F75 Performance on Dry-Sand Beaches

[berryman]

Anyone have experience with the F75 on dry-sand beaches? If so, care to provide your opinion about its efficiency (or lack thereof) in this environment.

BTW - Fisher's ads for its soon to be released upgraded F75 tout it an an effective beach machine.

 

[ez4sure]

i use mine on the beach alot even does ok on the wet sand but better depth in the dry sand, you will get a little better depth in all metal but you have to ground balance alot to keep it running smooth. so i keep mine in disc mode most of the time i like 1f tones set the disc at 15 dig everthing that hits solid
good luck hh

 

[jacco]

In dry sand it works fine and you can use the ground grab for auto ground balance. On the wet sand it work fine as well, you just have to manually ground balance in all metal mode (because ground grab won't work if the ground is below 40). When you switch back to DISC mode the manually set ground balance is transferred over.

 

[mudpuppy]

I used a F70 on dry sand beaches and wading fresh water for 2yrs straight...it has plenty of power, but I believe its greatest strength for this type of work is its speed/ergonomics...a guy can practice a bit, and get the right type of stride going...I sort of crouch, and gently start the swing pattern, swaying side to side, letting the momentum of the rig carry the load and sort of guide it with a soft grip of just my thumb and forefinger....a guy can get a pattern going where you are covering a 12' arc per swing...and its not tiring or hurtfull...

So, yes, these F's will cover a vast amount of beach in a hurry as opposed to somebody going slow and only working a 4'arc...I got a big gold chain and some nice gold rings and whatnot off the dry...it hits plenty hard and deep...on a great expanse of sand, its the rig to run if you want to cover a whole lot and try to find a zone that holds some targets...its all in that swing pattern though, very nontraditional type of stroll, wide legged gait, swaying side to side and letting that big coil fly a huge arc....even letting it wrap around at the end of the swing so a guy is getting more than a 180 degree cover. this kind of swing works on flat sports fields too that don't have a lot of targets.

Mud

 

[Coin Rescue Inc]

In 4 beach hunts on dry sand at fresh water lakes this summer I was very satisfied with the results. I even was picking up nickels like never before. I have a F 75 limited using the 5" coil.
On my unit I wait for a repeating high tone. I mostly use 4 tones. Often I hear a slight tone of a coin even if I am swinging say 10 inches off to the side. I use the pin point feature to really zero in on the center of the coin. I then swing again to verify purity of target and I'D number. This is in Discrimination mode set at 4-5. Listen for the possible iron grunt and good repeatable signals.

I then dig with pro pointer in hand. I use the Bp process alot and I picked up a broken link from a chain the was say a 1/4" long. Might have been silver. Average sensitivity I use is low 25 to 45. If i get no signals I boost up a bit.
Digging in sand is fun compared inland. I like it.
If in Bp process I can use lower sensitivity liker 25 to 35 and swing slower to zero in on small targets. If i use DE process I bump up the sensitivity up 20 to 30 segments and swing faster.
Being self taught on this, this is is my experiance.

 

[berryman]

From the responses received so far I get the impression the F75 is OK but not necessarily great on dry sand. From these responses I'm concluding that there are probably better detector choices for hunting on dry sand. Am I interpreting your responses properly?

 

[mudpuppy]

I'd say it was great on dry sand...you are going to want to hear it all, and you are going to want a light, powerful, and comfortable rig, so I would give it the thumbs up on all counts..
Mud

 

[Tom Slick]

I haven't used the F75 on the Beach but the F19 and Gold Bug Pro both work great on the dry saltwater beach sand. I've used about every U.S. made detector and some Minelabs on the beaches in the past 39 years of detecting and those two are now my go to dry sand detectors.

 

[Elton]

I'd say it was great on dry sand...you are going to want to hear it all, and you are going to want a light, powerful, and comfortable rig, so I would give it the thumbs up on all counts..
Mud

I pretty much agree..be sure to manual GB though... And you will have a little trouble on Ocean wet beach areas.. Run sense low. It still goes deep...

 

[Elton]

I'd say it was great on dry sand...you are going to want to hear it all, and you are going to want a light, powerful, and comfortable rig, so I would give it the thumbs up on all counts..
Mud

I pretty much agree..be sure to manual GB though... And you will have a little trouble on Ocean wet beach areas.. Run sense low. It still goes deep...

[size=x-large]PS: I have only used one at Tybee Island Ga ......[/size]

 

[ez4sure]

if your just hunting beaches you might want to get a multi freq machine like a fisher cz3d but if you want a good do it all machine the f75se is hard to beat

 

[Steve O]

It works as well on dry sand as on turf. Run your coil over wet salt sand and it almost sounds confused. It also reacts to the salt water when the very end of the wave goes under the coil. There are some settings that were posted a couple years back on the best for wet salt. It's not intended for salt water.

 

[psyvad]

The F75 is a vacuum on dry sand saltwater beaches. Put it in all metal and set the sensitivity to 99 and you're ready to clean up. You can swing fast and cover lots of ground without losing depth.

 

[pasttom]

In dry-sand beach hunting the proper scoop is the key to success and any rig will hunt better there than most anywhere else. Wet and water will separate the men from the boys so to speak, and PIs and multi-freqs really shine there. In my experience dry sand is the easiest hunting there is, just hard walking.