F70 tips

[jgiguere17]

I have been hunting with my F70 a couple of times but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what to set it at and how to fine tune it more.

I hear a solid dine hit yesterday and I dug up a piece of foil. weird..........also what about ground grabbing the coil when you first start, how should it be done properly to get the best results?

 

[Danny_n_WV]

I bought a F70 last fall and only got to use it 2 times after getting it. All do to heart problems and surgery etc. Anyway when I first got it I went out in my front yard and found a quarter maybe 2 inches or so. Then I found a silver dollar or what I thought was going to be anyway. It turned out to be a piece of aluminum. I read my manual again and there was a word or two on how to distinguish the difference between a piece of metal and a coin. And that was raise the coil up and listen to the sound. See page 29 of the F70 manual. Not sure tho if that would work on foil.



Danny_n_WV

 

[jgiguere17]

ok so if I raise the coil up some and pass over it again and still get a SOLID signal I should be confident it is a coin right?

also I know first starting out I SHOULD dig EVERYTHING........but how should I discriminate or set the discrimination at?

 

[Danny_n_WV]

As I mentioned... I've only used my F70 a couple times and my knowledge of it wouldn't get you very far. Read your manual and practice, practice and practice and I'm sure it will work out for you and you will become a pro at it


Danny_n_WV

 

[cometguy]

I know this adds another step to the recovery, but I have always used a coin probe when detecting. I am a little weird and I like to savor the targets and decide what they are before digging them.
I used a long straight skinny screwdriver with a blunted point as a probe. I just push it down into the ground until I hit the target. Coins will give a nice clinking sound and you will usually push
a hole right through foil. Make sure you are using the four way pass and getting good signals each way as another way to slow down bad targets. You need to read the booklet for your
discrimination levels. I like hearing the iron sounds so I run very little discrimination.

Good luck,

Don

 

[jgiguere17]

I have a vibraprobe 560 so that cuts down my digging times quite a bit. no probe, dont believe in them, since I have gauged a coin prettybad before

 

[danrom]

Read the threads from mudpuppy....he has only been using the F-70 for around 3 or 4 years, but he is very knowledgeable about how it works and how to make it hunt like a bird dog....

 

[ez4sure]

small pieces of foil on the suface will give hight tone sometimes raising the coil a few inches will help tell what it is also if it is a shallow coin raising the coil will help pinpoint the target better shallow foil when pinpointing will give a much weaker signal than a coin. it takes practise keep at it and you will get the hang of it hh