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x-terra70 v fishers F 75
- Thread starter kris
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BarnacleBill
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I doubt it since there are so few F75's available, and the level of experience with the F75 is very short. Wouldn't really be fair to pit the F75 against someone like BT with the X70 in his hands in prospecting mode. Not my words, but several prospecting types feel the X70 will give dedicated VLF gold machines a run for their money. But I doubt people are buying the F75 as a prospecting machine, whereas it seems some whose activity is split between prospecting & coins/relic are using the X70 for both.
As far as the term "allrounder", I'm not aware of any machine at any price point that is as much of a chameleon as the X70. Dedicated saltwater mode with ground tracking, dedicated prospecting mode with ground tracking, and a variety of coils to enhance all of it's modes, with a small coil expected by summer. I don't think the F75 will appeal to as broad a market segment, as the base platform was the T2, and I've not seen much information on the T2 being used for prospecting nor wet saltwater work. I'm sure the F75 will have a loyal following with some of the users converting from the T2.
HH
BarnacleBill
As far as the term "allrounder", I'm not aware of any machine at any price point that is as much of a chameleon as the X70. Dedicated saltwater mode with ground tracking, dedicated prospecting mode with ground tracking, and a variety of coils to enhance all of it's modes, with a small coil expected by summer. I don't think the F75 will appeal to as broad a market segment, as the base platform was the T2, and I've not seen much information on the T2 being used for prospecting nor wet saltwater work. I'm sure the F75 will have a loyal following with some of the users converting from the T2.
HH
BarnacleBill
Bobbylikesgold
New member
Hi Kris ...
I'd like to know that also.
Steve Herschbach on the Alaska gold forum said he will be testing the F-75 prospecting in the near future.
Bobby.
I'd like to know that also.
Steve Herschbach on the Alaska gold forum said he will be testing the F-75 prospecting in the near future.
Bobby.
There's obviously lots of talk when a new machine comes out and to ask that question at the moment is like asking a school kid hows hes going to handle a future wife and kids of his own.(Give me a break) Give it another go in about 3 to 5 months dude when some people have really flogged the shit out of the f-75 and you might get a descent answer. Just by looking at Fishers new screen it has American written all over it which doesn't appeal to me at all. If your going to market a machine and sell it to the world at least try to make it universal. Minelab has done well in that department. I'm sure there are alot of fisher fans creaming themselves about the f-75 and cant wait to get there grimey little hands on one regardless of its performance.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Bobbylikesgold
New member
Hey nugget71 go easy on the yanks mate, this is there forum.
Bobby
Bobby
Bobbylikesgold
New member
[quote Bobbylikesgold]Hey nugget71 go easy on the yanks mate, this is there forum.
Bobby[/quote]
Bobby
[/quote]You have a knack of getting points across.. I cannot speak for the Fisher F-75 as I have not used it. Also I'm limiting my comments to using a VLF-type detector to hunt for "desert" eluvial gold that may be found trapped in shallow caliche bedrock or lost by careless drywashing and within the riffle tray tailings pile or scalped off as oversize by the grizzly. I gave the T-2 a "good go" while out looking for shallow eluvial gold out on the slopes in the Mojave desert goldfields which is a broad area around Randsburg California. I also now have the X-Terra 70 with the prospecting coil.
With this said, and I'm just limiting my comments to "prospecting" for small free milling bits of gold from about one-grain (480 grains
troy oz) on up to possible lunkers. I believe the '70 has a lot going for it. I will not get specific in commenting upon setting it up as what works for me may not work for others... I have a severe hearing loss for example. However, I will just say I'm pleased with the '70 as a prospecting detector. I cannot speak about using it for coin-hunting or in the wet or dry fresh/salt-water beaches.
With this said, and I'm just limiting my comments to "prospecting" for small free milling bits of gold from about one-grain (480 grains
troy oz) on up to possible lunkers. I believe the '70 has a lot going for it. I will not get specific in commenting upon setting it up as what works for me may not work for others... I have a severe hearing loss for example. However, I will just say I'm pleased with the '70 as a prospecting detector. I cannot speak about using it for coin-hunting or in the wet or dry fresh/salt-water beaches.
Bobby and '71; the X-70 is not a cream puff to be babied... I took the skidplate off the search coil and shoved the coil into loose tailings piles and swished it around... I set the pole down onto the loose dust and dirt... I scraped the coil over the small "peagravel."
All that is best is to keep the control box safe from dust, dirt and mud. This can be done by a rough and ready home-made clear baggie as all that is needed is to push the switches as there are knobs to turn. The searchcoil can be pushed forward into the creosote brush w/o spokes to hang up.
All that is best is to keep the control box safe from dust, dirt and mud. This can be done by a rough and ready home-made clear baggie as all that is needed is to push the switches as there are knobs to turn. The searchcoil can be pushed forward into the creosote brush w/o spokes to hang up.
Hey Bobby in case you didn't know we live in a democratic society mate and I'm entitled to my own opinions. In saying that people like yourself can have your own opinions on what others say and thats fair enough. So regardless whether this is a Yankee forum or any other country for that matter there will always be someone expressing there say on a subject that your not gonna like.....get over it and turn the next page buddy!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Whoops... I'm just saying nice things about the X-70. It was you that mentioned in an earlier post about the 18.75 DD coil. (Re: Coil selection 4 soil type on March 07.)I'm just adding more thoughts to yours. I understood you were in Queensland and waiting for the dryseason.... I'm just in agreement. It was you who advised anybody who owns an XT-70 to get one of these coils and they would not be disapointed. I have been roughhousing my 18.75 DD coil and saying the X-70 and the coil (which is not spoked) does not hang up in the brush as open-spoked search coils may tend to do. As you may agree, the X-70 is not a cream puff. It can be roughed around agressively.
nugget71... Certainly no apologies needed... You are most impressive and I will continue learning from you... Hopefully you will soon be able to get out and enjoy hunting in the gold-fields...
Frankly I know little of the geology of Queensland other than it has been long noted for alluvial and lode tinstone deposits. However, as I remember fron reading there are other associated values such copper and other minerals including some gold.
Cheers,
Frankly I know little of the geology of Queensland other than it has been long noted for alluvial and lode tinstone deposits. However, as I remember fron reading there are other associated values such copper and other minerals including some gold.
Cheers,
When I had the GP-Extreme from minelab which is obviously not produced anymore I had the pleasure of swinging it at the Hodgkinson river which in its day produced its fair share of gold. There was also another mineral which was mined at the Hodgkinson river during world war II......Antimony! Looks slightly like lead with a bit of weight to it not as dark.....more silver in appearance. The few pieces I did find looked just like nuggets but a silver / grey....even the shapes resembled a nugget I was obviously disappointed at first but I delved into the minerals history after that which was obviously the lesson I was meant to learn. Antimony during world war II was used in ammunition. It has also been used in glass for television tubes, computer monitors, cable covering, plastics, lead acid in batteries, solders and friction bearings. 15 countries around the world hold the main supplies of Antimony the main country being China which held 85% of the worlds total in the year 2000. Historical studies indicate this mineral was used by the Egyptians and others for a cosmetic colouring on the eyebrows and the eyes. The Chaldean's knew the art of winning the metal from its ores and casting it into ornamented vessels by 4000 B.C. I could continue on but I would probably bore the crap out of you so I wont. So yes We do have quite a descent variation of minerals and metals here in Queensland Australia and Antimony is just one of many.
Cheers mate!
Cheers mate!
Gosh nugget71, you sure do not bore me by sharing your experences regarding antimony. It was needed during WW-2. Also needed was tungsten and molybdenum which I believe is also found Wolfram Camp and Bamsford, Queensland.
We may share a common interest. Roland Blanchard. As you know he was one of the most knowlegeble interpretars of leached outcrops as found throughout the world. It is by reading... and trying to fully understand his very detailed "paper" on the "Interpretation of Leached
Outcrops" where I first heard (raad) about Queensland. I believe Mr. Blanchard may have spent much of his time there, possibly born there?
His knowledge was universal. I'm originally from Ely, Nevada (USA) and in my younger days searched the "gossans" for insoluable gold.
(I guess that is sorta like the "laterites" in parts of Australia.)
Thus, through reading Mr. Roland Blanchards book, which was published in 1966, just a short time after Mr. Blanchard passed away. Through studying the book, I also learned a great deal about Queensland Australia. Mr. Blanchard was truly a great man.
I better stop... off topic... but did mention a little about both gossans and laterites... I'm getting forgetful over the years. So thanks for "jogging" my memory regarding antimony. It was one of the vitally needed "War Minerals." Cheers,
We may share a common interest. Roland Blanchard. As you know he was one of the most knowlegeble interpretars of leached outcrops as found throughout the world. It is by reading... and trying to fully understand his very detailed "paper" on the "Interpretation of Leached
Outcrops" where I first heard (raad) about Queensland. I believe Mr. Blanchard may have spent much of his time there, possibly born there?
His knowledge was universal. I'm originally from Ely, Nevada (USA) and in my younger days searched the "gossans" for insoluable gold.
(I guess that is sorta like the "laterites" in parts of Australia.)
Thus, through reading Mr. Roland Blanchards book, which was published in 1966, just a short time after Mr. Blanchard passed away. Through studying the book, I also learned a great deal about Queensland Australia. Mr. Blanchard was truly a great man.
I better stop... off topic... but did mention a little about both gossans and laterites... I'm getting forgetful over the years. So thanks for "jogging" my memory regarding antimony. It was one of the vitally needed "War Minerals." Cheers,
BarnacleBill
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Jackpine Savage
Active member
Ole Parrott has forgotten more about the subject of gold than I will ever know! Heck he even hangs on to "lesser" detectors if he sees just one positve trait that may be useful in a given situaiton. Man I'd hate to hunt behind him whether on a comp hunt, in the gold fields or on the beach.
Tom
Tom