Question on the F44.....

[TheHunterGT]

Can it silence iron? Or does it always have an iron tone no matter the setting?

 

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[Sandman]

Do you mean the Threshold tone?

 

[TheHunterGT]

Not the threshold no...sorry I was not more specific. When you swing the coil over iron...does it always make a low tone...or can it be made so iron is totally silent.

I ran across a video where the guy seemed to indicate that iron will always make a sound no matter the disc setting....something I a not positive I would enjoy.

EDIT: Just found the answer...it can be silenced thankfully.

 

[bowwinkles]

The audio on the F44 can be adjusted so that the iron is just barley audible and the rest of the sounds loud.

 

[TheHunterGT]

The audio on the F44 can be adjusted so that the iron is just barley audible and the rest of the sounds loud.

I knew it had iron audio that could be adjusted up or down....just a relief that it can be silenced (like most detectors) when notched out in certain modes. The guy I saw seemed to indicate iron was always on no matter the disc/notch setting...which would drive me bonkers.

Thanks!

 

[Phantasman]

Volume level 10 is silent iron. Since you can place the F44 in Jewelry Mode which notches out Fe (1-20) automatically, it would seem that iron can simply be notched out. There is no disc on the F44 because each of the 9 segments can be individually programmed, including notching.

 

[TheHunterGT]

Volume level 10 is silent iron. Since you can place the F44 in Jewelry Mode which notches out Fe (1-20) automatically, it would seem that iron can simply be notched out. There is no disc on the F44 because each of the 9 segments can be individually programmed, including notching.

Going to go download the manual and watch more videos...seems it has more features than I thought.

That last bit intrigues me. So you are saying that EACH of the 9 segments can have their own notch setting? EXAMPLE: You can adjust a notch in the 1-20 range....another at the 21-30 range....and another at 31-40....so on and so on up to the 90-99 range? Making 9 miniscule notches total if you so wanted to?

That is pretty rad....

The wife wants either a F44 or a Tesoro Cibola (not happening). So F44 is my push obviously...being Frat Bros fan...and the fact I plan on buying (or building) my own coil adapter for the LRP.

More I read up on the F44 the more I like it for $350 (her detector budget)...hell of a price for the feature set.

 

[Phantasman]

The notch works the whole segment, not partial. Each segment can be programmed for the sound it makes. VCO, Bass, Low, Med or High.

Any segment can be notched, collectively or a single segment.

Cibola does not have ground balance. Vaquero or Outlaw does. Tesoro's only discriminate (bottom up) except for the Golden and Cortez which have a single notch window feature.

 

[Captain Caveman]

More I read up on the F44 the more I like it for $350 (her detector budget)...hell of a price for the feature set.

I agree. You get good bang for your buck with the F44. And to the original question, you can disc out iron, which I always do.