I'm going back in time instead of moving forward

[MuddyMo]

I may have traded you that CZ5 if it was missing a knob. I've always loved the CZs, my brother still swings his. Unfortunately for some reason they always wore me out on a long hunt. No problems with any other of the 40-50? detectors I've owned including an Etrac. ???
I swing both new digital and old analogs. They both have their place, no one is wrong for liking one over the other.

 

[Mind Bender]

I have been detecting for over 30 years and man oh man how detectors and things detecting related has changed. I have tried a lot of the newest and greatest detectors on the market currently but I always end up going back to what I felt like worked for me and I had confidence in while using it. The newer detectors have way too many adjustments and I am always afraid of it not being set up right and what I could be missing due to that. That's one of the reasons I keep going back in time instead of in the future. I currently have a Fisher CZ 5 and a Explorer SE Pro a Deeptech Vista X and I just ordered a new Fisher F5. These are all excellent detectors and they are plenty deep enough and my confidence in them is through the roof. I have went back to sites that I had thought was picked cleaned by the newer detectors only to find things that they had missed while swinging a detector that was 20 + years older. I don't know if I'm the only one that is doing this but I have learned that if something works why change it out for something that takes a engineer to operate. This hobby is about having fun and I myself enjoy the simple old school detectors that I know like the back of my hand.

How do you like the F5? It looks easy to use.

 

[88junior]

It's a good detector and it's not difficult to learn to use. It's one that I can see easily paying for itself in finds.

 

[Confetrit]

Things change.
I still have my F75, but I haven't used it for quite some time.
Probably the best tests are done if you take your old fisher and your new high tech unit out at the same time and test both on each target found.
Only then you can truely judge the effectiveness of both.
What I need is a detector Caddy, to carry the second unit.

How about a golf club bag on wheels that you could trail behind you attached to a backpack? Lol

 

[Mountaineer_Mac]

I have been detecting for over 30 years and man oh man how detectors and things detecting related has changed. I have tried a lot of the newest and greatest detectors on the market currently but I always end up going back to what I felt like worked for me and I had confidence in while using it. The newer detectors have way too many adjustments and I am always afraid of it not being set up right and what I could be missing due to that. That's one of the reasons I keep going back in time instead of in the future. I currently have a Fisher CZ 5 and a Explorer SE Pro a Deeptech Vista X and I just ordered a new Fisher F5. These are all excellent detectors and they are plenty deep enough and my confidence in them is through the roof. I have went back to sites that I had thought was picked cleaned by the newer detectors only to find things that they had missed while swinging a detector that was 20 + years older. I don't know if I'm the only one that is doing this but I have learned that if something works why change it out for something that takes a engineer to operate. This hobby is about having fun and I myself enjoy the simple old school detectors that I know like the back of my hand.

Ive none the exact same thing. I use an f-11 and love it. Good luck. Enjoyed post.

 

[autopilot42]

It's a good detector and it's not difficult to learn to use. It's one that I can see easily paying for itself in finds.

Nice display easy on old eyes. Decent depth very nice machine.

 

[Monte]

The F5 is one versatile detector. Very adjustable GB in the Disc. I am looking for a 5" Concentric coil for my F5 as it makes a great general purpose detector/coil combination.

Monte

 

[coffeecan]

Agreed. I have always loved White's machines. The tone and threshold sound. The new machines now are waterproof. Back in the day they were not. Also Multi Freq. So many great vintage White's machines.So sad to see that White's shut down. Perhaps Garrett will bring back these units with new tech?

 

[autopilot42]

I have an eg 800 nice machine audio sucks I like fisher better . Just my point of view. The f5 is a decent machine well thought out very nice audio . The gold bug has nice audio also my favorite. The nokta machines have a way to much digitized audio that I do not prefer . Will wait to buy but fisher brand but is probably done . The sing is gone. I do like the eqx in gold mode nice audio. Plus I like the head phones and the module that I can hook up ear buds to. Depends on your type of hunting I guess.