a little fair time afield and you'll learn that the FORS CoRe [size=small](and the Racer for Makro followers)[/size] is:
• Very easy to adjust and get into action.
• Very versatile and an excellent performer in a densely trashed [size=small](especially iron)[/size] site.
• Absolutely deadly in the toughest environment when using the smaller coil I call an 'OOR' because it is just slightly Out-Of-Round. But that little 4.[size=small]7[/size]X5.[size=small]2[/size] DD will get fantastic depth for its size when out in the open, and will zap out a good hit on desired targets in dense, ugly trash conditions.
If you have a site that you have hunted a fair amount with your Deus and feel the site would make a good environment for comparison, I suggest you take a day, or good part of one, do the following.:
First: Visually grid an area to be searched, then work it with your Deus and the standard round 9" DD coil. Use the settings you feel would provide the best results for you, as if you just happened upon the site for the first time. Keep all the good targets and bad targets you recover, and monitor the amount of detecting time you work the Deus.
Second: Use the FORS CoRe with e standard 7X11 DD coil. Cover the very same site working the very same directions as you did the Deus, and be fair to monitor the time and spend an equal amount with the FORS CoRe w/stock coil. With the Deus you would be using 'custom' settings, but for fun, try using the FORS CoRe with the default settings ONLY for the same period of time. Hunt in the Di2, two tone mode but leave it at the default settings for everything with the exception of Ground Balancing before you start the hunt [size=small](do not use auto-tracking)[/size]. Again, same all trash targets and favorable response targets for comparison.
Third: Repeat this all over again, without making any settings changes, except select the Di3 three-tone search mode. Ignore those low-tone Iron audio responses, but listen to them to know how much ferrous junk is present. Recover all the desirable sounding hits in the middle-tone as well as high-tone range. Spend the same amount of time in 3-tone as you did in 2-tone as you did with the Deus. Save all the recovered targets, good and bad, for comparison. Do not change modes or settings, just select the search mode, GB, and hunt the exact amount of time over the same site.
Forth and finally: Mount the small 'OOR' coil. By now you should have an idea if you prefer the Di2 or Di3 audio responses for the site conditions, but for now, just select the Di3 three-tone search mode. Do not make any settings changes, only GB and hunt away. Spend the same amount of time on the same site that the Deus worked, and has now been worked twice with the FORS using the standard coil in both motion-Disc. search modes. Hear the iron tone responses, but again, recover all the iffy and good mid-tone and high-tone responses. Keep all bad and good targets for comparison.
Now, if you did a fair field comparison at the same site, same area, same day and conditions, it should be interesting. Look at all the good and bad targets you recovered with the Deus and stock coil using a detector you are familiars and comfortable with, and certainly using some custom programmed settings.
Next, compare the in-the-field results using the FORS CoRe with stock coil and each search mode. With the Di2 results you had already just covered the same area with your Deus. Then look at the Di3 and stock coil recoveries. Those were after hitting the same area with the Deus then the FORS and Di2, and again, only running the stock settings.
Now scratch your head a bit as you look at what the FORS CoRe and little coil did using the 3-Tone mode and only the default settings. And after being worked three times right before it!
You will have a very fair idea of what the FORS Coin & Relic is capable of doing, right out-of-the-box with only a search coil choice and search mode selection .... and no other function changes like Sensitivity or ID Mask [size=small](Discrimination)[/size]. So, just imagine what you could do using only a few simple, easy-to-make adjustment changes that you can tailor for any search mode that might be a better fit for various hunting environments. Keep in mind this would all be done using the default settings which has the Sensitivity at '50' which is mid-range of the adjustment.
This will only take you the better part of one day, then you can come report in about what you think of the FORS CoRe. There is good reason why I have my FORS and Racers all ready-to-hunt having bumped all the other detectors I had/have from the #1 All-Purpose spot and riding on my back seat.
Monte
