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bxlarry said:
I have an F2...almost the same with a few less features.
I found several relics, a huge amount of coins, more silver and gold jewelry than you might believe.
Soil affects depth, dry sand is usually not a problem but if you have lots of minerals in the sand you hunt, dry or not, it could.
Disc hunting with the standard DD coil should get further in regular sand or low mineralized dirt than 6", all metal and ground balanced even deeper.
Where do you live, exactly what kind of sand do you hunt, what coil do you have mounted, what are your standard settings?
Answer these questions and we can offer more help.
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Where you hunt is the most important part of metal hunting not what type machine you have , spend some time in one spot and if in a couple hours your not finding much pack up and move to another spot.once you find a hot spot really work that area good , usually you can hunt the same 'good' area several times and it will keep producing well for you.I've got a f5 machine I paid 250.00$ and it works great.Good luck and keep us posted on your finds.
The F4 is a good unit matching depth and abilities of most all detectors in it's class and price range. Don't fall into the "depth" trap. 90% of all buried finds are within that 6" range. And you may find that a seated coin/jewelry will activate it at even deeper levels. The F4 can detect a large can at 2 feet. Same as a F2. So the field goes pretty far. In all metal you can get even better depth. That is when a threshold and headphones can help reach way into the ground.
Disc mode requires a stronger return signal to activate the unit with ID, Not the AM mode. Press the autotune/all metal button. Bring the sesitivity up to a level where you don't hear chatter. Bring the threshold to a very slight hum, barely heard. Put on headphones. Now pass a coin in front of the coil. Notice the change in the hum? Now take the coin a foot or so from the coil, going back and forth as you get it closer to the coil. When you hear the hum change, even slightly, check the distance. I'll bet you are a good 10" or further from the coil.
The F2 doesn't have this. So you have the best of both worlds. Disc for typical park hunting and AM for field hunting. Good choice.
Disc mode requires a stronger return signal to activate the unit with ID, Not the AM mode. Press the autotune/all metal button. Bring the sesitivity up to a level where you don't hear chatter. Bring the threshold to a very slight hum, barely heard. Put on headphones. Now pass a coin in front of the coil. Notice the change in the hum? Now take the coin a foot or so from the coil, going back and forth as you get it closer to the coil. When you hear the hum change, even slightly, check the distance. I'll bet you are a good 10" or further from the coil.
The F2 doesn't have this. So you have the best of both worlds. Disc for typical park hunting and AM for field hunting. Good choice.
MarkCZ
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Well, if your not using the all-metal mode and you learn to pinpoint while still in discrimination mode by X'in the target then you don't need to ground balance it. The ground balance feature on the F4 only ground balances the two all-metal modes. Ground balancing on a sandy beach could be a problem.
Mark
Mark
Hey Welcome! Yeah, I'm with Hightone on this...especially beach hunting where you are at...done fall into the "Depth" trap..
You should however fall into the "Speed" trap with an F4...meaning. work that dry sand fast and furious and beat everyone else to the targets....its a valid strategy when hunting active beaches for fresh drops...go very light and very fast and dont worry about depth...get as much shallow prime realestate covered in the shortest time..in effect you actually hunted more prime earth than someone with a rig that got a bit deeper depth and had to go slower..Its like any other tool...use it for its strengths and its intent and you can vastly out perform most...I would think where you are at its a race type of situation...
Mud.
You should however fall into the "Speed" trap with an F4...meaning. work that dry sand fast and furious and beat everyone else to the targets....its a valid strategy when hunting active beaches for fresh drops...go very light and very fast and dont worry about depth...get as much shallow prime realestate covered in the shortest time..in effect you actually hunted more prime earth than someone with a rig that got a bit deeper depth and had to go slower..Its like any other tool...use it for its strengths and its intent and you can vastly out perform most...I would think where you are at its a race type of situation...
Mud.
The F4 will perform quite nicely. You should read, read , and read again all the information you can on techniques. There is a learning curve to any machine.
You will learn what, and what not, to dig with experience. The Target ID will be spot on with coins up to about 5" unless they're blanked out by iron...
My recommendation is to buy a quality pinpointer, (Garrette Carrot, Deteknix Xpointer are my favorites). They will make your learning period a lot easier...
Good hunting doesn't always result in good finds. If you had fun, you won.
Anyone can become a millionaire metal detecting. If they start out as Billionaires.
You will learn what, and what not, to dig with experience. The Target ID will be spot on with coins up to about 5" unless they're blanked out by iron...
My recommendation is to buy a quality pinpointer, (Garrette Carrot, Deteknix Xpointer are my favorites). They will make your learning period a lot easier...
Good hunting doesn't always result in good finds. If you had fun, you won.
Anyone can become a millionaire metal detecting. If they start out as Billionaires.