garrybk said:
Although the F19 is not a coin machine it does a good job finding coins. I want to see how it will performs with a 5in coil. So I ordered one. I will let you know how it goes.
Personally, I am not hot on the idea they have touted the F-19 as a "Relic Hunting" detector. It is more-or-less an enhanced Gold Bug Pro/G2 with a better stock coil than the Teknetics for general hunting [size=small](the 5X10 DD I prefer to the goofy 11" DD, but that's just me)[/size]. I like it over the G2's I've had because the F-19 does handle dense iron nails better than the G2 & Gold Bug Pro, especially with the 5" DD coil.
I had one that I worked a few locations with, an old school site, and old church site, and some homesteads, and it did 'OK,' and better than the G2. I am not a Double-D coil guy, preferring a good Concentric coil mounted on a good-working detector. However, since you asked about the 5" DD coil, that is my favorite coil for this model, or the G2. The 'Greek series' 5" coils I have had measured just a bit over 4½" diameter and a bit short of a true 5" measurement, but since FTP/Teknetics didn't offer a smaller-size Concentric coil, I put the 5" DD to work four-and-a-half years ago on my Omega. Results were impressive.
I have continued to enjoy using the 5" DD coil and keep mine on-hand. The stock Omega coil, a 5½X9¾ Concentric, is an okay coil and I like it, but I swapped with a round 8" Concentric off a Delta four years ago and was even more impressed. So my two-coil preference for the Omega [size=small](and I usually limit my coil selections to no more than 2 coils for any detector in my arsenal)[/size] are the 8" Concentric and 5" DD.
I think you'll like the 5" DD on the F-19, if you hunt trashier sites. Personally, if I would have kept an F-19 in my personal arsenal, it would sport the 5" DD full-time and I'd use the 'stock' coil on occasion, only.
garrybk said:
I have a whites m6 which is really my coin machine. But I'm currently 2100 miles from home and I'm detecting a 70's yard to get more familiar with the f19. When I get back to idaho I'll take the f19 relic hunting.
Which search coil do you use on your M6? Do you have the 6½" Concentric [size=small](the 5.3 Eclipse)[/size] and have you used the M6 and that coil for ghost town and relic hunting? When you get home to Idaho, and I live next door in Oregon, I'd like to get your take on how the F-19 performs in some typical iron, and non-iron, littered relic hunting sites. I'd be pleased if you would work the F-19 w/5" DD and the M6 w/6½" Concentric in a number of old sites, comparing their performance side-by-side on the same targets prior to recovery. Drop me an e-mail, if you'd prefer.
It was reported here that some part of Idaho got several inches of snow out of a recent storm, and I know we ended up with about 3" here. Today the clouds burned off and it ended up totally blue sky and bright sunshine, and we hit a high of 34.0° at 2 PM. Roads are dry and a lot of the snow has started to vanish, but now [size=small](6:30 PM)[/size] we've had quite a temperature drop to 17.2°. We're supposed to be headed to 14°, but I have a feeling it will get lower than that.
I know a lot of the ground is frozen here so it doesn't look like I'll be getting out for at least a few more weeks, unless folks don't mind a 'crew' to be handling the recovery work. Wintry weather means it's a great time to dive into research, and that's what we are going to do.
I hope your hunk of Idaho is workable.
Monte
