F75LTD new user questions!

[BigsenHHer]

Hi fellow hunters, and thanks for looking/ reply to my questions. I am new to the detector scene, and I was out hunting today and came up with a few questions to ask about. I just received my machine on Monday, so I'm fairly new, so ill give you the best disc rupturing I can give. The place that I hunted was : beach by a salt water lake. Now here are some questions, sorry if they are stupid ( I search in discrim mode)

1: fast grab. I'm not sure if I am doing this right. The manual says to "push the trigger forward with your machine about a foot off the ground, then put it up and down between 1-6 inches , about twice a second" . So first off, pumping it twice a second is very fast up and down, I don't know how long to do it for. I try it for 3 sec or sometimes 15 sec, but it seems to have the same results (or I think it does). My fe3o4 meter goes up but when I stop pushing the tigger forward, it goes back to nothing( this is on any ground for me) I thought that it stayed at a certain level.

Specs: sens-60-75 , dic-15, notch- cant remember, #tones- 2f

2: when I am hunting, do I just sweep back and forth, and when I hear something, I then use the trigger to find it? Or do I hold in the trigger the whole time to find things?

3: when I was at the beach, I would sweep over something with a strong signal, the screen would show (let's say 5), I assume that's inches. So I would dig and find nothing, so I would pass the machine over again and it would be either A: nothing there or in the pile of sand I dug or B: the signal is now a few inches over and I repeat the process with nothing to find!!

4: I used the 11" dd the whole time, what is the exact point on the DD that pinpoints the object? Or is it over the whole area of the coil?

5: I also got covers for my coils. It doesn't seem that the 5" one with fit on! Actual looks 1/4 inch too small and I Tried for 10 min to jam it on and I couldn't, the only thing I didn't use was the hammer to get it on.

6: also seems that I can't go about 6 feet near the salt water or my machine goes crazy, any tips?

That's all for now, I'll try to post the pic of the stuff I found, but not sure how , thanks damn I can't, because my IPhone takes too big pics! Bahhhh

 

[Elton]

AUTOMATIC GROUND BALANCING PROCEDURE
(FASTGRAB

 

[jim tn]

Elton covered your questions very well. If you are hunting wet sand on a salt water beach, your g b # will be very low. Low, like in the teens to low 20's. All metal is a good way to go in wet sand. Usually runs a little quieter. Up in the dry sand you will be able to fast grab g b. Dry sand is pretty much like dirt. As Elton suggested, do a factor reset just in case your your notch isn't set up correctly. You could be notching good things out and bad targets in if set up incorrectly. I also recommend to those new to the F 75 to hunt in the factory pre-set modes for several hours. The F 75 LTD is a very sensitive detector and will detect very small items. Which, can be very difficult to find in the sand. Throw a few coins down under a piece of cardboard and practice pin pointing. Notice the dot in the center of the coil? That is the sweet spot. Good luck. HH jim tn

 

[BigsenHHer]

Thanks guys for the help, I appreciate it , HH folks

 

[shooter]

Excellant answer Elton , right on the money, Remember "BIGS." The only stupid question is the one you never ask. Plenty of great and true info on this forum and you just got answered by both, jim tn and Elton.