I don't know what to do :shrug:

[Mike Hillis]

Most top end detectors require a book to learn how to use them. I mean, look at the DFX, it's got a thick manual, a book about the manual, and a technical book about the manual, and couple other books and several engineering papers and videos and websites with tons of programs for it. Then there is the Explorer series that follows about the same scenario. Even the Fisher CoinStrike requires some teaching aids. I mean, you know, there is tons of stuff to read and assimilate before you can use those machines well.

What do you do with a machine like the F-75 that doesn't need a book about the manual or a video to teach you how to use it? I mean, shoot, 8 different tone modes, 4 different target sampling options, 10 notches and two different all metals and there is nothing to even map out on it?

All you do it turn it on, do a simple set up to whatever your preference is and go hunting and try to figure out how to retrieve a target that deep without getting the boot.

I guess I could spend some time labeling the tone modes. Lets see....I'll call tone# 4H mode the CZ3D mode for early sites....I could call tone# 4 my old high coin mode....I could call tone# 3H my clad mode and # 3 my battery money mode....I could call tone #dp with some notching my jewelry mode....# 2f my iron mode....and #'s 1 and 1f I could call the "wonder what the hell that is?" mode. Or I could call #3 my jewelry mode and the other one my clad mode. Or I could try relic hunting and turn one into a button mode........

All I can say is I'm glad I got something complicated like the DFX when I feel like fiddling around, cause the F-75 is hunter, not a fiddler.

HH

 

[thompy]

well maybe you could write a book or make a video on the F-75 and T-2, i would want one. but yeah i know what you mean

 

[Mark in NC]

I've noticed it seems hard to actually use it "incorrectly". Sure, you can run it too hot, or ground balance on top of a hunk of iron, but other than that, like you said, "it hunts"! You can do like me and spend some time using the confidence bar to "train" your target sweeps. I've found that to be pretty cool. I definitely have noticed I spend more time actually searching for targets than I do digging through layers of menus. A welcome change!

hh'n

Mark in NC