Finally decided to upgrade from my Ace 250 this week after dragging my feet on it for a couple of years. A friend of mine is starting to get into the hobby and I've been teaching him on the Ace, so that's been the kick I needed to take the plunge into a better detector. We actually dug a civil war era musket ball last week which was a first for me so I can certainly feel my interest level going back up. So far with the Ace (in 5 years) I've found about four wheats, no silver, and nothing older than the wheats. I don't know if it's me, the detector, or my locations but we live in one of the longest-settled areas in the country with a ton of history, so I've got high hopes for the F5 based on my research. It was a toss up between the F5 and the AT Pro but went for this because of the price difference. I got this one with only a few hours of use on it for $400 on ebay so not too bad.
Anyway....
In the meantime, while I wait for it to get here I'm trying to read up on it as much as I can. I've not had experience with ground balancing at all before, and there's obviously quite a difference in interfaces between the F5 and the Ace 250 so much of it is relatively new to me. Is there a good explanation of the controls and how to use them anywhere? I've been trying to read up on Mike's posts and there's allegedly a large review or article or something he wrote about the controls somewhere but I have been unable to find it.
Anyway....
In the meantime, while I wait for it to get here I'm trying to read up on it as much as I can. I've not had experience with ground balancing at all before, and there's obviously quite a difference in interfaces between the F5 and the Ace 250 so much of it is relatively new to me. Is there a good explanation of the controls and how to use them anywhere? I've been trying to read up on Mike's posts and there's allegedly a large review or article or something he wrote about the controls somewhere but I have been unable to find it.