Re: I don't see any reviews of JW Fisher equipment.
I bought my pulse 8x a year ago and it is all jw fishers claim it to be. 9 rings,6 large cents,1 half cent,2 indian heads,1 mercury head,2 silver dimes,2 silver medallions,1 1700's sword, 2 silver sword adornments,1700's buttons,silver spoons, a lot of artifacts axes,hammers,tools,,and 120 lbs of sinkers.
this critter rocks big time and some of this came from an area previously hunted by me with my 1280x aquanaut from fishers. I'm a big guy and swinging the pulse 8x is a chore but a well rewarded one indeed. I tried using a belt mount for the box but it tends to break the wire connections off. you might try a sling like machinegunners use to carry the squads machine gun but I just got used to it.
operation is fairly easy but you do need to equalize the coil for optimum depth, this is done by turning a knob but should be redone after every hit or as needed. their is no discrimination but a 3 power level switch is standard on the pulse 8x and on its lowest level a good response is usually a good target. to be fair my 1280x has a hard time recognizing a large steel or iron target from a treasure target like silver or gold or aluminum.
so I don't consider this a detraction in operation.
the pulse 8x has found gold rings and a sword in scabbard the ring was about 8" deep and the sword was over 2 feet deep. I don't lnow of a better underwater detecor and dealing with chris at jw.fishers has been great. I did change the arm cuff as I have a large forearm and it was hard to remove my arm to dig so I added a stainless steel armcuff, the only other drawback is the shaft connections were screw in and I needed to tape them to keep the coil flush with the bottom, otherwise they tended to unscrew themselves.
the new pulse 8x comes with an aluminum shaft so that problem should be solved. I bought a 48" coil, 16" coil,and it comes standard with a 7.5" coil. I do highly recommend you buy the dual headphones as it becomes a lanyard to the detector while digging, and the old single gives you a back up if anything happens to the headphones. the biggest drawback is you had better like digging cause it will find everything, but then that is why I like it.
Hindsight is 20/20. I am still happy with the depth range and performance of the 6X. I have used it on the beach, some small creeks and rivers for gold. Unfortunately no gold yet.
