Yeki
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I havent been at this long. A Noob for sure. I just recieved my new Fisher F2 last Friday and have been using it in my yard all weekend. I started the hobbie with an old Whites Coinmaster I bought of fleabay a couple of weeks ago. It is approximately 35years old. My "upgrade" to the F2 was a night and day surprize!
The coinmaster was very simple. In my soil, most of what it found was at or below the 3" range with the exception of som pliers, scissors, and a couple mason jar lids. They were at about 5" to 8".
Switching to the F2 is like switching on a miracle ear and then pluggin that into a parabolic microphone! "beep, beep, beep, beep,beep, beep, beep, beep,". I felt like I was going to go bananas at first. At first, I wanted to hear it all, but, I was soon on sensory overload. I was actually discouraged for a while, but, I remembered the advice given on this forum over and over again... learn your machine! I am now becoming quite satisfied with the F2. Some things I've learned...
1) The sensitivity controls are our freind and can be helpful in all ranges, not just max.
2) Coins and similar objects will sound off twice when you pass over them if they are very close to or on top of the surface. They will beep once at the edge of the out ring of the coil (8") and once on the opposite edge of the small ring. Knowing this helps to center things a bit. reducing sensitivity will usually get rid of the outer ring beep.
3) Pinpoint mode is a bugger at times seemingly because it picks up everything. A little practice helps alot here.
4) The pinpointing tool thet came with the F2 as part of a special deal seems to be almost useless at times.
Looking back, the Coinmaster is a really cool detector and I can see a use for it still, but, the F2 sees alot more.
The coinmaster was very simple. In my soil, most of what it found was at or below the 3" range with the exception of som pliers, scissors, and a couple mason jar lids. They were at about 5" to 8".
Switching to the F2 is like switching on a miracle ear and then pluggin that into a parabolic microphone! "beep, beep, beep, beep,beep, beep, beep, beep,". I felt like I was going to go bananas at first. At first, I wanted to hear it all, but, I was soon on sensory overload. I was actually discouraged for a while, but, I remembered the advice given on this forum over and over again... learn your machine! I am now becoming quite satisfied with the F2. Some things I've learned...
1) The sensitivity controls are our freind and can be helpful in all ranges, not just max.
2) Coins and similar objects will sound off twice when you pass over them if they are very close to or on top of the surface. They will beep once at the edge of the out ring of the coil (8") and once on the opposite edge of the small ring. Knowing this helps to center things a bit. reducing sensitivity will usually get rid of the outer ring beep.
3) Pinpoint mode is a bugger at times seemingly because it picks up everything. A little practice helps alot here.
4) The pinpointing tool thet came with the F2 as part of a special deal seems to be almost useless at times.
Looking back, the Coinmaster is a really cool detector and I can see a use for it still, but, the F2 sees alot more.