HistoryBuff
New member
Hello all, I just registered for this forum and appreciate having a nice and informative place to visit to learn more and continue my pursuits in metal detecting.
I am basically starting over. I've heard so much recently about the advances in metal detectors since I bought my 1266 around 1998 I believe it was. My Civil War relic hunting friends said the 1266 was the standard of the day. I bought one and used it a lot and found a lot of fun and valuabel collectables. However, as time went on I felt I had hunted the same places over and over and my finds were getting less and less, so I eventually quit going to those places.
I just went to the big CW show in Nashville and heard some very good things about the Fisher F75 Limited Edition. Stories such as bullets being dug at 12-15 inches and deeper. I've read a little on some of the other forums and product review sites about the F-75 LE. From what I'm reading this is a very powerful machine, but needs a very knowledgeable, patient, and experienced user to get all that it has to offer. It seems to be more favored among relic hunters than coin hunters. I also noticed that people tend to have extereme opinions about it, either they love it or hate it. The coin hunters seemed to express the most frustration from "chatter" and such. Those who love it say it's the operators fault if the machine does not produce at a superior level. I didn't see much negative from the long time true CW relic hunters, which indicates to me initially that it is a very good, and perhaps the best and deepest, metal detector for relic hunting. I feel there are many more relics on the old places I've hunted, and everyone has quit hunting these areas because they all feel these areas have been "hunted out." The only way I will have consistent finds here (and justify buying a new machine) is with a detector that goes deeper than the Fisher 1266 that my friends and I have used there in past years, and an ocassional hard-core hunter with the very expensive machines by other manufacturers. (I don't remember the names and model numbers, just that they were well over $1,000 and this was several years ago.)
I'm new here and don't want to break protocol by mentioning other brands, nor asking for info about them. But I would like to get feedback about the F-75 Limited Edition from long time Civil War relic hunters, and how they would rate it over all. Many of you have tried lots of detectors over the years and have a lot of experience in knowing the best machine to get.
If I went to an open competition tomorow and absolutely had to win the contest for deepest bullet and button finds, would the F-75 Limited Edition be the one to take? If I want to find deep relics in "hunted out" places in old farming and house site areas with a lot of junk metal, nails, etc. would the F-75 Limited Edition be the best?
Thank you very much for reading and for this nice forum.
DS
Mississippi
I am basically starting over. I've heard so much recently about the advances in metal detectors since I bought my 1266 around 1998 I believe it was. My Civil War relic hunting friends said the 1266 was the standard of the day. I bought one and used it a lot and found a lot of fun and valuabel collectables. However, as time went on I felt I had hunted the same places over and over and my finds were getting less and less, so I eventually quit going to those places.
I just went to the big CW show in Nashville and heard some very good things about the Fisher F75 Limited Edition. Stories such as bullets being dug at 12-15 inches and deeper. I've read a little on some of the other forums and product review sites about the F-75 LE. From what I'm reading this is a very powerful machine, but needs a very knowledgeable, patient, and experienced user to get all that it has to offer. It seems to be more favored among relic hunters than coin hunters. I also noticed that people tend to have extereme opinions about it, either they love it or hate it. The coin hunters seemed to express the most frustration from "chatter" and such. Those who love it say it's the operators fault if the machine does not produce at a superior level. I didn't see much negative from the long time true CW relic hunters, which indicates to me initially that it is a very good, and perhaps the best and deepest, metal detector for relic hunting. I feel there are many more relics on the old places I've hunted, and everyone has quit hunting these areas because they all feel these areas have been "hunted out." The only way I will have consistent finds here (and justify buying a new machine) is with a detector that goes deeper than the Fisher 1266 that my friends and I have used there in past years, and an ocassional hard-core hunter with the very expensive machines by other manufacturers. (I don't remember the names and model numbers, just that they were well over $1,000 and this was several years ago.)
I'm new here and don't want to break protocol by mentioning other brands, nor asking for info about them. But I would like to get feedback about the F-75 Limited Edition from long time Civil War relic hunters, and how they would rate it over all. Many of you have tried lots of detectors over the years and have a lot of experience in knowing the best machine to get.
If I went to an open competition tomorow and absolutely had to win the contest for deepest bullet and button finds, would the F-75 Limited Edition be the one to take? If I want to find deep relics in "hunted out" places in old farming and house site areas with a lot of junk metal, nails, etc. would the F-75 Limited Edition be the best?
Thank you very much for reading and for this nice forum.
DS
Mississippi