woodbutcher
Forum Supporter
Fisher made a statement long ago that they would fight the war against bad user interfaces on machines..And even today I think they have the best looking screen made,with the exception on whites high definition colored v3i,that thing is like looking at a movie screen.
The only reason I bought a Fisher F5 was because I thought the screen and controls looked amazing.Ive seen a lot of people say the f5 is a omegga 8000,I couldn’t disagree more.I think frequencies and the ability to share coils is where it ends..F5 is more f70 in my opinion,it’s all fisher.
One thing I like about the f5 is there is no menu to sort through,all the buttons and control knobs are right there,no looking or scrolling to do,period.And I think the knobs are cool.
The ground balance is on the bottom right box (phase),it runs and gives a continuous REAL TIME readout of the ground.The lower left box is what you have your ground balance locked at,just push the phase button any time and the ground balance will sync,and lock to what the real time (phase)box is reading.Very easy.
Another useful part of the real time ground balance box is,when I hit a coin those REAL TIME numbers move a few up or down when swinging over the target.When I hit a good sounding junk target,even rusty nails hightoning,,those REAL TIME phase numbers are sporadic,all over the place..Just a great feature,I can call iron and junk hightoning almost every time.
The confidence meter is good,but more suited for cleaner ground where you can really lock on a target.
Threshold,set to +9 and 30 sensitivity bangs hard on my 8 inch merc dime..Sens at say 90 in a Emi area,turn threshold to - 3 or 4 and its real quite..I can turn threshold to -9 and sens at 80 and hit my 8 inch merc hard...Very versatile machine with the sensitivity and threshold at your fingertips,and use them together.
Fishers and the nickel tone,f70,F75ltd2 give a nickel a hightone in 3+ tones which is cool..The F5 In 4 tones gives the nickel its own tone seperate from the other 3 tones,and it’s in your face when you hit a nickel,and visual ID is spot on,not all over the place.Nickels are a solid 28,30 and when it hits 30,32 it’s always a beaver tail.I will say this,for a 7 kHz machine I have yet to use another machine that hits and identify a nickel better than the f5,both visually and audio wise.
I like all machines,and use a lot of different brands.They all have they’re place,and they all find metal.Just wanted to put a little info out on the f5,,and fishers in general.Still one of the best brands in the business,and the interface could possibly be the best in the business.Especially for us guys with bad eyes.
The only reason I bought a Fisher F5 was because I thought the screen and controls looked amazing.Ive seen a lot of people say the f5 is a omegga 8000,I couldn’t disagree more.I think frequencies and the ability to share coils is where it ends..F5 is more f70 in my opinion,it’s all fisher.
One thing I like about the f5 is there is no menu to sort through,all the buttons and control knobs are right there,no looking or scrolling to do,period.And I think the knobs are cool.
The ground balance is on the bottom right box (phase),it runs and gives a continuous REAL TIME readout of the ground.The lower left box is what you have your ground balance locked at,just push the phase button any time and the ground balance will sync,and lock to what the real time (phase)box is reading.Very easy.
Another useful part of the real time ground balance box is,when I hit a coin those REAL TIME numbers move a few up or down when swinging over the target.When I hit a good sounding junk target,even rusty nails hightoning,,those REAL TIME phase numbers are sporadic,all over the place..Just a great feature,I can call iron and junk hightoning almost every time.
The confidence meter is good,but more suited for cleaner ground where you can really lock on a target.
Threshold,set to +9 and 30 sensitivity bangs hard on my 8 inch merc dime..Sens at say 90 in a Emi area,turn threshold to - 3 or 4 and its real quite..I can turn threshold to -9 and sens at 80 and hit my 8 inch merc hard...Very versatile machine with the sensitivity and threshold at your fingertips,and use them together.
Fishers and the nickel tone,f70,F75ltd2 give a nickel a hightone in 3+ tones which is cool..The F5 In 4 tones gives the nickel its own tone seperate from the other 3 tones,and it’s in your face when you hit a nickel,and visual ID is spot on,not all over the place.Nickels are a solid 28,30 and when it hits 30,32 it’s always a beaver tail.I will say this,for a 7 kHz machine I have yet to use another machine that hits and identify a nickel better than the f5,both visually and audio wise.
I like all machines,and use a lot of different brands.They all have they’re place,and they all find metal.Just wanted to put a little info out on the f5,,and fishers in general.Still one of the best brands in the business,and the interface could possibly be the best in the business.Especially for us guys with bad eyes.
Attachments
-
8C82F95F-7298-40C3-A590-970CFDBDD1F5.jpeg66.1 KB · Views: 269
-
3349CC32-C56C-49E3-81AD-5F003F31A7F5.jpeg66.2 KB · Views: 243
-
0522CAEA-0865-4D4A-972E-2BC2B45CB35D.jpeg78.7 KB · Views: 249
-
4670540B-59CF-4E6C-96E7-0DD5BF58ED5E.jpg76.2 KB · Views: 243
-
C4EC25C3-2331-475A-AE6D-BE555C567EE2.jpeg74.1 KB · Views: 240