low iron tone "blat" followed by the high pitch boink, the target will likely be iron.
Love the CZ's!
Best Regards and Happy Hunting to all
Bob and Louise. Hamilton, Ont.
Hi Bill! One thing we've always liked about Fisher products is their solid feel that comes with a well built detector and a certain degree of engineering finesse. It seems that dollar for dollar, Fishers do go a bit deeper than some of their competition and that's not knocking the competition at all. Some of their machines are great values and do excellent work but the Fishers have always had that little extra "oomph". 
