Greg (E.Tn)
Well-known member
Just wanted to get a general metal detecting opinion here.
On of the ways I have been guaging the proficiency of new metal detectors has been to monitor the various forums, and then paying attention to the frequency of "early" coins that are posted on those forums. I know that many early coins are occasionally found at shallow depths, but at the same time, when a new detector comes out, and the forums indicate that users of those machines are finding more and more early coins, then I feel that is a pretty good indication of the abilities of that machine.
Does that make sense?
Most recently, there have been some new machines with increased target separation, and discrimination ability, but they all seem to stumble where detection depth is concerned. I own an F75, and though it seems to have a bit of a learning curve, it also seems to me that it is so versatile a detector that it has excellent depth capabilities, and at least equal to the target separation and disc. ability of these new machines, depending on how you set it up.
Detectorists using the "F" machines have posted a lot of finds over the last several months of early, early, coins, buttons, and relics. If nothing else, I think these forums are an excellent way to guage the performance power of new machines. Subsequently, I think the Fisher "F" machines continue to break new ground where detecting excellence is concerned.
On of the ways I have been guaging the proficiency of new metal detectors has been to monitor the various forums, and then paying attention to the frequency of "early" coins that are posted on those forums. I know that many early coins are occasionally found at shallow depths, but at the same time, when a new detector comes out, and the forums indicate that users of those machines are finding more and more early coins, then I feel that is a pretty good indication of the abilities of that machine.
Does that make sense?
Most recently, there have been some new machines with increased target separation, and discrimination ability, but they all seem to stumble where detection depth is concerned. I own an F75, and though it seems to have a bit of a learning curve, it also seems to me that it is so versatile a detector that it has excellent depth capabilities, and at least equal to the target separation and disc. ability of these new machines, depending on how you set it up.
Detectorists using the "F" machines have posted a lot of finds over the last several months of early, early, coins, buttons, and relics. If nothing else, I think these forums are an excellent way to guage the performance power of new machines. Subsequently, I think the Fisher "F" machines continue to break new ground where detecting excellence is concerned.