F75 is my favorite still.

[Iron man X]

Ha, I perhaps used some bad terminology. It really wasn't dumbed down from a user standpoint, they tried to make it less susceptible to emi which made it somewhat sparky and chattery. I and some others didn't have a problem with it being sparky, but others did. By adding dst it (maybe) was less affected by emi, but it took a pretty good hit in depth performance and seemingly was a little less sensitive. I know a good percentage of hunters wanted to wrap the F 75 around a tree and gave up on it. That's too bad, as once one learned its language it really was a terrific detector. HH jim tn

One great thing about the newer F-75 Ltd,is the option to turn the dst on or off. Gives one the ability to run it with the chatter,or dumbed down. I'm running mine with the dst on, but I'm still learning this detector and it helps with the frustration factor. So far so good

 

[relicmeister]

I have a Deus 2 with 9” coil and 11” coil on separate shafts. I also have an Equinox 900 with just the 10” x 5” elliptical Coiltek.
Now I just ordered a new fisher f75 limited edition, with 11” band 5” coils, with ability to switch on or off DST, and the boost/ cache modes. I had a f75 New edition. I sold it to get the D2.

I think the D2 and Nox 900 are fine and all I need, but I could not get the f75 out of my thoughts. I wanted that machine with its long battery life on 4 AA batteries kept in the car ( except extreme weather times)and its time tested and proven simple VLF capabilities alongside the more modern SMF machines with their factory programs and rich settings the latter which I tend to drastically underutilize.


Truth be told, I also bought it as added incentive to get well enough to detect which I currently cannot do as I’m suffering from cancer largely cleared up but currently suffering temporary lung damage caused be acute autoimmune response to one of the treatments that saved my life. Hope to be swinging again soon enough though - starting with the D2 and WS6 master ( lightest of the lightweights) and my new f75.

 

[relicmeister]

I have both the Camo F75 and the DST F75. Never want to use the Camo version anymore except for the all metal mode. DST is much more stable and I don't notice any change in depth while in disc mode. Maybe because I can crank it up. The non DST F75 wouldn't have been able to hunt where I found the relics in this post without giving me a headache even at lower sensitivity.

My first real metal detector was the Teknetics Omega 8000. It's a great machine, but it struggles with EMI mightily. I just thought it was normal so that when I switched to the F75 I was kind of used to some kind of chatter. I think that's why I didn't wrap mine around a tree

I too had my start on the Omega 8000- still have it. Sure found a lot with it. Then I went for the Nox ( have the 900 now) and the D2.. I just ordered a f75 Ltd bc I regret selling the std f75 I had and this one is staying in my rotation for good. May build on it but never selling it.