Does anyone use Fisher mds

[BarryU]

Re: Does anyone use Fisher md's

Anybody that dogs Fisher detectors don't know what they are talking about. My F5 is a great machine and my 1265X that I had before was a good machine also.

 

[NGE]

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Any 1200-X series RULE. 1266-X is the best Fisher I have ever owned, still got it, it's beat to hell, but still works flawlessly.........NGE

 

[wolfdog]

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I have the F2 and a Garrett 2500, love them both and as of late I have been using the F2 more . A lot lighter and just easy to use. I know this is not apples to apples but I did not like my Ace 250, Just MHO.

 

[slowNsteady]

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I'm like wolfdog. I grab the F2 about 90% of the time, unless I'm heading to the water or going to a really good site that I might want to really go through. Light and easy to use. Push a couple of buttons, and I'm hunting. Great for a quick lunch break hunt.

 

[Lowbatts]

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Finally! Got an awesome good looking CZ-5 off of EBay last week and yes, it was a steal for 300 bucks. Gotta add my new love to the list of units in use by me still for any type of hunting I am into.

Amazingly, I still consider my 1235-X as my gold magnet, but then again I use it where it makes the most sense, playgrounds.

Now that I'm used to F70, it rocks on mixed-mess sites especially with the 5" DD coil, which it seems this unit is tuned too at least as well as the 11" DD.

And my baby rattle, the CZ-20/21 is still killer on construction sites due it's awesome quiet operation in iron-rich and cinder-ash sites. Sounds almost counter-intuitive but that's where I've gotten the best results from it outside of the river and the creeks.

And now, I got my favorite all-time rig again, a CZ5. My only issue is with my hockey puck, it doesn't work well with this unit either. It didn't work well with my original CZ-5 or my CZ-7 but then again, this is my deep-coin rig all over again. Haven't put the time on it yet, but I'm expecting to get back into the easy 10+inch level once more.

So, we do use Fisher MD's around here, though we may be divided on which ones and where.

 

[NGE]

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Lowbatts, Do you dig all zinc signals with your CZ-5? If not, you're missing I.H.'s. In one of my fav parks, I used to ignore the zinc signals because all of them were zincolns ( my bad ). Until another user of a CZ-5 told about any zinc signals 3 inches or deeper were injuns. Needless to say, I went right back to that park and dug those signals, and guess what, they were injuns ! Also, really deep green patina'd wheats will register as deep injuns (zinc's)...........NGE

 

[Lowbatts]

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I've had IH's ring up as foil and zinc, dependent on depth, age and orientation. I've also pulled silver dimes on edge that read foil, also dependent on depth. Fake gold bands also read zinc most often as do a lot of bullets and some shell casings, fishing sinkers, military buttons, etc....

So the question is really, how shallow do you dig zinc signals? Some folk only dig deep zinc at 5+ inches. I've dug zinc cents at 7" many times over.

When I'm in a spot with lots of bare tree roots and erosion is evident I dig the very shallows also. Also when I'm on the side of a berm or small hill working the slope. Sadly, this has resulted in me removing thousands of zinc cents and screw caps. But it's also resulted in cleaner, less masked other targets and good targets that read as zinc.

And of course don't forget that despite the CZ's reputation as a nickel killer, I've found most buffs read foil. So that one is a depth/pinpoint sizing call. If the target id's as foil, and it seems deep and pinpoint indicates it's about coin size for that depth go for it! Only ever dug one shield that read as foil, but it was deep in clay at almost on edge. The rest read nickel, as do the V's in my as yet incomplete experience.

 

[toddsant]

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hi Gambler13, I use a f70 it has taken alot of patience to learn this machine to the point that I feel proficient with it.I have used bounty hunters and whites,the bounty hunter tracker 4 was a good 1st time detecting machine,not very deep,but great to learn on.my whites eagle spectrum was like swinging a lead brick,after 20 minutes my arm would start to tire out,and the menu's took a long time to figure out,and too navigate through them.
Now my f70,can be a chatter box,but I am learning that less is more on this machine,I no longer max out the settings and It still has nabbed me decent finds in the 7-8 inch ranges so far.I was going to buy the f4 and f5 but after reading up on the whole f series of detectors,I figured the f70 with the same 11" coil from the f75 was the way to go.
I love the fisher products and will be buying the f75 later this year.I see that alot of people are getting great results with the f5 with the 11" coil.check out Tom Dankowski's metal detecting forum has awesome info on fishers and on detecting in general.Best of luck to you

 

[G.A.P.metal]

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Hi I use a lot of Fishers have for over 30 years But still i like my CZ-6a the best of any machine i own.
hunt in all metal in the fields and woods, around old home sites i hunt in disc,just let the iron on so u hear that low grunt if its a grunt and a good signal its worth diggin.
I have allways sean Fishers around here but don`t know about the lower end models...i guess it it beeps dig it and the displays lies.
thanks Gary

 

[Dan B]

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Shhhh! Don't let out the secret about the F5. It's the best kept secret in metal detecting today!

Dan

 

[SteveDodds]

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Love my F5.

 

[Old California]

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Haven't tried the F-4 yet, It sure looks interesting though...Will it detect as deep as the older Fisher detectors.

What I do have are several Fisher models all fun to use and get great depth too sometimes a whopping 3.5" to 4" inches on a quarter, Built like Sherman Tanks boy are they built tough.

From left to right with the Fisher C-16 Geiger counter on the bottom of the pic.

Fisher T-10..1960's model,
Fisher Metalert 70..1968 model,
Fisher T-20...1969-71 model,
Fisher T-30...1970-72 model,
Fisher Orion 121...1970-71 model,
Fisher TH-Pro,...1974 model,

Anyway, These 40-50 year old Fisher detectors still work dandy....It's not uncommon to get 100 hours plus on a set of batteries.

HH, Paul (Ca)

 

[slowNsteady]

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Neat pics, thanks for sharing. I love seeing those old detectors.

 

[mrwilburino]

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Cool pics & a couple early examples of armrests. Much needed for those heavy monsters!

 

[gleaner1]

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Haven't tried the F-4 yet, It sure looks interesting though...Will it detect as deep as the older Fisher detectors.

What I do have are several Fisher models all fun to use and get great depth too sometimes a whopping 3.5" to 4" inches on a quarter, Built like Sherman Tanks boy are they built tough.

From left to right with the Fisher C-16 Geiger counter on the bottom of the pic.

Fisher T-10..1960's model,
Fisher Metalert 70..1968 model,
Fisher T-20...1969-71 model,
Fisher T-30...1970-72 model,
Fisher Orion 121...1970-71 model,
Fisher TH-Pro,...1974 model,

Anyway, These 40-50 year old Fisher detectors still work dandy....It's not uncommon to get 100 hours plus on a set of batteries.

HH, Paul (Ca)

Old California, this is an absolutely stupendous collection of old M-scope machines. I always was impressed that Fisher was a key pioneer in metal detecting and started out in his garage.

 

[Willee]

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Anybody that dogs Fisher detectors don't know what they are talking about. My F5 is a great machine and my 1265X that I had before was a good machine also.

My first serious metal detector back in the 80's was a 1255X ... no meter - single tone - dual discriminators.
It was the best detector around at that time ... IMHO.

Had all the CZ series detectors and I question if they can really detect as deep as th 12XX analog series did.
(No question they were as deep or deeper than the competition)
I prefer tone ID and most of the newer digital Fishers have that.
(love the analog controls on the F5)
All the new Fisher detectors have better coil shielding and quieter circuitry now so it would be hard to say the older Fishers are deeper than the new digital ones.

However the older analog fishers certainly seemed to be a lot more stable.

 

[NGE]

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Willee, did you mean the Fisher 1265-X? I've had them all also, but never heard of a 1255X ..........NGE

 

[HunterOfSnakes]

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Being an owner of the F2, I thought I would give a brief report:

I will start out with the pros of this machine:

Decent depth for the price (4-5" on a dime)
Finds those dimes, quarters, and pennies really fast (Including Silver)
The discrimination is great, but do not decriminate too much, or depth is lost
Battery Length is pretty good, but not great (about 8-10 hours)
The 4" coil is a must, as it almost seems better than the 8", and discriminates better
Two digit code comes in handy
Finds coins left nd right, easy to tell if it is or is not a coin.
Becomes better with Practice

Cons, not that many:

8" coil does not seem to work all that well
Can go cray and start beeping a lot (mostly when around power lines)
Depth is not too great
Pin pointing is hard to understand at first, but when learned, works really well!

Hope this helps! I definitely recommend this machine, I have had it for about 3 weeks and have found plenty of silver!

 

[rkuzel]

I do love my Fisher F2 and it will always be my first love and backup detector. Beats Ace 250 by a mile, and it is fun to hunt with it. In fact, hunting same spot after somebody with an Ace will find you quite a big numbers of goodies. On top of everything 5 years warranty on Fisher vs 2 years Garrett... no brainer.
Just my 2

 

[Newfiehunter]

I agree. The CZ series, especially the CZ5 and CZ6 in my opinion were Fishers best machines. I am going on 15 years with the CZ6. The older Fisher CZ's were all analog displays, not the digital displays that the new Fishers are equipped with. I have had several digital machines, they include Minelabs, Garretts, Teknetics, and Whites. The CZ's with the analog displays just run more stable, that needle will just lock on to a good target. The digital machines will sometimes bounce numbers on a display screen, especially on a deep target. It can get frustrating to see numbers bouncing at 42, 52, 63, 77, 85, etc. on a digital display. Is it a silver dime or a pull tab?

I still have my Fisher CZ5 and recently dug an 1813 large penny at 12 inches. It didn't fall into the hole and it was embedded in the soil at the bottom....The needle LOCKED on target and never wavered after circling the target. It was a nice, soft, clear signal. If that was a digital machine it would probably jump from coin to iron, if it picked it up at all. A guy I know picked up a six year old CZ5 for $300. He got a great deal as they have a high resale value.