A place to talk about & receive information about your favorite Los Banos Fisher detector. 1200 Series, Coin Strike, ID Excel, ID Edge, 2 Box. http://www.findmall.com/list.php?35Wed, 22 May 2013 01:12:42 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1910932,1910932#msg-1910932 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1910932,1910932#msg-1910932 michael NY Fisher Classic ForumThu, 16 May 2013 12:50:20 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1906800,1906800#msg-1906800 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1906800,1906800#msg-1906800 MichiganJason Fisher Classic ForumThu, 09 May 2013 10:17:25 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1906172,1906172#msg-1906172 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1906172,1906172#msg-1906172
Just ordered my scoop, and it and the new detector should be here before the weekend. Looking forward to learning this part of the hobby...and tips or suggestions to shorten the learning curve would be appreciated. Thanks

LittleJohn]]> LittleJohn Fisher Classic ForumThu, 09 May 2013 16:52:48 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1899067,1899067#msg-1899067 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1899067,1899067#msg-1899067 Ivan Fisher Classic ForumSat, 27 Apr 2013 11:13:23 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895474,1895474#msg-1895474 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895474,1895474#msg-1895474Spend about 3 hours out there. Didn't expect to find too much in the way of coins, gone over the same areas 50 times. The school is convenient for me to test out detectors. Just about 30 feet away. More or less it was a short hunt to learn the way this detector operates.

I was pleasantly surprised to still find coins that were mostly between 3-5 inches deep. Did get some bottle caps and pulltabs down to about 6 or so. Some other junk a bit deeper. Not bad for using the 6" search coil.

Found pennies, dimes, nickel, quarters, Loonie ($1.00 coin) and a Mexican $1 coil that looks like a mini Twoonie (Canadian $2 coin). A broken watch, hot wheel car (was deep) and the usual trash.

The Coinstrike really likes Canadian claddage, with somewhat good ID numbers without bouncing too much and very repeatable coin sounding signals. Fairly easy to pinpoint in all metal mode.

Hopefully get out someplace different within the next few days, maybe find something good. Looks like I will enjoy using this detector and it gave me an excuse to sell my last Tesoro.]]> Sven Fisher Classic ForumFri, 19 Apr 2013 13:21:38 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895108,1895108#msg-1895108 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895108,1895108#msg-1895108
Been reading the C$ reviews and noticed a bunch of people were claiming no depth. Not sure if it was all air test depth or actual in ground depth.
Have to say was not impressed with the air test nor on top of ground type air testing. My old Tesoro Amigo II picked up the coins gold at the same air test depth
as the C$ and sometimes beat it, especially with a faster recovery time........Trying all sorts of C$ settings really didn't help, neither did fresh batteries.
The worst part was the inability to pick up the Canadian half dimes more than 3", lot of them are found up here. I did ask jabbo to do an air test for me to see if
I could repeat it. Which I could. Still the C$ didn't see any good depth doing the on top of the ground testing. Read many folks are getting deep targets and wondering if my
C$ might be a dog. My PI not being set up for silver but configured for gold was getting better depth on the half dime and silver dime. So I sat back for a minute or two,
thinking, there's got to be more depth to be squeezed out of the C$. Remembering that some VLF, PI detectors air test poorly and do better in the ground.
It needs a matrix of some kind to go thru to get the depth. Then remembered Gunnar doing an air test-ground test using a stack of books as a matrix as it was winter time.
So I grabbed 3 old 3" thick books. Started retesting with the half dime etc. Amazingly found the half dime can now be picked up at about 6-7" with a quieter repeatable signal.
And able to pinpoint it in all metal mode. Silver dime was louder as well. Got the same results with all the other targets. Response and recovery time was also better.
At this point, it was clearly better than the one control, preset GB Amigo. Had me wondering there for a minute.....
Threshold was at -15, Sens 9, nothing notched, tracking off.

From this bit of experimentating, going to assume many folks sold their C$ on the premis of a bad, unimpressive air, above ground test.]]> Sven Fisher Classic ForumWed, 17 Apr 2013 09:44:08 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895107,1895107#msg-1895107 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1895107,1895107#msg-1895107a nice ID Edge up last year and love this machine. It ID's in
all metal which you can't beat that. Control Box is tiny but
powerful. I let a neighbor do his yard with it and his first target
was a silver 41' quarter. The guy was amazed as it was his
1rst time ever detecting. I can't believe Fisher did not sell more of these
and my guess would be because of the size of the new control box.
Like I said small but powerful with a very respectful depth. I love
this machine and it runs nice in the iron as you can hear it all with
the audio tones. The only downfall I see to this machine are the
touchpads as they stick or are very fussy to use but it works with patience.
Has notch control that works decent. I have found some nice stuff in a
short time with this unit... UNDER-RATED and not popular. WHY?
silverseeker 2]]> silverseeker 2 Fisher Classic ForumTue, 16 Apr 2013 17:34:12 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1894597,1894597#msg-1894597 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1894597,1894597#msg-1894597
I have a Fisher 442. Could someone please tell me where I can find the schematic for the 442? I need to know the size and orientation of the electrolytic capacitor on the left side of the board opposite the 100uf 25 v cap. I 'm looking at the board with the parts side up, facing the tab which connects to the wires. The cap in question is the electrolytic on the left.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. My email is pjc750@charter.net. I will be happy to supply additional info if needed.

Thanks,

Steve]]> Stevejackson Fisher Classic ForumTue, 16 Apr 2013 23:15:40 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1894084,1894084#msg-1894084 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1894084,1894084#msg-1894084By the time I could get away for some hunting it was 4pm. Wouldn't you know it, it started to sprinkle as I walked out the door. Drove away from the rain to spot I have been looking at
for sometime. Entrance way into a 1900 Mental Institution, with a lawn bowling facilty to the right. Got there it was raining very lightly. waited it out. Rain left, cold front and wind came thru.
Froze my butt for 3 hours. This place was loaded with bottle caps, they all ran in at around 18-19, after maybe bouncing if rusty. A great learning experience....................know where they come in,
at least the ones thrown about at that place. The lawn mower helped distribute them everywhere. Besides a few nails, rivets, screw, tin foil, managed to extract 2 dimes, nickel and 3 pennies.

Overall found the C$ easy to use, especially after owning learning to operate the ID Edge, F5 and Tek Omega. What I learned from using them made the C$ transition fairly easy. I did find it became a bit harder to swing around the 3 hour mark. Should have exercised this winter.......

Didn't expect to find much today as it was mainly to go out and learn the C$.
Had a blast with the Edge and 6" coil, it was a coin magnet. One came with the C$, will try that out next time....................]]> Sven Fisher Classic ForumMon, 15 Apr 2013 21:25:11 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1892615,1892615#msg-1892615 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1892615,1892615#msg-1892615 mattmichigan Fisher Classic ForumSat, 13 Apr 2013 07:18:21 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1892401,1892401#msg-1892401 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1892401,1892401#msg-1892401
Can anyone tell me if the silent search togle when used will cause the detector to lose any depth????

THANKS! for any info!

ED from Philly]]> dirtmanxx Fisher Classic ForumSat, 13 Apr 2013 17:15:40 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1891326,1891326#msg-1891326 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1891326,1891326#msg-1891326 Woodchuck Fisher Classic ForumSat, 13 Apr 2013 20:22:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1889396,1889396#msg-1889396 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1889396,1889396#msg-1889396 mattmichigan Fisher Classic ForumSat, 13 Apr 2013 02:00:46 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1889298,1889298#msg-1889298 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1889298,1889298#msg-1889298 sasquache Fisher Classic ForumSat, 06 Apr 2013 19:21:02 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1888004,1888004#msg-1888004 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1888004,1888004#msg-1888004 C.J.M. Fisher Classic ForumSat, 06 Apr 2013 09:39:44 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1887541,1887541#msg-1887541 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1887541,1887541#msg-1887541 bigdad75 Fisher Classic ForumFri, 12 Apr 2013 14:49:27 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883819,1883819#msg-1883819 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883819,1883819#msg-1883819I have owned a ID Edge a few years ago and a Fisher F5, so I have some idea how several of the controls work with each other.
Just have to get used to all the touch pads, kind of like knobs and switches.....

Better start reading the manual while I wait for it too arrive.]]> Sven Fisher Classic ForumWed, 10 Apr 2013 20:35:38 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883355,1883355#msg-1883355 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883355,1883355#msg-1883355 FisherKing Fisher Classic ForumThu, 28 Mar 2013 04:11:22 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883097,1883097#msg-1883097 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1883097,1883097#msg-1883097 sasquache Fisher Classic ForumThu, 28 Mar 2013 18:16:59 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1880610,1880610#msg-1880610 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1880610,1880610#msg-1880610 RELIC_HUNTER Fisher Classic ForumTue, 16 Apr 2013 10:46:55 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1877826,1877826#msg-1877826 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1877826,1877826#msg-1877826 foxhunter Fisher Classic ForumThu, 28 Mar 2013 20:17:47 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1877547,1877547#msg-1877547 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1877547,1877547#msg-1877547 bigdawg47 Fisher Classic ForumWed, 27 Mar 2013 22:22:12 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1876825,1876825#msg-1876825 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1876825,1876825#msg-1876825 RELIC_HUNTER Fisher Classic ForumSat, 23 Mar 2013 22:47:00 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1876822,1876822#msg-1876822 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1876822,1876822#msg-1876822 RELIC_HUNTER Fisher Classic ForumTue, 19 Mar 2013 05:24:47 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1874667,1874667#msg-1874667 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1874667,1874667#msg-1874667 bigdawg47 Fisher Classic ForumWed, 27 Mar 2013 16:57:58 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1872367,1872367#msg-1872367 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1872367,1872367#msg-1872367 thump7 Fisher Classic ForumWed, 20 Mar 2013 21:09:15 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1869127,1869127#msg-1869127 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1869127,1869127#msg-1869127 tmattei Fisher Classic ForumTue, 05 Mar 2013 04:17:34 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1867028,1867028#msg-1867028 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1867028,1867028#msg-1867028 Hammered Again Fisher Classic ForumFri, 01 Mar 2013 17:21:15 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1866609,1866609#msg-1866609 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1866609,1866609#msg-1866609 sasquache Fisher Classic ForumSat, 02 Mar 2013 14:13:31 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1866252,1866252#msg-1866252 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?35,1866252,1866252#msg-1866252 sasquache Fisher Classic ForumWed, 27 Feb 2013 04:59:01 -0600