Today with the F75

[Mike Hillis]

Congrats on the Buffalo and the old padlock.

The F75 LTD w/DST and the F75+ have a full tool box under the hood, which is very nice. I would encourage you not to underestimate the abilities of the stock bi-axial coil, but rather learn the sweep speed it likes best in your dirt. Out of all the coils, the 5"DD, the 5x10"DD, the 7x11" stock biaxial, the 3x6" concentric, and the 5x10 elliptical concentric coils, I still find myself using the stock biaxial coil the most, unless surface obstacles prohibit it as there are some unique relationship attributes between that coil and the F75 once you learn the sweep speed requirements.

HH
Mike

 

[relicmeister]

f75 Ltd se black one with stock and 5” coils on way to me by Monday. ( lot of good as in currently in the hospital and won’t be detecting for couple weeks but I wanted a sympathy gift to myself and when discharged I can to my personal upgrades at home like power/ volume button guard( I’ve accidentally turned the detector on while packing up draining the new batteries) screen protector, backpack fitting, my own hack for midpoint separation for backpack fitting, headphones, spare rod for 5” coil- etc. I enjoy that part of getting a new detector.


As pertains to the thread, why do folks factory reset so often? I’ve only done so ( on my original plain f75 when it had some lock up glitch. Also, I thought the stock coil was listed 8.5 x 11 but others say 7x11. Manual only states 11” biaxial. I might prefer that but makes more sense to get an ultimate coil should I start doing bigger sites like plowed fields, farm areas, etc.


I’m taking a blast to the past with this new f75 Ltd. I want something proven but not a modern digital SMF with factory set programs and settings I don’t learn to use. I also want a totally battery operated machine including headphones ( using coiled -wired ) and Garrett carrot using 9 volt battery so I don’t have to check status and plan recharge but just have spares on hand.


I’ve also been unable to get the f75 out of my head since selling my original and getting my first equinox then Orx and now Deus 2 as well. This time im determined to keep it and use it regularly for as long as I’m able to detect.

Thanks for reading my side track - I hope someone finds it interesting.

 

[D&P-OR]

f75 Ltd se black one with stock and 5” coils on way to me by Monday. ( lot of good as in currently in the hospital and won’t be detecting for couple weeks but I wanted a sympathy gift to myself and when discharged I can to my personal upgrades at home like power/ volume button guard( I’ve accidentally turned the detector on while packing up draining the new batteries) screen protector, backpack fitting, my own hack for midpoint separation for backpack fitting, headphones, spare rod for 5” coil- etc. I enjoy that part of getting a new detector.


As pertains to the thread, why do folks factory reset so often? I’ve only done so ( on my original plain f75 when it had some lock up glitch. Also, I thought the stock coil was listed 8.5 x 11 but others say 7x11. Manual only states 11” biaxial. I might prefer that but makes more sense to get an ultimate coil should I start doing bigger sites like plowed fields, farm areas, etc.


I’m taking a blast to the past with this new f75 Ltd. I want something proven but not a modern digital SMF with factory set programs and settings I don’t learn to use. I also want a totally battery operated machine including headphones ( using coiled -wired ) and Garrett carrot using 9 volt battery so I don’t have to check status and plan recharge but just have spares on hand.


I’ve also been unable to get the f75 out of my head since selling my original and getting my first equinox then Orx and now Deus 2 as well. This time im determined to keep it and use it regularly for as long as I’m able to detect.

Thanks for reading my side track - I hope someone finds it interesting.

I found your response very interesting/informative relicmeister.-----Also----hope you are doing better health wise by now.-----Thanks for posting.

 

[relicmeister]

I found your response very interesting/informative relicmeister.-----Also----hope you are doing better health wise by now.-----Thanks for posting.

Cancer wise doing fantastic but came at high cost with serious lung damage
( expected to be temporary ) due to known complications from one of the treatments. This f75 Ltd adventure is inventive to recover quick and get out. I also really enjoy adding my personal minor hacks that enhance the setup even more. These I can do while at home while I’m recovering and building myself up. A month ago a less serious lung reaction occurred for the same reason and I was recovering well until last treatment. Will do so again and have an extended break in treatments and necessary treatment mods to prevent this.
I appreciate your concern my friend