tigerbeetle
Full Member
- Jan 2, 2009
- 166
- 275
- Detector(s) used
- Many -- Fisher, White's, Minelab, Cobra, others
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Further below is my review of the Fisher F75 at metaldetectorsreview.net.
On reading other reviews, I was stunned to see the oddly high number of utter haters of this incredible machine.
I managed to reach someone who had utterly panned the Fisher F75 and it turned out he had inadvertently set the F75 to the all metals mode -- a mode based on metering and NOT sound. That mode is for pure professionals, so to speak.
I got him up and running in no time. He's ecstatic. By the by, when I first reached him he would have sold me the machine for a song but I took the high road.
For tuning tips, go to Youtube:
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I have to chuckle over the huge discrepancy between those lovin' the Fisher F75 and those hating it.
For those giving it One Star, thanks for scaring some folks away from buying arguably the deepest seeking detector out there. More for me to find.
Not only do I give the F75 the highest star rating but I balk at the greatest criticism: its "noise."
This machine's chatter is, in many ways, its greatest attribute. It's music after you've mastered the F75 to where you can crank it up to 99 sensitivity and home in on prime objects missed by other detectors. I can hear other F75 fans nodding their heads in agreement.
Sidebar: Yesterday (Dec 28, 2012) I hunted a Federal Period site (NJ), using the machine's factory loop. I have worked this prime location more times than I can count. My last couple digs there fostered maybe two or three period items -- for a load of time put in. This go, I hunted 90 minutes with a new F75 and dug 21 items, including what might be one of the first US (official) naval buttons. And I barely scratched the surface -- pun intended. I'm heading back tomorrow.
It astounds me the way this machine can hear through the iron and so easily pick up hard metal (good) readings, differentiated by tones.
I'll be the first to admit that hunting the F75 full-bore (say, 90 sensitivity) entails listening through a lot of music (noise). HOWEVER, it is so dang easy to hear a good signal amid the iron tones. I have found buttons no bigger than shotgun pellets that sounded off like half-cents, I kid you not. If you don't think small is good, think in terms of half-dimes, one reale pieces, dimes or the likes of Jacksonian buttons.
There's surely an F75 learning curve but it's not steep. In fact, practicing in a controlled environmental, i.e. the backyard, is all the schooling needed. Admittedly, just walking onto some high-FE (iron) site, throwing the machine into high-sensitivity gear and trying to learn the machine is highly inadvisable.
I have to think a goodly number of one-star folks simply didn't learn, first and foremost,how to properly -- and masterfully -- tune this delicate machine. (See above)
I'll now note that the F75 can be run quietly, comfortably and profitably with "factory settings."
No disrespect to the factory, but that's a true injustice to the machine's potential. To see that, practice with buried backyard objects, working away from factory settings. Marvel at enhanced hunting gained by increasing sensitivity and downing discriminate.
I'm purposely skipping the "all metals" method of hunting with an F75. It, indeed, requires a serious mastery of metal detecting.For now, we'll leave that mode as an inside secret.
(By the by, that naval button has yet to be identified, even by the pros. I was offered 100 bucks for it.)
I’ll add some photos of earliest load of F75 finds.
