Is this a good deal on an F2?

[bilder]

Getting back into the hobby after 15 years or so away. I used to own a Tesoro Cutlass II and found a lot of stuff with that little machine.

Well, I am looking at an F2 that comes with 8 and 4 inch coils and a pin pointer for $150.

Is this a good deal? And is this a good machine for a guy who is used to analog detectors and is looking to see what the digital world has to offer?

Thanks.

 

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[Loco-Digger]

Yes it's a good deal, you may want to get a better pin pointer though. I imagine you are getting the fisher or bounty hunter pin pointer. It only has a range of about 3/4" max where I like to have 1 & 3/4" to 2" range like the Garrett or Garrett Carrot.

The F2 is a turn on and go detector. I swung the F4 for a few months after I began detecting back in 2014. I do own the same set-up F2 that you are buying. I keep it around as a loaner/back-up. I can get anyone up and detecting with that machine with about 5 minutes of training. I do recommend that if you like the detector and want a little more depth that you keep your eyes open for a used DD coil or a used sharpshooter coil.

The only down fall of the F2 is that it takes two 9v batteries. To save money I bout a 10 pack of cheap ones from Lowes and never had an issue. Always keep an extra set of batteries with you. I use an 88 cent nail apron as my finds pouch. Trash on one side and treasure on the other. If you plan on doing manicured lawns I recommend a good hand digger, but if you are hunting fields and wood a small 2 ft shovel can be picked up at Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart, etc for under $10.

Good Luck

 

[digger27]

I was happy using my Vaquero and one day I got the same package deal to be used on vacations and as a guest detector only.
I got this one because it was supposed to be fast like a Tesoro and the screen I figured would be easier to use for a newbie guest.
While learning it I had so much fun and found so much starting on the first day I rarely took out anything else.
For 3 years I used it, first with the 8" coil and found a ton, I tried the sniper just as a lark about 18 months in and I found way, way more so that coil was rarely ever replaced.
I learned the tones, and there are differences and inflections in those tones, and I learned the language of the screen and eventually I got even deeper into the behavior and learned even more.
Only a few settings but the language is deceptively rich if you get to know it well.
My package cost $200 new, in the three years I used it I won the most coins found three years running at my club plus enough silver and gold to pay for the thing more than 10 times over.
A whole lot of silver and gold as a matter of fact.
At least 3 guys in my club bought one because the couldn't believe all the different contests I won with mine and all that I brought in to show off at most meetings.
I started a thread on another forum that was only an innocent review but it kept on going for years and became a depository of everything I learned and found and many other happy owners added to it too and we all shared what we learned.
Over a quarter million views and close to 1400 posts in that thing and it is responsible for selling dozens more F2's if not a whole lot more than that after people stumbled on it and read it.

This is a sly little unit, at an entry level price but it thinks it is a big boy detector the way it finds things.
When I decided to upgrade to get more power and settings I got an F70 and stayed in the Fisher family because of the remarkable things I saw it could do and never regretted it.

Learn it well and you will be shocked at what it can do.
I was.

If you get it let me know, I can point you to a whole ton of information that can get you through the initial learning curve fast and into finding the good stuff.

 

[bilder]

Thanks for the advice.

I have been bouncing between the F2, saving up for the F22, or sticking with Tesoro and getting either the Mojave or an original Silver Sabre that is up for sale a couple hours away.

Guess it just depends on if I am willing to wait three or four weeks or have it now.

 

[HighVDI]

Imo, the price on the used f2 is average. I sold mine a couple weeks ago for 100 bucks minus the small coil and PP.

I found a bunch of coins with my f2 in a very short period of time. Like digger said.....once you learn it, it is consistent! Deepest coins I recall finding with it were around 6 inches I believe. I'm a fan of fisher machines, but if I had a choice of the two I'd take a mojave ever since I've seen the nail board test video. Most sites I hunt have iron to some degree.....and I think the tesoro will sniff out the coins better than the f2 in that environment. I also think the mojave will go deeper too. I have no experience with the dd coil on the f2.....that might change the game some. Hard to go wrong with the f2 for $150. Can always throw it up for sale and get your money back.

 

[Slowtaknow]

Going to upgrade mine with a cors coil. That will increase depth and separation.