wyndysweep
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I'm going to be new to this, so I don't want to spend a bundle until I'm sure I'll use it. Is the F2 with the 11" DD Coil a good place to start?? Thanks in advance for your comments.
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wyndysweep
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Mostly coins, jewery & gold a plus. Live in Northern Alabama, lots of red clay. But also plan on taking it with us camping.
MarkCZ
Well-known member
Well, getting the "Jewelry" means digging a lot of trash and knowing where to look for it.
Now, coin shooters have come to rely on ID meters and multi tones.
While jewelry and get the coins as they turn up people tend to go for a good beep & dig detector (No meter)
A good number of relic hunters don't rely on ID meters either. (You didn't include relic hunters in your reply, so toss this type of hunting out)
Coins are easy to setup an ID system for, they are each a standard, so pennies fall into the penny/dime group, quarters the next group up, nickels more near the can tabs range.
Now, there is NO standard for gold or even gold jewelry,
its size,
total mass,
10k, 12k, 14k, 18k
puts in somewhere between the upper range of foil, to somewhere around the zinc penny range.
There isn't much money in just coins, unless you can pick up buckets full of them, or land some very nice older silver ones.
I've always had coin shooting detectors sense the early 80's but now times has changed!
I now have three beep and dig detectors, one I got just for the "Jewelry and coins as they come" style of hunting.
See I could coin shoot for a year, hours and hours of hunting and not get one piece of gold jewelry, maybe a little silver just because some of that will make it into one of the high tone coin ranges. And in all that hunting not have as much pocket money as ONE nice gold ring. In many places the older silver coins are drying up.
So, I got a beep and dig detector that by all reports has a liken for gold, forgetting the meter when I go out with it, just dig all the good signals above small Iron, I'll say coin shooting way less troublesome, but lately I'm trying to change my thinking that pull tabs are not bad targets, each one could have been a nice gold ring.
Now, all this means is to give some thought to what it is your wanting to hunt and maybe that will also help you make the best possible choice for your first detector.
Also, being new I hope you don't have this idea of buckets full of jewelry and coins every time you go out detecting, that just don't happen. Some days you may only come home with 37 cents of clad coins and a set of dead batteries. But, if your the type that is driven by just the possibility of finding something good, then this hobby is for you.
I would put the F2 in the class of a good entry level multi-purpose detector.
Good Luck
And WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!
Mark
Now, coin shooters have come to rely on ID meters and multi tones.
While jewelry and get the coins as they turn up people tend to go for a good beep & dig detector (No meter)
A good number of relic hunters don't rely on ID meters either. (You didn't include relic hunters in your reply, so toss this type of hunting out)
Coins are easy to setup an ID system for, they are each a standard, so pennies fall into the penny/dime group, quarters the next group up, nickels more near the can tabs range.
Now, there is NO standard for gold or even gold jewelry,
its size,
total mass,
10k, 12k, 14k, 18k
puts in somewhere between the upper range of foil, to somewhere around the zinc penny range.
There isn't much money in just coins, unless you can pick up buckets full of them, or land some very nice older silver ones.
I've always had coin shooting detectors sense the early 80's but now times has changed!
I now have three beep and dig detectors, one I got just for the "Jewelry and coins as they come" style of hunting.
See I could coin shoot for a year, hours and hours of hunting and not get one piece of gold jewelry, maybe a little silver just because some of that will make it into one of the high tone coin ranges. And in all that hunting not have as much pocket money as ONE nice gold ring. In many places the older silver coins are drying up.
So, I got a beep and dig detector that by all reports has a liken for gold, forgetting the meter when I go out with it, just dig all the good signals above small Iron, I'll say coin shooting way less troublesome, but lately I'm trying to change my thinking that pull tabs are not bad targets, each one could have been a nice gold ring.
Now, all this means is to give some thought to what it is your wanting to hunt and maybe that will also help you make the best possible choice for your first detector.
Also, being new I hope you don't have this idea of buckets full of jewelry and coins every time you go out detecting, that just don't happen. Some days you may only come home with 37 cents of clad coins and a set of dead batteries. But, if your the type that is driven by just the possibility of finding something good, then this hobby is for you.
I would put the F2 in the class of a good entry level multi-purpose detector.
Good Luck
And WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!
Mark
wyndysweep
New member
Thank you very much for your insight!
wyndysweep
New member
Mark - one more question - do you think a step up to the F4 would be worth the added cost? Thanks again.
Hey there Wyndysweep--- The F4 is the bigger brother of the F2 and will perform for the most part about the same. The difference in the two is F4 is capable of ground balance (in all medal mode only) where the F2 is not. The F4 I believe includes a 11" DD coil. On the F2, the DD is an upgrade from the lowest price. There are some multi coil deals through some of the merchants for the F2. I know clay type soil is some of the hardest to hunt, might be if you are willing to hunt all medal mode, the F4 might give you some benefit over the F2. If you look for some old F2 threads here at Finds by Revier, he can tell you more as he has experience with the F2 and clay type soil as well or maybe he will chime in here later.----- good luck, welcome and HH
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WV62
Well-known member
I have heard from other in the red clay zone and it is a killer for a detector to deal with. I would get something that you can ground balance in the disc mode. I would jump to the F5 it should handle your soil. You may want to go with a used one. I just picked up one for about $300, and seems to be just fine and it also seems that this machine will hunt with the big dogs.
Just a thought,
Ron in WV
Just a thought,
Ron in WV
wyndysweep
New member
Thank you everyone for you help!
salmonriverhotrock
New member
If you are interested in learning metal detecting theory, especially concerning coils, you can go to a web site called Metal Detecting World. Just look in the right hand column for "Search Coils 101." You can also do some other Internet searches that will produce some pretty good information. I've spent quite a number of years detecting and last early summer, bought a new F2 with the 3 coil option, one being the DD coil. I have used DD coils previous to the F2 purchase but do enjoy the F2 with the DD coil. The thing is, the small and standard round or Concentric coils have detecting and pin-point advantages of their own.
Learn the theory and train your ears to the point that when the $Bells$ and $Whistles$ are telling you not to dig, your ear and gut may be saying you will regret it if you don't. Unfortunately, the F2 is labeled an "Entry" or "Begginers" machine.
wyndysweep
New member
Thanks for the info.