how does the fisher ID edge do?

[vaquero44]

i'm looking at different fishers i've never tried before and currious about this machine?

 

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[vaquero44]

well took the plunge were going to try an edge to see what happens

 

[Lowbatts]

Looking forward to your report. My only knowledge of it came from a guy who dealt Fishers and didn't like it. He said it was too shallow, maybe 6" give or take one.

So what's with the interest in old Fisher rigs?

Being one of those Fisher freaks myself I know I'm not keeping up with the Jones' as so many seem intent on doing. Got my like-new CZ-5 a couple months ago and back in love, it popped a nice 1881 IH out of some extremely calcified ground here a couple days ago.

Today my 1235X and I are going gold hunting in the playgrounds hereabouts but the CZ5 and the F70 are going along, may be there's some parkway landscaping to hit also.

 

[birdman]

I used to have an ID excel which is similar to the ID edge and it had good trash separation but not too hot in the depth department.

 

[vaquero44]

yes i've heard that the excel was on the shallow side of things and the ID edge had alot better depth but we'll see

 

[fatheadnc]

Brandon,

The Edge is a great machine. Its one of the best coin detectors I've ever owned. It is a nice quiet deep running machine and loves silver. Its one of the few detectors I wish I had never sold. The Excel isn't even in the same class as the Edge. Just set it up with your custom settings and start hunting (its excellent at coins,jewelry and relics). Its sort of like a 1270 with tone id and digital numbers. Its not quite as deep as the 1270 but its much better at discriminating. One of my all time favorites.

HH,

Shane

 

[vaquero44]

thank you very much shane thats great to know i wished i'd tried one of these along time ago, now got to work on getting the small coil i've seen some real good finds from people who used them in the past!

 

[Tykit]

Brandon, start using it in cP mode with no notches. It will beep on everything, but later you can fiddle with other modes, etc. I keep mine in cP mode, no notches and detect by the numbers or tones. It has a great ID number system, no stupid icons. Great in the woods for weeding out shotgun shells by number. To ground balance simply press AUTO after raising coil 6" above soil. Fisher made a great little detector.