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The Red Sheet Thing Again - - F4 arrived

M

Mr.Bill

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I went looking for a red sheet, but all I could find was a pink blanket.

Here's a few shots of the new Fisher F-4 that I received this week. Were going to do a little field testing with it over the weekend, and then I'm going to meet up with my friend Bill Ladd to let him play with it a bit.

One thing, It's solid feeling. No mistaking the feel of the Fisher rods.

If your interested in owning one, please drop me a email at: wcrabter@adelphia.net or phone me at 508-457-4805

Mr. Bill
 
Thanks for the photo's Bill! Glad you were able to procure yourself one to test out. Don't look bad at all--
so please report back what you think of it.

You must have a real 'in'- as I thought the Red Sheet fellas were getting the first one? :wacko:

Jack:usaa:
 
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It would be interesting to know what someone who swung a 3300 thought of this machine once they tried it. And Bill if you hit pinpoint button in disc mode, does it retain it's disc settings once it is released?
 
I have a 3300 here at the shop. I will compare.

Hitting the pin point button, and return to discriminate mode, does retain the discrimination setting.

The discrimination button also allows all metal discrimination. Just tap the button once and it goes into this all metal disc. mode. Tap it again, back to Disc. with adjustments. Not all that certain with this function.

It has a separate all metal mode, along with a no motion pin point.

Mr. Bill
 
I think it looks great, I'm glad to see that some of Fishers good aspects like quality technology will be mixed with Bounty Hunters Marketing and organization. I wonder if its the same frenquency as my 3300, and if my 3300 coils would be interchangable?
 
There's a silver dollar on your porch! :lol:

Forget the $$ joke above, does it hit the infamous quarter????????????

Tom
 
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Hi Mike,

I know the F4 resembles the Titan 3000 or the Bounty hunter 3300, But I
 
Hi Bill,

I've owned and used the 3300 and beleive me it has a super slow recovery speed, You should notice a big difference with the F4 having a lighting recovery speed compared to the Titan.

Looking forward to hearing yours and Bill Ladds reports.

Paul (Ca)
 
Any detector with a DD on it is going to appear faster than the same machine with an equivalent sized concentric. So the processor used may not be any faster, yet made to appear faster by the coil that is being used. Both machines would need to have the same coils on them for a valid comparison.

And how are the recovery speeds between the two going to measured? By a couple of guys walking around in a field saying "geez seems faster". What one user thinks is a coil speed of 1 ft/sec another thinks is 3 ft/sec. Anecdotal reports of recovery speed are completely unreliable because of the variability introduced by human perception errors.

In case you missed it, here's one way to do a relative(not absolute) test of recovery speed: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,414714,414714#msg-414714

And lastly your statements are way too forward looking, you speak like you have either handled the prototypes of this machine, or are being compensated to push it. So is it time to fess'up and say you've handled the machine?????? We promise not to tell anyone, honest.:angel:

HH
BarnacleBill
 
How long have you been using a metal detector........1 maybe 2 years if that :rofl:

And no, I'm not a field tester.

Paul (Ca)
 
Yes, The coil that is on my F-4 is the same size as the T-2 coil.

Coil sizes available are 4" 8" 10.5" concentric, along with the DD coil that I have on it.

What F-4 manual ? :shrug: Just kidding.:lol: There was no manual with my unit. It's the first one out here in the field, and sometimes field testers have to wing it. :)

Mr. Bill
 
It was a bit of a struggle. :shrug:

Did it, yes it did, but there's a bit more to it as why. One, knowing where it was is the greatest bit of information, because it would have been difficult to notice the signal in normal hunting conditions. Once I excited the eddy currents in the metal, it became easier, and easier to detect with each passing sweep.

Bill
 
would be for Mr. Bill and Bill L to compare it head to head with its second cousin the Fisher ID Edge on some in ground targets. Concentric vs DD on some tough iron co-located targets, that will tell the tale very quickly on whether the F4 is a mass market detector or a serious hunter. ;)


Tom
 
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