Fisher F2 ID

[slingshot]

Gotta make a decision quickly. Is the ID on the F2 able to tell the few id #'s difference in the nickel and square tab that mimics it? I've hear it reads nickels 30-33 and those tabs 33-35> Thanks Also, any good points on the machine would be appreciated-I also have the Ace and want to compare it.

 

[Woodchuck]

if you can get a F2 package deal grab it its great detector for the money,my best finds so far have been with a F2.You'll love it.And yes it discriminates well with pull tabs.It gets fooled now and then.Nickels come in solid, tabs will bounce once you learn em.I would get the F2 over the ace you won't be sorry IMHO

 

[kascinoh]

I swing an F70 now, but on my old F2, nickels were always 31-32. If it bounced to anything else, 34-35, it was always a tab.

 

[Treasure Seeker]

this is what i have and seems to be dead on give or take one on soil type
0-15 Iron
25-28 Pull-Tab Tail (broken off)
28-32 Nickel
36-42 Pull-Tab (old type)
58-62 Zinc, Penny
68-72 Dime & Wheat Cent
78-83 Quarter
86-90 Half Dollar
91-95 Silver Dollar

 

[Alimo88]

F2 and add the 4 inch coil, killer for general purpose detecting
IMHOO

 

[MarkCZ]

Air test the F2 will separate nickles from sta-tabs really good. But in the ground not as well.
You may reduce the # of tabs, but the tabs are still a major problem with the high-end detectors and not any less with the F2.

Those Sta-tabs in the ground will read more like nickles more often than not. If your going after nickles be prepared to dig trash and tabs.
I've tried to get around the tabs forever, my,

CZ-7a pro won't do it,
CoinStrike won't,
brothers CZ-5 won't,
Teknetics 8500 won't,
F2 won't,

Now, don't get me wrong with the newer machines you will dig a few less tabs, but I did the same thing in thinking with the newer numeric Id detectors I could use the numbers to sort out the tabs and start digging nickles, not near as well as I thought.

Mark

 

[slingshot]

Thanks, guys. I'm really liking what I'm hearing and I had hoped to get a little help on tabs but shoulda known. Still, the fast response has sold me. Now, I'm waiting for Richard at Backwoods to see if he has the dual coil pkg.

 

[MarkCZ]

this is what i have and seems to be dead on give or take one on soil type
0-15 Iron
25-28 Pull-Tab Tail (broken off)
36-42 Pull-Tab (old type)

I did some research on tabs that I found interesting,
First came the pull-rings (beaver tailed rings) They hit the soft drink market in 1965 and ran through 1975. (they are a fw different sizes of these
Then came the modern tabs, these are called Sta-Tabs. They hit the market post 1975.

Why would I find that information interesting?
Think a minute, you can date an area buy the tabs or pull-rings,

You can also judge the depth you need to be looking at. Silver coins ended in 1965!
That's when the pull rings came to be!
The ground is still polluted with those old pull-rings if the area is old enough. (like old parks)

Now think of layers, if the area is old enough and your only digging newer coins and sta-tabs your not going to find much of the silver until you hit the pull-ring time period or deeper.

I found a place where the pull-rings are less than two inches and wheaties mixed in with them, but a Sta-Tabs was VERY rare. That tells a story, not much happening there as far as people after 1975.

Mark

 

[WV62]

Save a little money. Ron

http://cgi.ebay.com/Slightly-Used-Fisher-F2-Only-used-4-5-Times-/180604149431?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0cd89eb7

 

[Roland58]

Just curious.......

0-15 Iron What is it if the reading is 16-24?
25-28 Pull-Tab Tail (broken off)
28-32 Nickel What is it if the reading is 33-35?
36-42 Pull-Tab (old type) What is it if the reading is 43-57?
58-62 Zinc, Penny What is it if the reading is 63-67?
68-72 Dime & Wheat Cent What is it if the reading is 73-77?
78-83 Quarter What is it if the reading is 84-85?
86-90 Half Dollar
91-95 Silver Dollar


Your reading info is very close, if not exactly, the same as seen on my F75. However, I would like to add that a very small gold item air tested at VDI 23 and a larger gold item (men's ring) got a VDI of 33. Also, all the silver rings that I have found have been in your zinc to wheatie range....the one I picked up last night was a small girls ring that hit a VDI of 61, solid. When you dig for a dime, you will often end up with a "dincoln"........I see a lot of zinc pennies hitting in the dime range, I have bags of them as proof!

Merry Christmas and HH to all!!

 

[slingshot]

Thanks for the reminder, Mark. I think I read that in the Dankowski article, but had forgotten it.