Fisher is still the Benchmark

[Mike Hillis]

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[Elton]

Metal detecting forum is the only forum where comparisons are allowed per the Owner/Administration.

 

[steve herschbach]

Here is part of an article in a nugget detecting magazine about Dave J.


"What do the following gold detectors have in common:

Fisher Gold Bug (nugget detector, no longer in production)
Fisher Gold Bug 2 (nugget detector, in production)
Tesoro Diablo Micromax (nugget detector, no longer in production)
Tesoro Lobo Supertraq (general purpose, in production)
White’s GMT (nugget detector, in production)
White’s MXT (general purpose, in production)
Troy X-5 (general purpose, no longer in production)
Teknetics T2 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher F75 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher F70 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher Gold Bug Pro (general purpose, in production)

Yes, they are all particularly hot on gold - some are as hot as you get. But what they have in common is engineer Dave Johnson. What many people do not know is that only a few people have made detecting what it is today. Dave has been lead engineer or had a hand in many of the best detectors I've ever owned. What you notice is he has worked for many companies. Basically, if you wanted to make a good gold detector, for quite some time the answer was "get Dave"!

So when people talk this brand versus that brand it is kind of funny, as they often have more in common than you think. When it comes to nugget detecting, once upon a time it was Charles Garrett, and now it is pretty much Dave Johnson and Bruce Candy (Minelab) who have left their mark on the detectors that have found the vast majority of gold nuggets found worldwide. A younger fellow and less well known would be Brent Weaver at Garrett who had a hand in the Infinium and innovative AT models."

These guys built on the basics of detecting as conceived of by others but stand out for their contibutions to the world of nugget detecting."

The least people can do when cutting and pasting my copyrighted material is to give me credit.

 

[REVIER]

Here is part of an article in a nugget detecting magazine about Dave J.


"What do the following gold detectors have in common:

Fisher Gold Bug (nugget detector, no longer in production)
Fisher Gold Bug 2 (nugget detector, in production)
Tesoro Diablo Micromax (nugget detector, no longer in production)
Tesoro Lobo Supertraq (general purpose, in production)
White’s GMT (nugget detector, in production)
White’s MXT (general purpose, in production)
Troy X-5 (general purpose, no longer in production)
Teknetics T2 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher F75 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher F70 (general purpose, in production)
Fisher Gold Bug Pro (general purpose, in production)

Yes, they are all particularly hot on gold - some are as hot as you get. But what they have in common is engineer Dave Johnson. What many people do not know is that only a few people have made detecting what it is today. Dave has been lead engineer or had a hand in many of the best detectors I've ever owned. What you notice is he has worked for many companies. Basically, if you wanted to make a good gold detector, for quite some time the answer was "get Dave"!

So when people talk this brand versus that brand it is kind of funny, as they often have more in common than you think. When it comes to nugget detecting, once upon a time it was Charles Garrett, and now it is pretty much Dave Johnson and Bruce Candy (Minelab) who have left their mark on the detectors that have found the vast majority of gold nuggets found worldwide. A younger fellow and less well known would be Brent Weaver at Garrett who had a hand in the Infinium and innovative AT models."

These guys built on the basics of detecting as conceived of by others but stand out for their contibutions to the world of nugget detecting."

The least people can do when cutting and pasting my copyrighted material is to give me credit.

Lol!

Sorry full credit is now given, extra credit for when I screw up next time.
Honestly I got it from another site and didn't really notice the author, didn't even think to look but probably you were...now I know better.
Humble apologies Master Jedi...give me an address to send at least a box of yummy donuts to make amends.

 

[amberjack]

probably send Dave J the cakes

AJ

 

[chuck ky]

Are you sure about the 4th. tone for old coins. I thought they were just brought up to the high tone.

 

[vlad]

but I doubt the Fair Use Act was violated.
(as continually expanded by that 9th Circuit Court. no one knows what is protected now)

 

[amberjack]

not even cakes

AJ

 

[jd88047]

Owning the AT Pro and F75 I always compare signals. My friend has a trac and guess what. The F75 is deeper than the etrac and the AT Pro will keep up on most targets. But the F75 has a lot of options, too many to put in a post. But if you download the online free manual you will see why the F75 is a detector to compare. My problem with vlf single frequency detectors is one you own one you dont need the same version of a detector by another brand.With proces drooping on detecting you will see more and more comparisons. I have found I dont need the best to hunt with. But I always like learning.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

I sort of smile as if I just kept my original CZ6 instead of trying them all would have saved a lot just in shipping alone...and it would probably still be grabbing the deep silver left by these brand new fangled better than sliced bread units from U.S. and across the waters...

 

[mrwilburino]

I sort of smile as if I just kept my original CZ6 instead of trying them all would have saved a lot just in shipping alone...and it would probably still be grabbing the deep silver left by these brand new fangled better than sliced bread units from U.S. and across the waters...

I wouldn't argue with that, but I do wish that they would modernize the CZ platform a bit........ add some DD coils, get rid of the poorly balanced s-rod ergonomics, swap out the meter for a digital numeric readout......

FT has been waving the update wand around quite a bit lately, but nothing for the CZ.

 

[lytle78]

The CZ is at the end of the road, development wise - too many discrete components and complex initial alignment doom it from a manufacturing cost standpoint.

Multifrequency as well as simglefrequency detector design has evolved a lot simce Dave Johnson designed the CZ.

First Texas' engineering is obviously busy with something - hopefully it includes detectors with superior performance in mineralized ground to anything available today.

 

[pasttom]

I know they missed the 2016 projected release date, are you saying the CZX Dave Johnson was working on has been scrapped?