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F19 is a nickel magnet.

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Mike Hillis

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Sunday morning I was at a turf location looking for some jewelry with the F19. It is a medium size park , maybe 5 acres in size but I was focused on one little section that funnels traffic on and off the park. I'd have hunted this little area with the F5, and Omega, the Golden uMax and a DFX and have pulled some nice jewelry out of it.

This site has fill dirt anywhere from 4" to 6" deep for the grass to grow on. Targets can only sink to this level as nothing sinks into the alluvial fan material below that. Checking the ground minerals in the AM mode, the FE graph read 5 bars, the Ground Phase number was reading 85. Because the ground phase number was above the preset level, I went ahead and left it at it preset levels. Right, wrong or indifferent, for my ground conditions, if the ground phase is below the preset, I
 
Thanks Mike,
If the rain breaks I'm trying to take the f19 for its maiden voyage after work today.
Thanks again for your efforts. I've only really had experience with a cz 21 so this will be a new experience for me as far as fisher machines go. I was getting ready to pick up a G2 when the19 was announced so I orders one and passed on the Teknetics.
My choice was to find a machine to compliment the etrac for speed and target separation in heavy trash and iron. So as far as the questions go regarding how it compares to the GB et al , I'm not qualified to answer.
Cheers
 
I am curious. Are these nickels you missed with the F5? I think I remember you saying you use the three tones on the F5. That fourth tone for nickels usually zero's in on them for me, but I'm sure the 68 one probably wouldn't have. Just curious if the F19 has that same feature.

Dan
 
That pin-pointer isn't made by Fisher, Bounty Hunter, or Teknetics they have to be out sourcing across the beg creek for these. I really don't think they planned on really selling them, but as freebies packed in with their detectors.

The way it sounds the F19 among other things really likes the nickels. Around here I'm certain that thousands of nickels remain lost!

Thanks for the report.

Mark
 
tones is why I got rid of g2. I was really hoping for a 3 tone like eurotek pro with the f19. blah
 
What is the frequency of the F=19 ..... If it's a high gold frequency it should do well on nickles. How is it on Silver coins Mike ????
 
19khz Resonates a nickle better than any other freq..

Per Troy Galloway..Stating he tried alot of Freqs to find one that resonated a nickle the best for his X5..19khz was the winner..

On the Omega if you only used the Stock coil in that type 5-Fe dirt it would probably read those nickles as 99 bounce..The DD 5x10 on the oemga in that dirt would read it more towards the lower 60's...

Keith
 
Elton,
The F19 operates at 19kHz. It doesn't do bad on high conductors, but it clearly leans toward brass, lead, and gold.
With this 5x10 DD coil, A 1974 E. Dollar air tests at about 10", a Dime at about 8" at the preset ground phase.

If you are hunting high conductors I'd see how much negative your ground will let you set your balance. High conductive response suffers the closer the ground phase response approaches 99.9, just as low conductor responses suffer as the ground phase approaches 0. If your ground will support operating the ground balance somewhere in that middle area between 40 and 60 you will see better response to high conductors, with a slight bit of TID change. But of course it depends on if the ground lets you do that and what you are trying to accomplish.

HH
Mike
 
Yes, These were nickels I had missed with both the F5 and the DFX. I had used the 5x10" DD and 11" DD coil on the F5 with various tone options and I had used both the Bigfoot coil and the 9" concentric with the DFX. Thats why I'm so supprised I was finding the number of nickels I did. One or two is to be expected, but not 8 or 10 (still haven't emptied the pouch but I know there has got to be at least 8 in there or I wouldn't have made a big deal about it.)

HH
Mike
 
There is only one tone option. VCO high tone above the V-break setting, and a solid low tone below the V-break setting. You decide where to set the tone break, INDEPENDENTLY of the Disc setting.

HH
Mike
 
Wondering about the distance on a nickle? TIA
 
With a Gain setting of 80 I was getting 10" on a nickel with the stock 5x10 DD coil.
I can't tell you what a Gain setting of 100 does. At the time I made these air test notes, I was getting some chatter in the house with the Gain at 100 so I don't have a reliable number yet for Max gain.

HH
Mike
 
Great to see you doing field testing, Mike. I always enjoy reading your posts. Very detailed and informative, well-written and a pleasure to read.

No surprise that the F19 handles nickels so well. If I remember correctly, the Tejon is also around 19 kHz and it too is a nickel magnet.

BTW, F-Point stands for "Frustration Pinpointer." I'd suggest dumping your frustration and getting one of the good ones.
 
Just goes to show you that what ever metal detector you use we all miss targets, no matter how well we think that we cover the area, so many different ways to miss and come back and find targets.
 
I never get to empty my finds pouch right after a hunt. My wife is quick to hussle me into the shower and get me busy doing stuff she has for me to do :cheekkiss:
So there is always a few days wait before I get to look at my recoveries again and ponder over them. Unless, of course,:blink: it is shiny and 'precious'!

The official nickel count was 7 nickels.
There were also 3 dimes, 1 quarter, 2 stinking zincolns.

HH
Mike
 
After 2 days I Finally got the F19 put together and ran it though my test garden, this thing screams at nickles (I have several in my test garden) it hit on ALL my nickels ...................all my other machines ( i have owned many ) would hit on some nickels and very iffy on others ........ It Loves The Low Conductors ....... Seems to run stable and the VDI numbers seem to lock on good ..........cant wait clean out a soccer field with it.
 
Where there's nickels, there's (some) gold!:thumbup:
Rob in (Ca) said:
After 2 days I Finally got the F19 put together and ran it though my test garden, this thing screams at nickles (I have several in my test garden) it hit on ALL my nickels ...................all my other machines ( i have owned many ) would hit on some nickels and very iffy on others ........ It Loves The Low Conductors ....... Seems to run stable and the VDI numbers seem to lock on good ..........cant wait clean out a soccer field with it.
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Sounds like a fantastic gold hunting machine.
Mike, in comparison to the F75, EMI issues or not and to what degree.
 
Hi Mark,
I can't run an F75 at most of my urban sites due to the EMI. That is why I don't own one. If I could I would.

The F19 runs much more stable. So far, when I walk into a area that has enough EMI to make it start to chatter, I have never had to turn the sensitivity below 80 to stabilize it.

HH
Mike
 
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