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question on the fisher 1270
- Thread starter Johnny
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Johnny: I have taken my new 1270 out three times now since I received it 3 weeks ago. The results are in.... 1809 1/2 cent piece, 1818 penny, 1853 penny, 1837 Canadian 1/2 penny, 1853 1/2 dime, 1863 civil war token, 1865 3 cent piece, 1865 "L" Indian head, 1906 indian head, 1912 wheatie, 1941 and 43 wheaties. Also, a colonial shoe buckle-silver, 1 silver button-large, 2 New York coat buttons, 2 "C" cuff buttons, 3 flat gold guild buttons, a silver spoon, a civil war Eagle Breast plate, 3 brass buckles with iron touges, over dozen dropped three ringers and round balls. I've been using my old 1265 since it came out years ago, and thought it was good. The 1270 leaves her in the dust! I LOVE IT! Jeff
Bob Stephens
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Hi Johnny! I just took delivery of my new 1270 back in Sept. and it's everything it's cracked up to be. I like the three modes and use all of them depending on the site I'm hunting. As I hunt primarily coins, I'll often use the regular DISC mode and set the DISC at 3 then dig everything that beeps. It's very good on both old and new coins, goes deeper than average and will signal on coins that are at odd angles in the ground. Yesterday, (Saturday, Oct. 15th), I hunted an old schoolyard/community center site and set the IRON DISC on as my main hunt mode. This site has a lot of old iron nails and the 1270's iron squelcher did a fair job of keeping the hunt quiet. During the course of the hunt, I found two nice Canadian large pennies dating 1915 and 1918 respectively. They sounded off loud and clear in the same way some modern day clad coins I found there sounded off too.
In the last few weeks, I've dug some nice jewellery, some older tools, plenty of modern day clad and other curios as well. Incidentally, 90% of my park hunts with the 1270 use the small 5" coil as it's easier pinpointing targets with it.
I like the pinpoint trigger switch and the secondary select mode you can select with the same pinpoint tool. It's a well thought out machine and I'm surprised you don't hear more about it on the Forum. I'd recommend it heartily. You dig a lot more junk with it as you will with any "beep and dig" type of machine but you also dig some very interesting finds as well. I have two beep/dig machines in my stable - the Fisher 1270 and also the Fisher 1280 Aquanaut. I've hunted for years with the 1280 in both land and water and the beep/dig approach is great as you learn to hunt with your mind and ears. I've found a lot of good jewellery with my 1280 in both land and water hunts and I have every confidence my 1270 will supplement not only the 1280 but also my very capable CZ-5 which is a champion coin finder too.
Hope this information is of some help. Go for a 1270, you won't be disappointed once you've gotten the hang of how it performs.
Best Regards and Happy Hunting.
Bob and Louise. Hamilton, Ontario.
In the last few weeks, I've dug some nice jewellery, some older tools, plenty of modern day clad and other curios as well. Incidentally, 90% of my park hunts with the 1270 use the small 5" coil as it's easier pinpointing targets with it.
I like the pinpoint trigger switch and the secondary select mode you can select with the same pinpoint tool. It's a well thought out machine and I'm surprised you don't hear more about it on the Forum. I'd recommend it heartily. You dig a lot more junk with it as you will with any "beep and dig" type of machine but you also dig some very interesting finds as well. I have two beep/dig machines in my stable - the Fisher 1270 and also the Fisher 1280 Aquanaut. I've hunted for years with the 1280 in both land and water and the beep/dig approach is great as you learn to hunt with your mind and ears. I've found a lot of good jewellery with my 1280 in both land and water hunts and I have every confidence my 1270 will supplement not only the 1280 but also my very capable CZ-5 which is a champion coin finder too.
Hope this information is of some help. Go for a 1270, you won't be disappointed once you've gotten the hang of how it performs.
Best Regards and Happy Hunting.
Bob and Louise. Hamilton, Ontario.