F75 is great in dry ground!:detecting:

[cc]

Finally a detector that works well in dry ground!

For years I've tried to hunt around Pittsburgh in the summer and could never get more than 4-5" in dry hard ground, no matter what the setting.

I've been reading these posts and playing with my settings in both my test garden and air and I finally hit on some settings that get deep in dry ground.

I went to a local park this weekend and was pulling coins 8-10" clear as a bell in our hard dry ground.

My settings at least for around here were JE, disc 6 and sensitivity 55 4H

What a great machine!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I'm hunting Susquehanna silt just above the PA border that's probably much like your Ohio R. silt. I can not remember EVER the local soil being so dry that it blows away as dust when dug. We usually aren't this bad mid August!. We get like 200 inches of precipitation annually but are way, way behind.

But, like you, I am still pulling fairly deep coins. Dimes and nickels that I know my Musketeer has "seen" in past years at the local town park. And the Musky is no slouch when it comes to depth.

May sound like a put on, but I have ordered a Wilcox 300 from Ron because my Lesche "bottoms out" at 7" with the handguard being so wide. I need a deeper digger for coins.

 

[jim tn]

We are very dry, too, here in W.Tn, 15" below norm and thats on top of a very dry year last year. But, as you both have stated, the F75 is still finding deep coins. Yesterday I dug a silver Rosie at 7" and 2 wheats at at least the same depth and the Rosie came through loud and clear. Fortunately, I recently purchased a Predator model 58 Little Eagle, shovel for use on old home sites and places where neatness isn't a problem. HH jim tn