C.J.M.
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please need information on a fisher F-5.THANK YOU.CJM
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Anyone have any feed back on the Fisher F-5?Thank you.
- Thread starter C.J.M.
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Donna(NJ
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Is that the bottom of the line for Fisher??? I remember owning a cheap Fisher, maybe F5. The numbers bounced sooo much I could not tell what the heck was under the coil.
I returned it ASAP.
If you are use to a top end detector, stay away from the cheap stuff. They will only frustrate you.
HH
Donna(NJ)
JCR TX
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James, The F5 is plenty deep for normal coin/park type hunting. The Fisher coils are just fine & NEL makes a good range of excellent coils also. It runs around 6kHz so it is good on Silver. Mike Hillis has a lot of very good posts on the different Forums about the F5. He used it as a great jewelry hunter. It is designed to run two 9 volt batteries in parallel. Probably 20+ hours. Very adjustable to whatever hunting conditions, very stable even in bad EMI spots, very good ID & Disc. It was not a low end detector. It has several unique features that make it more of an experts machine if wanted. They don't bring much money on the used market but don't let that fool you, it's a good unit even today. I'll never sell mine & will keep using it on the right site with success. Remind me what part of Texas you are in, I'm in East Texas.
still looking 52
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I've owned my F5 for 11 years now, it's my only detector and I love it.
It goes 9" deep on a silver dime, it has two 9 volt batteries that last 40 hours plus plus outstanding modulated sound that you can ask for.
I hunt with my brother who uses an etract and both units love silver.
If you go to all metal mode you can add an extra inch to your depth.
I bought my unit used back in 2014 for 250$ and only once had to send it in for repairs and they didn't even charge me for the repairs because they said it was a factory defect.
With my experience and the quality of this machine I feel comfortable that if there's silver under my coil I'll know it.
It goes 9" deep on a silver dime, it has two 9 volt batteries that last 40 hours plus plus outstanding modulated sound that you can ask for.
I hunt with my brother who uses an etract and both units love silver.
If you go to all metal mode you can add an extra inch to your depth.
I bought my unit used back in 2014 for 250$ and only once had to send it in for repairs and they didn't even charge me for the repairs because they said it was a factory defect.
With my experience and the quality of this machine I feel comfortable that if there's silver under my coil I'll know it.
Picketwire
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No, the F2 was the inexpensive one and it was still pretty effective. The F5 is way more advanced. And you don't have to worry about membrane switches wearing out.