Xaquin: said:
out of curiosity, what settings would you recommend for a beginner jumping from the F2?[/B]
1st.. Re-boot so former settings are cleared to the default.
2nd.. You should have had an idea why you wanted to move to the Fisher F75, so study and learn what those differences or reasons are. Read th Owner Manual, cover-to-cover, and jot down any questions you have or things you don't understand, then find the answer to those.
3rd.. Once you better understand what that model offers, start hunting with the factory default settings and learn the unit. learn what it can do for you, and learn what it can't. You might find some good advantages to what you've used, and you might also find some weaknesses.
4th.. I don't own an F75 now but have had a couple in recent years. I preferred the Teknetics T2 and had several to include the T2+ and enjoyed some of the performance and features, such as the bp or Boost Process 2-Tone mode.
5th.. The bulk of my hunting with the T2's and F75's was using the 5" DD coil. For my wants and needs, that is about the best coil for most applications.
Xaquin: said:
I'll be detecting mostly battlefield/camp/cellar holes with not a ton of trash.[/B]
Through the decades I have hunted a lot of cellar holes, homesteads, ghost towns, military camp and fort sites, stage stops and trading posts, etc., etc. I am referring to old-use sites 'Out West' and if your old sites don't have a ton of trash, specially some nails and other ferrous debris, then I'm amazed.
To know what is around, and to help unmask good targets that are too close to offending / masking trash, I keep my Discrimination set just low enough to barely accept Iron Nails. The low-tone audio alerts me the masking ferrous debris is around, and a slow-and-methodical search rewards me with keepers.
If the sites are not trashy where you hunt, then you are either very, very fortunate, or you're using too much Discrimination.
Xaquin: said:
I honestly love the F2, but seeing other people pull out stuff from depths I just can't hit spurned me to upgrade. I'd be happy to hit roughly the same numbers but deeper =)[/B]
I wouldn't get too carried away thinking about 'depth' unless your sites are clean and free of shallower masking junk.
Xaquin: said:
Since it's used, I'll need to reset the notch I think. I'm just happy so far that it arrived and works.[/B]
I hope it works for you and the sites you select and what you're looking for.
As you progress in this great sport, always be alert for things a detector can't do. Don't overlook a weakness just because it has a strength for the types of sites you enjoy hunting.
Monte
