Minelab X-70 or Fisher F5?

[SwampHunter]

Who has tried them both and what did you think? Which is better at "seeing" targets below trash and which has better depth?

 

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[Shenandoah Digger]

Well nothing "sees" good targets below trash, but the 70 is far superior in depth and discrimination to the F5. Target masking is when an iron target is above a good target, and therefore the good target is not detected. No detector will ignore the iron and see the good target, no matter what you've heard.

 

[Sandman]

No detector will ignore the iron and see the good target, no matter what you've heard.

You have to really try this with a Minelab to see it work. Read CJC's books to learn why it works with Minelabs finding good targets under nails, etc. Lay a nail down with it going thru a gold ring and it will respond to the ring without the nail masking out the good target. Now try this with another detector that disc out the nail.

 

[dazoff]

The Compass did this 30 plus years ago.
I put 4 square nails on the ground at 5" inches there was no change in tone the 77b didn't see the nails as I got closer the tone picked up a bit but the meter never changed.
I then put a silver dime down the tone changed and the meter registered a hit, I then put the dime under the nails from about 3-4" inches I had to hit center for the tone and meter to change as I got closer 1-2" it was very clear in both tone and meter. The tone change likely is ground change but the meter was spot on it did see the dime through the nails. Dan

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

I don't see how that's physically possible, but I'll give it a try. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.