itsaawgood
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I am just thrilled at how well the Fisher F2 is working out down at my local beach for daily beach hunting! I live in Michigan about a block from our local beaches so I go down there in the evening as often as possible. What I discovered is that our city combs or cleans the beach DAILY...what a bummer...so I have to go in the evenings after a busy day at the beach. I tried out both my Whites V3i and my Garrett AT Pro...both great machines...but overkill for this type of hunting. I found that both those machines see well below the "cleaned" line and hit on all the trash that's deeper....not the mention both have a much slower response time then the F2 and are heavier to swing...especially the V3i. Now the F2 is super light, has an incredible response time....I could swing that thing like a mad fool and not miss a target if the coil passed over it....and it does not have the depth of the other machines so its not able to see the trash that's down there say 5+ inches. The stuff I'm looking for has been lost that day so its very close to the surface...so the F2 is an absolute dream....not to mention...the pinpoint on the machine is the best I've seen on any machine. The F2 is a super simple and inexpensive machine, it does NOT have any ground balance...but that's ok for my local freshwater beaches. I highly recommend this little guy for this type of application....inexpensive, super lightweight, lightening fast refresh, dead on pinpoint, numerically target ID, and runs a LONG time on 2 9V batteries! I initially bought this for my 7 year old son but he hardly ever uses it and was actually trying to sell it for awhile....so glad it did not sell and I found this awesome use for it. I have not found anything but change so far...but if there was a piece of jewelry or a watch lost that day...I'm more then confident this machine would find it just as easily as say my V3i or AT Pro. Way to go Fisher for a simple yet very functional little machine!