I just bought an Anfibio and had some detectable weather here in northeast Ohio. I have never had a bad detector, but I have had one's that were better than others. With that said, I have liked just about every detector I have tried. When the morning started, I knew that I would like the Anfibio, but just how much?
The morning started with digging many signals, some locked on, some bouncing. I quickly realized that this detector would lock onto coins with very little variation in the tones and numbers. I dug 20 clad coins with nothing deeper than 5-6 inches. As I said, coins stayed very consistant with their numbers and tones. After an hour or so, I had not found anything very deep, but I knew there should be older coins in the 8 inch deep range. My initial settings( 4tone, 75 sens, 5khz, and every other setting at default) I was getting an extreme amount of chatter and I started lowering my sens until I was at 55. On a whim, I switched to 3 tone, 91 sens, and 5khz. The detector was as quiet a church mouse. Very soon after switching to these settings I got repeatable tick of a high tone without any numbers. The gauge in pinpoint showed 12 inches and I was ready to dig a rusty washer or bolt. At a measued 10 inches(as deep as my pinpointer is long) I removed a penny. 1920 wheat. I muttered "wow' .
With this newfound knowledge, continued my hunt. I started listening for this type of target, but I started digging deep trash. I try to analyze every deep signal and after digging three or four of these deep high tone ticks only to find deep junk, I figured out that deep junk had a different audio. One way a perfect high tone, but when I turn 90 degrees, another high tone, but just about everytime it would have a slight scratch to the tone. I dug a bunch more and yes they were junk. I dug two more 9-10 inch wheats and while a weak high tone, there was no scratch to the signal. Seriously, the coins were every bit of 9-10 inches deep! If anyone has ever used a CZ detector, it had the sweetest repeatable high tone that almost always produced a deep coin. In 3 tone, the Anfibio sounds exactly like a CZ on a deep coin!
To finish off my morning, I purposely headed for section that was level ground at the bottom of a steep hill. I have found at least 10 silver coins and close to 50 wheats in this exact place. The first bunch of coins were found with a f75, I have rehunted it with two Explorers and found more older coins. I always make a pass or two when I am in the area, but I have found nothing in the handful of recent hunts.
I had a good feeling that the Anfibio would be able to root out a very deep coin or two. The first pass was a bust with only a deep piece of junk that I pretty much knew was junk. My second pass started out with the know recognizeable repeatable high tone, but this time, I got an occasional number flash(89-90). Again I saw a coin that was from 10 inches deep( I cleaned the loose dirt by hand so I knew how deep it really was). It was 1916 wheat. This area is a park along Lake Erie so the soil is sandy,but dark from the decomposing leaves which leaves the coins in great shape.
I have not even scratched the surface of what the Anfibio can do, but I will say it just might be the deepest detector I have ever used. Along with this impressive depth, it is the best built, most ergonomicly perfect detector I have used. Almost the "perfect" detector, but there is one big drawback. I absolutely hate the pinpoint button. It is way too small and I had to remove my gloves everytime to pinpoint. If Notka could have a finger toggle switch like the Racers, it would make this detector nearly perfect
The morning started with digging many signals, some locked on, some bouncing. I quickly realized that this detector would lock onto coins with very little variation in the tones and numbers. I dug 20 clad coins with nothing deeper than 5-6 inches. As I said, coins stayed very consistant with their numbers and tones. After an hour or so, I had not found anything very deep, but I knew there should be older coins in the 8 inch deep range. My initial settings( 4tone, 75 sens, 5khz, and every other setting at default) I was getting an extreme amount of chatter and I started lowering my sens until I was at 55. On a whim, I switched to 3 tone, 91 sens, and 5khz. The detector was as quiet a church mouse. Very soon after switching to these settings I got repeatable tick of a high tone without any numbers. The gauge in pinpoint showed 12 inches and I was ready to dig a rusty washer or bolt. At a measued 10 inches(as deep as my pinpointer is long) I removed a penny. 1920 wheat. I muttered "wow' .
With this newfound knowledge, continued my hunt. I started listening for this type of target, but I started digging deep trash. I try to analyze every deep signal and after digging three or four of these deep high tone ticks only to find deep junk, I figured out that deep junk had a different audio. One way a perfect high tone, but when I turn 90 degrees, another high tone, but just about everytime it would have a slight scratch to the tone. I dug a bunch more and yes they were junk. I dug two more 9-10 inch wheats and while a weak high tone, there was no scratch to the signal. Seriously, the coins were every bit of 9-10 inches deep! If anyone has ever used a CZ detector, it had the sweetest repeatable high tone that almost always produced a deep coin. In 3 tone, the Anfibio sounds exactly like a CZ on a deep coin!
To finish off my morning, I purposely headed for section that was level ground at the bottom of a steep hill. I have found at least 10 silver coins and close to 50 wheats in this exact place. The first bunch of coins were found with a f75, I have rehunted it with two Explorers and found more older coins. I always make a pass or two when I am in the area, but I have found nothing in the handful of recent hunts.
I had a good feeling that the Anfibio would be able to root out a very deep coin or two. The first pass was a bust with only a deep piece of junk that I pretty much knew was junk. My second pass started out with the know recognizeable repeatable high tone, but this time, I got an occasional number flash(89-90). Again I saw a coin that was from 10 inches deep( I cleaned the loose dirt by hand so I knew how deep it really was). It was 1916 wheat. This area is a park along Lake Erie so the soil is sandy,but dark from the decomposing leaves which leaves the coins in great shape.
I have not even scratched the surface of what the Anfibio can do, but I will say it just might be the deepest detector I have ever used. Along with this impressive depth, it is the best built, most ergonomicly perfect detector I have used. Almost the "perfect" detector, but there is one big drawback. I absolutely hate the pinpoint button. It is way too small and I had to remove my gloves everytime to pinpoint. If Notka could have a finger toggle switch like the Racers, it would make this detector nearly perfect