I've been MD for about 3 months now, most of the time with a Fisher F2. Great machine but it just wet my appetite so I upgraded a couple of weeks ago to a Fisher F75.
Wow, great detector! Been having a blast with it around a few local schools. Mainly using the default settings, no EMI issues, just learning the machine. Still looking for my first silver but I'm getting tons of clad, lots of quarters in my 1-2 hour hunts in the heat.
As a newbie it took a bit of time to realize I should be searching with my ears first and the VDI display second. I'm getting good at picking out targets and shallow quarters are VERY obvious.
I just setup a test garden in my backyard. Pretty basic 4 coins at 6 inches and was surprised that the detector hits on all of them but the tones and VDI were off. Looking at a few videos of people using their Fisher F75s in their test gardens this seems to be normal.
This leaves me a bit confused on how to tell a good target from trash. I've been digging targets that have a good tone both ways and consistent VDI. This has gotten me lots of shallow clad reduced the amount of trash I'm digging (important for an old guy in the heat) but now I realize I'm probably passing right by deeper coins including that elusive silver.
So how does everyone decide what targets to dig? If I "dig everything" I'm going to dig lots of trash and will be digging lots of plugs at these school. But I don't want to keep passing up that possible deeper silver coin.
Wow, great detector! Been having a blast with it around a few local schools. Mainly using the default settings, no EMI issues, just learning the machine. Still looking for my first silver but I'm getting tons of clad, lots of quarters in my 1-2 hour hunts in the heat.
As a newbie it took a bit of time to realize I should be searching with my ears first and the VDI display second. I'm getting good at picking out targets and shallow quarters are VERY obvious.
I just setup a test garden in my backyard. Pretty basic 4 coins at 6 inches and was surprised that the detector hits on all of them but the tones and VDI were off. Looking at a few videos of people using their Fisher F75s in their test gardens this seems to be normal.
This leaves me a bit confused on how to tell a good target from trash. I've been digging targets that have a good tone both ways and consistent VDI. This has gotten me lots of shallow clad reduced the amount of trash I'm digging (important for an old guy in the heat) but now I realize I'm probably passing right by deeper coins including that elusive silver.
So how does everyone decide what targets to dig? If I "dig everything" I'm going to dig lots of trash and will be digging lots of plugs at these school. But I don't want to keep passing up that possible deeper silver coin.