F5 Ground Balancing ? :detecting:

[Cal_Cobra]

Looks like there's two ways to GB the F5:

1) Easiest - Switch to AM, and hit the Phase Lock while pumping the coil 1" to 6" and when the GB and phase numbers match release the button while STILL pumping, then switch back to DISC mode. Really works like the fast grab IMHO.

2) The three thumbs method - Again switch to AM, pump the coil, and turn the GB knob until the GB and Phase numbers match up.

Is one better then the other ? Method #1 sure is easy (as easy as the C$), but do you loose anything by going that route vs manual GB so to speak?

I saw that Streak! posted that it really didn't matter if you used the Phase Lock method in AM or DISC mode, so in that respect it's really better then the Coinstrike, as you get a visual validation that it's done correctly vs. hoping that it's done correctly with the auto confirmation the C$ provides.

I'll be testing this out at some older sites up where my parents live in Lake County, CA this weekend and will post back my results. I'm planning to do some fresh water lake hunting where some old Victorian lake front resorts where once located, and was planning to use my Sovereign, but I think I'll try the F5 as well as the coil is water proof and smaller then anything I have on the Sov.

HH,
Brian

 

[Cal_Cobra]

I took the F5 our for four hours today and it runs great (will post more on that later).

I noticed that the ground balance knob also pushes in as a momentary switch, but for the life of me I cannot determine what it controls. I don't recall seeing anything in the F5 manual mentioning this, does anyone know what it does ????

 

[Digger]

Pressing the GB knob on the F5 does nothing. There is no function. The manufacturer makes it that way, and FT cannot change it. HH Randy

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Pressing the GB knob on the F5 does nothing. There is no function. The manufacturer makes it that way, and FT cannot change it. HH Randy

It's interesting that it serves no purpose as the other knobs don't opperate that way. It would have been a great place to put the Phase Lock.

I was very impressed with the ground balance opperation, very easy to use and keep current as the ground conditions change.