The pure "coolness" of notching in!

[Mark in NC]

I did a quick "clad vac" of the nearby school yard this week. I decided to go for the most efficient coinage per minute I could. I cranked up the disc on the F-75 as high as it would go, and then notched in nickels. WOW! Even with the disc cranked, I was getting clad coins in the clay way, way down below the chip bark. (that i had detected many, many, many times by the way) I recovered tons of nickels... poke: Tony) With the incredible sweep speed of the 75, you can cover ground at a break-neck pace. I definitely set a personal record for most coins recovered in the shortest amount of time. The moral of the story is: The F-75 is outstanding at finding the deep/masked old stuff and it also is a butt-kickin' clad killer! A true multi-purpose machine!

Settings were: De process, sensitivity 60, 4h audio, fast grab ground balance

hh'n

Mark in NC

 

[Bill Ladd]

This brings up a good point, as there are lots of "pounded" out schools & parks in every state that have been picked over of most coins....But, many units of the past didn't do well IDing on nickels & there are alot left in the ground at these parks & schools....
left for the F75
Thanks for the reminder of "notching in"....
HH,
Bill

 

[Mark in NC]

I purposefully cut out everything except (notching in) nickel and above. Like most folks, I would much rather find the old stuff, but when time is short, park piratin' can be a lot of fun! This was mainly an experiment in how the F-75 would be for this type of high speed clad vacuuming. Needless to say, it did great! I think my next "experiment" is going to use jewelry mode and hunt for the tiny stuff (no coins) at the same playground. Should be very interesting to see if you focus your time what you can find in the jewelry realm.

 

[alton]

I've found that the Disc setting only goes up to 65, so you can't disc above zinc readings. Am I correct on this or is there a way to go higher?

Like Marc, with that much discrimination I go back and notch in nickels. Most of the time though, I just set disc at 5 or 20 and "listen" to everything. After a long while my concentration can't handle it anymore and I use more disc.

Alton

 

[Bill Ladd]

I wasn't really thinking about what I was typing.....just trying to make sure I understood Mark's method as I have been on all metal for the last few months it seems (I edited that quarters remark)

 

[tink]

Mark, I think this is a post a lot of people are looking for. Reguardless of all the post on relic hunting, there are more of us that clad hunt in the evening after work. I have been talking with lot of guys wondering exactly what the F75 will do for us clad hunters on our quick hunts and as a old site hunter on the weekends.

Thnaks for posting this and letting us know that it is a killer machine of park and school clad hunting. I use an M6 like Andy did and it is a great machine. But with the notch ability of the F75 to grab quick clad with nickels sounds like the upgrade I been looking for.

Thanks, hoping to see more park.clad hunting post on the F75.

 

[coinscreenz]

There is a lot of nickels to find.
You can make a lot of money specialising in just nickels.

 

[Mark in NC]

You betcha!! Like you, I enjoy hitting the parks and playgrounds. They're kinda like ponds that re-stocked with fish on a regular basis! Always targets to be found, and a few surprises mixed in. The F-75 works these type sites astoundingly fast. If you're hunting a newer area, you can turn down the sensitivity and not worry about the deepies. Next on my agenda is to play around with the jewelry mode and only dig nickel, tab and foil signals. Will I dig a lot of trash? YEP! but, amongst it all will come the gold. This is definitely the wrong hobby for folks who don't want to dig (as a very wise sage once told me )

So far, the F-75 has proven itself to be a great "multi-purpose" machine. Yesterday, I went to a old school yard that has seen steady use since the 20's. My goal was to only dig coin hits below the 4-5 inch mark.. (everything above has been in the 70's or higher) With the cool depth gauge on the face, I was able to quickly determine whether a target warranted further investigation. This spot has, to use the over-used term, "been pounded" by everybody in town with a detector. The F-75 still managed a couple of wheat backs at the 7-8" mark. Very, very cool detector!

hh'n

Mark in NC

 

[Jackpine Savage]

If you need to get down to the older stuff in modern trash situations Do Not underestimate the Coin$trike. Notch out foil and just go for the high tones. I was amazed at the depth of coins it beeps on when dealing with lots of shallow modern trash. It may or may not have as quick of recovery as the F-75/T2 but it will pick out deep coins in modern trashy areas with solid repeatable hits. For a "coin hunter" that digs it all on the weekends the C$ is hard to beat IMO.

Now that there are smaller coils available, the C$ is definitely on my "try again" list.

HH Tom