new owner of a Fores Core

[eureka77]

Always liked the Notka Fores core but thought it might be a little out of my price range so was going to get a T2 classic. Well went with my gut and got the Notka anyway from Kellyco detectors. Im so impressed with Kellyco service. Talked with a nice lady Lelliani over the phone around 1 oclock in afternoon. She even threw in a pinpointer for me as well. Nothing special just a bounty hunter pinpointer but coming from a northertool one I was estatic about it. lol But yep ordered at 1 yesterday and at 8 o clock this morning it was on my doorstep here in NC. I always try to use a local coming up business but Kellyco just knocked it out the park! Im a customer for life from this awesome experience with um. Thank you Lellani.
After putting the detector together I put in D12 I believe, ground balanced, and got to play with it in the front yard for a few minutes. My front yard has been hammered from my teknetics alpha, my Whites Goldmaster 4B, bounty hunter and an MXT that I had rented in the past. I've literally covered every inch of my front yard. Within 5 min.s I dug a 1983 Quarter 9 inches. That's been my extent of it so far since I had to go to work and just got done and back. I think this machine and I are going to kill it this year! lol Here's hoping anyway. I have a lot of reading to do here so I can learn all I can and pick up some tips. Thanks for a great forum for me to do that as well. Good luck all and HH

 

[dbado1]

Congratulations on a great purchase!

Please keep us posted with all of your finds. HH

Dean

 

[greaser]

congrats, HH keep us updated.

 

[Monte]

I see you are a new poster on the Findmall Forums, so 'Welcome.' There are a lot of good, experienced people here and I am sure they can offer any help if you have learning questions along the way.

Always liked the Notka Fores core but thought it might be a little out of my price range so was going to get a T2 classic.

The name is FORS and not Fores, and CoRe, not core, which is an abbreviated reference to Coin and Relic hunting detector.

After putting the detector together I put in D12 I believe, ....

It is DI2, not a '1' as they didn't use a lower-case I to make it Di2 and Di3 to describe a DIsriminate 2-Tone mode and DIscriminate 3-Tone mode.

... ground balanced, and got to play with it in the front yard for a few minutes. My front yard has been hammered from my teknetics alpha, my Whites Goldmaster 4B, bounty hunter and an MXT that I had rented in the past. I've literally covered every inch of my front yard. Within 5 min.s I dug a 1983 Quarter 9 inches.

Obviously, your front yard might have been hunted a good deal, but not 'hammered' and I am sure there are more targets there. What settings are you using and which search coil?

I think this machine and I are going to kill it this year! lol Here's hoping anyway. I have a lot of reading to do here so I can learn all I can and pick up some tips. Thanks for a great forum for me to do that as well.

Just put in the time to read about it and use it to learn it well and I am sure you will be well rewarded in your searches this year ... and into the future.

I am a fan of the FORS series of detectors.

Monte

 

[Sonorguy]

I'm wondering what the vid was on your quarter at 9"?
I've now put about 10hrs in on my new CoRe, and love it already. The audio is stellar, and if you ever have a doubt, just dig! I had a great hunt at some woods the other day, a musket ball, a shot 'with a gun' wheat penny, and a lot of shot shells and lead, but still no silver... I'm still trying to figure out how high to put the sensitivity. I think I like it around 35. I get less false high numbers off the big iron, but info on settings is more than welcome. I swung for 4 hrs the one day, and love the balance. I was worried about going to a bit heavier machine, but not an issue at all. I've had frozen shoulder, and have shoulder problems, so it was a real concern. Still learning, but love it so far, can't wait to get to some better sites, my yard has iron ever 5" I think. The small coil is going to help there. This machine loves to throw a vdi of 82 on bottle caps, and I even had one ring in at 91, but I'm ok with that, digging junk is part of the game. Again, learning the audio is key with every machine. I love the extra features on this thing, the flashlight and screen light is so nice to have when dusk hits, and while I don't use it much yet, the vibrate could really be nice if you need an extra jolt from your target..

 

[dbado1]

Sonorguy,

I will hunt with the sensitivity as high as the ambient EMI and ground mineralization will allow and still have stability (No chatter). DI3 is not as sensitive as DI2 so sensitivity in that mode can be turned up a bit more.

When I'm hunting in the woods, with little EMI, I usually turn the sensitivity up to 85 in DI3 and ID Mask to between 5-10. I like to hear everything and this machine is so good at separation that you will not miss a non-ferrous target in the ferrous. In fact, keeping the ID Mask low "sets the machine free".

DI2 is more "sparky" so I usually set the sensitivity to more than 75...less with the small coil. HH

Dean

 

[Sonorguy]

Thanks Dean, not sure what my iD mask has been set at, but
it's a location thing, if I'm in trash, It goes up to around 25. I love di2, it's my
Mode of choice, I watched every video using this machine I could in English,
But ppl don't tell you the settings they are hunting with often enough.
I'm very thankful for those who have done live hunts as it gives a good idea
Of what to expect. Thanks to Niagracounty especially, quality vids, and real informative.
Again still new to this so ill try all sorts of settings, but its alway site sensative.
HH

 

[dbado1]

Yes, location will determine settings.
I meant to say "no more than 75" in DI2.
The amount of iron trash will determine settings for me as well. If a site is really trashy i tend to use DI3 more than DI2 as there is another level of "tonal separation". You will develop your favorite settings as you become more familiar with the machine. Good luck!

Dean

 

[amberjack]

yep good advice and why setting are important as we all have the biggest most powerful computer on to our shoulders, I say to my mate this setting works he looks at me like I have several of those computers up there, so what works for me might and most probably wont work for you.

isn't that why these forums are so much fun we get to bash our heads together, I mean computers

best advice I can give is buy a good machine that has features you would want or need ( which you have done) and spend the next few years or so getting to know it, nothing beats time behind the wheel, I forget stuff and have to relearn it again more times than I would care to admit , read forums about the detector of choice pick out bits that will help and try them out, and well I guess I will continue to learn till I cant get down there any more, and well I worry about people who know it all because they can not get better as a detectorist or anything in life, life is a humbling experience just like detecting.

I do know one thing I can read and read but until I have that machine in my hands and started it up and started digging its just someone else's computers interpretation brains are like finger prints no 2 the same !!

and yes my computer is strange but its got me this far

AJ

 

[mtsheron]

Welcome aboard with a Fors! Great machine and from one North Carolinian to another....congrats!

 

[dbado1]

AJ is correct... his computer is strange! Oh wait, I meant to say your on board computer is the best discriminator circuit made.

Dean

 

[eureka77]

Thanks for the welcome and warm regards all. Where abouts in NC mtsheron.? Im assuming Mt. Sheron maybe? lol Don't know of there if so. Im in Statesville/Mooresville myself.
SonorGuy- Don't recall the VID with the quarter in the yard. Ive been about 4 hours with it so far 1 park and 1 old homesite. Found $2.80 in clad so far and the oldest thing being a 1945 wheatie. Most the coins have been 89 off the top my head except the nickels which were lower. Ive been using the set up in DI2, sensitivity 85, and id mask at 10. Havent figured out about the tones. It can go up to 4 I believe but really can only discern 2 sounds. the good tone from a coin and then the cutting out iron sound where it's scratchy sounding I guess ya can say. Im partially deaf in left ear from IED blast so maybe that's why? but honeslty a quarter, nickel, dime penny all sound the same, even when I have tones set to 4. Or is that how DI2 is? Still have a lot of learning to do but Im loving this detecting a whole lot. Seems as soon as I get started some where I have to hurry up and turn around to leave for something. IE the wife, work, kids. Wish I just had a whole day to play. lol
Monte- thanks for the details bud. But back to searching the forum for more insight. Edit to add now that I think harder most coins are 83. believe the quarter was the 89 at 9 inches but all the shallow quarters and other coins have been 83. If it bounces around the vdi numbers its been trash so far but if it stays at 83 it seems guaranteed a coin

 

[amberjack]

that is nice of you Dean to accept my strangeness not everyone gets it and maybe they are not strange ??? and don't understand that its that thing up there that does all the detecting the beeper is just a tool like any other, its spending time learning that tool and programing the neural pathways that really matters although bashing your head against a wall could hamper production of those pathways

eureka77 good you are getting out and having a swing finding targets in the field is the best way to learn, and from what I have heard a lot of targets come in that 82/83 range sure someone who owns one can say more about that.

AJ

AJ is correct... his computer is strange! Oh wait, I meant to say your on board computer is the best discriminator circuit made.

Dean

 

[dbado1]

eureka77,
Welcome to the forum and thank you for your service!
The CoRe will only go up to three tones...DI3. Which may help with hearing loss as it separates the higher conductors, like most coins, in to a high tone. Where as iron is a low grunt and things like lead and foil are a mid tone. Give DI3 a go and see if it helps to separate targets better for you. Good luck!

Dean

 

[Sonorguy]

I'm starting to really enjoy this thing! ok, I've hunted my own yard a lot, and this CoRe is making me dig deep holes! I'm not used to this, but man do I like it! Dug this tonight doing a short hunt in the dark. Rang in around 86-91. Found another in the same hole, but it was a 52 beside it.
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[dbado1]

Great find, Sonorguy! Thanks for sharing.

Dean

 

[Sonorguy]

Thanks Dean, I was using sens. @ 75 and it was working great in Di2. This wheat was under a root, and about 7" down, 'crackin signal' as Ian would say..

 

[nenadgbeepin]

I've found that DI2 with Sensitivity over 60 really gets a nice hit on deeper coins - far more positive signal than DI3.

 

[eureka77]

Nice wheatie bud!
I Got to go to a park for few hours this evening and found $4.83 in clad. What was really cool was my first coin spill. 7 quarters and 1 nickel in one hole only 3 inches down. Hit it with pinpointer 1 quarter, rechecked the hole then another and another..etc. I was estatic to say the least. lol It was a pretty wide open park and around the play ground was nothing but a lot of can slaw so I headed to the basketball court and the majority of clad was all around theconcrete slab. The light came in handy too, pretty neat feature. Wish it was a little bit brighter but nice none the less.
Ill also have to check out that DI3 mode too as mentioned. Thanks yall HH

 

[dbado1]

Nice wheatie bud!
I Got to go to a park for few hours this evening and found $4.83 in clad. What was really cool was my first coin spill. 7 quarters and 1 nickel in one hole only 3 inches down. Hit it with pinpointer 1 quarter, rechecked the hole then another and another..etc. I was estatic to say the least. lol It was a pretty wide open park and around the play ground was nothing but a lot of can slaw so I headed to the basketball court and the majority of clad was all around theconcrete slab. The light came in handy too, pretty neat feature. Wish it was a little bit brighter but nice none the less.
Ill also have to check out that DI3 mode too as mentioned. Thanks yall HH

Nice work!
Basketball courts are one of my favorite places to hunt around.