Getting s used C$ and will need help

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Hi!
Never owned a Fisher detector before. I live in Michigan and just purchased a used Fisher CoinStrike (haven't got it yet).

I've read some reviews, both good and bad on it.

I guess someone here has a better? way to ground balance it than factory?

Also, can one keep from digging the dreaded bottle caps?

 

[Mark in NC]

This forum helped to jump-start my C$ education when I first got mine. Ground balance is pretty simple. Find a clean spot, hold the coil to the ground, hit and hold the "AUTO GROUND" button, lift the coil 6 inches and release the button. I found that when hunting yards/lawns with grass, to get a precise balance, I have to push the coil to the ground or else it's sorta floating on top. Also, the TRACK button does a great job adjusting for changes in ground as you hunt around.

Bottlecaps: Hopefully someone else will jump in here, but to me they "sound bigger" than a coin, and some will give an occasional "-" reading at different angles, especially depending on how wet or dry the ground is. You'll probably have to dig some though, but to me it's a small price to pay for the great depth and trash handling.

HH'n
Mark in NC

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Mark,
Thanks for the nice word.

I'm kind of wondering (anyone can jump in here too). . . I've read that if one is in heavily mineralized ground that you have to back off the sensitivity and I think the threshold too? Are there other things one has to do in order to deal with the mineralization?

I live in Michigan where there are places of heavy mineralized soil and some rather sandy, some with hot rocks and some without.

Also, do you ever detect in all metal mode where it still tells you what's down in the ground by numbers?

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Mark in NC]

which, in places, has a lot iron content (red clays), the C$ can go deeper with accurate ID than anything else I've used. It will sound off on certain types of "hot rocks", but usually ID's them as +51, so you have a good idea that's what it is. I've played with all-metal, but never seriously hunted in it. Try this site below for some great info...

http://home.insightbb.com/~johnhetti/coinstrike/

HH'n

Mark in NC

 

[Anonymous]

when you get it. I did a tips guide when it first came out that may help?
Also be sure to visit John's "Coinstrike Homepage" full of great info....
Bill

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Hi Bill,
You did a Tips Guide for the C$? Is it on the internet?

Tony

 

[Mark in NC]

in the Coinstrike section (it was done by some strange guy named Bill Ladd)....

http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/documents/CoinStrikequickstart.pdf

 

[Bill Ladd]

I think was on the C$ homepage too.......

 

[Bill Ladd]

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[Mark in NC]

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[Tony N (Michigan)]

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