I think you would really like the F19. From your posts you seem like you like to hit a lot of fresh drops. I have the F70 and the F19. The F19 may not be as deep but it is way more stable and has a lot more accurate ID. In my area anyway. You would really clean house at your sites.I don't work for fisher and they have never given me anything for free or to test. I am not brand loyal and use what works.
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Got to try a new F19 today
- Thread starter Bill_S
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Yeah Bill!, I read with great interest Kennys F19 work in the .22 shell hell of a yard...yes indeed, that got me sitting up and paying attention! 
Sorry about all that yesterday boys...I was hoping FTP was gonna come out with a AtPro-killer is all, and wrongly exhibited my frustration here on the innocent...I'm brand loyal to a fault...oh well, carry on!
Mud...
Sorry about all that yesterday boys...I was hoping FTP was gonna come out with a AtPro-killer is all, and wrongly exhibited my frustration here on the innocent...I'm brand loyal to a fault...oh well, carry on!
Mud...
I'm with you Mud. I was thinking since the success of the AT series we would have several amphibious machines by now to choose from at a reasonable price . We as users would only benefit by competition. But it's been years and nothing. I now believe it's not going to happen.
I wanted to add to my post above. I didn't use the GBP to hunt deep copper or silver. I don't use the F19 for that either. I have a deep silver machine for that. We all know the GBP, G2 and now the F19 all hit low conductors like a sledge hammer. BUT - It equally hits medium conductors just as well. I consider foil a low conductor. But I consider a nickle a medium conductor. In fact you will be digging deep tabs and even zincs with it as well. (if you choose to?) They seem to start dropping off in depth on high conductors at around 78 and higher. (still testing that)
Bill and I were talking about now going back to all of our spots where we have pounded it for silver and clearing some "gold type" targets out. Then again going over the ground for deep silver that may have been masked? Plus we figured if we hit a site that the started producing older nickels that may be a clue to the sites age and weather or not we would then search for deeper silver. We know the shallow silver is mostly gone. Plus a lot of coinshooters disc out nickles. So the nickles left would be our clue to possible deep silver? (that's out plan but who knows?!!) The other fact is the weight difference, solid ID and "fun factor" of these little power houses make them a joy to use. I really think it has just enough options now to be an all around machine.
Bill and I were talking about now going back to all of our spots where we have pounded it for silver and clearing some "gold type" targets out. Then again going over the ground for deep silver that may have been masked? Plus we figured if we hit a site that the started producing older nickels that may be a clue to the sites age and weather or not we would then search for deeper silver. We know the shallow silver is mostly gone. Plus a lot of coinshooters disc out nickles. So the nickles left would be our clue to possible deep silver? (that's out plan but who knows?!!) The other fact is the weight difference, solid ID and "fun factor" of these little power houses make them a joy to use. I really think it has just enough options now to be an all around machine.
I agree Mowerdog!
All us noobies (I am certainly one) realistically have to hunt now a days is the trashyards, jewelry and clad, with hopes of popping a masked/on edge silver every so often...all you guys wiped out the obvious silver stuff in the 70's/80's at least here in the States...so a guy today needs a rig thats easy to learn, fast, simple, and effective on pulling those signals, yet can hit some gold, mega fast clad too, or else a fellow is gonna get pretty bored or broke..
I admit I have approached this detecting effort not as a hobby or for relaxation either...I take every outing very seriously, and do my best to make it pay. I am purely in it for the money, and will get any tool I need that pays off...All my former 'hobbies' have been like that, none of them are 'leisure' activities, they are purposely chosen to deliver financial benefits, or at the very least break even, I have an accountant (Wife) that wants to see tangible results of my time and cash expended, so those are my parameters for a buying decision...I do enjoy it though, and its been good for me....plus, like any subsistence hunter, this kind of focus makes a guy extremely bloodthirsty to constantly up his game, up and gone before the dawn so to speak...Gold and Time wait for nobody, and wealth is no respecter of effort or intelligence..so a fellow has to know about the new tools and get one if it can pay off quick, simple as that for me..
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So I'm coming at it from this angle, just so y'all know...
Mud
All us noobies (I am certainly one) realistically have to hunt now a days is the trashyards, jewelry and clad, with hopes of popping a masked/on edge silver every so often...all you guys wiped out the obvious silver stuff in the 70's/80's at least here in the States...so a guy today needs a rig thats easy to learn, fast, simple, and effective on pulling those signals, yet can hit some gold, mega fast clad too, or else a fellow is gonna get pretty bored or broke..
I admit I have approached this detecting effort not as a hobby or for relaxation either...I take every outing very seriously, and do my best to make it pay. I am purely in it for the money, and will get any tool I need that pays off...All my former 'hobbies' have been like that, none of them are 'leisure' activities, they are purposely chosen to deliver financial benefits, or at the very least break even, I have an accountant (Wife) that wants to see tangible results of my time and cash expended, so those are my parameters for a buying decision...I do enjoy it though, and its been good for me....plus, like any subsistence hunter, this kind of focus makes a guy extremely bloodthirsty to constantly up his game, up and gone before the dawn so to speak...Gold and Time wait for nobody, and wealth is no respecter of effort or intelligence..so a fellow has to know about the new tools and get one if it can pay off quick, simple as that for me..
.. So I'm coming at it from this angle, just so y'all know...Mud
I don't take it that serious. Well at first I did. I thought I was going to hit the Jackpot on every hole. "Get rich" so to speak. But the reality of nails, pull tabs, gum wrappers grounded me pretty quick. I feel if I make battery money I'm doing good. My wife is wearing 2 rings I found so she's always on the look out for a trade up when I get home.
I really feel that the way to make the hobby really pay off is to buy a $200 machine and dig everything. You would pay it off pretty fast. I know of one gold hunter that's on youtube that finds some massive nuggets. He once showed 1 million dollars in gold on his kitchen table! I think he has made detecting pay off in a big way. https://www.youtube.com/user/zaqqaz22/videos
I do however make side money with detecting. People hire me to find their lost rings. I also make money by placing ads on my detecting videos. Once a year I sell any gold or damaged silver jewelry I find. But the last few years the good jewelry has been sparse. No one can afford to give their child that gold bracelet they loose at the tot lots anymore. Times are still tough.
But for me I get tickled when I find a nickel that a hundred other hunters missed. Or that 10 inch Barber maybe 2 times a year - maybe.
I really feel that the way to make the hobby really pay off is to buy a $200 machine and dig everything. You would pay it off pretty fast. I know of one gold hunter that's on youtube that finds some massive nuggets. He once showed 1 million dollars in gold on his kitchen table! I think he has made detecting pay off in a big way. https://www.youtube.com/user/zaqqaz22/videos
I do however make side money with detecting. People hire me to find their lost rings. I also make money by placing ads on my detecting videos. Once a year I sell any gold or damaged silver jewelry I find. But the last few years the good jewelry has been sparse. No one can afford to give their child that gold bracelet they loose at the tot lots anymore. Times are still tough.
But for me I get tickled when I find a nickel that a hundred other hunters missed. Or that 10 inch Barber maybe 2 times a year - maybe.
"well, at first I did"...
Yeah! thats what we all thought! 
Big valuable Atocha find in every hole! Thats the dream that drives us noobs into this crazy sport! Marketing! Its only the diehard 'dreamers' that stick with it I have concluded!..the rest of the 'get rich quick' peckerwoods give up on this pretty fast!...after 5yrs I'm still in the "theres gotta be a pony in here somewhere" "get rich quick peckerwood" frame of mind!! Cant help it! For me its either this or scratchoffs! Y'all understand what gold fever does to a guy, right?...
Speed sweeping and flailing away for clad if nothing else! Yep, times have changed, hard to find a gold freshie...So I figure I'm hunting gold dropped in the 60's-70's-80's...and I need a rig that will stop me dead in my tracks when its under the coil...gotta admit, reading all the Forums for the past few years with a concerted effort of an unbiased eye, us Fisher Swishers get more than our share of dirt gold/silver...in fact, probably more than most...I dont know if its because we are younger, or our gear, but whatever it is, we do find a lot!...and I for one, am personally invested and committed to keeping that trend rolling for a good long while, along with the rest of my brothers here...
Call it my retirement plan?...its a lot easier than trapping beaver, or roofing a house, and a fellow seldom falls through the ice, or steps off a 20' drop into the hydrengeas! ..worse that can happen is a guy gets some excersize, and comes home with a pocket o pennies...in the scheme of things, thats a better day than most other humans had on this Planet...
Mud
Yeah! thats what we all thought! Big valuable Atocha find in every hole! Thats the dream that drives us noobs into this crazy sport! Marketing! Its only the diehard 'dreamers' that stick with it I have concluded!..the rest of the 'get rich quick' peckerwoods give up on this pretty fast!...after 5yrs I'm still in the "theres gotta be a pony in here somewhere" "get rich quick peckerwood" frame of mind!! Cant help it! For me its either this or scratchoffs! Y'all understand what gold fever does to a guy, right?...Speed sweeping and flailing away for clad if nothing else! Yep, times have changed, hard to find a gold freshie...So I figure I'm hunting gold dropped in the 60's-70's-80's...and I need a rig that will stop me dead in my tracks when its under the coil...gotta admit, reading all the Forums for the past few years with a concerted effort of an unbiased eye, us Fisher Swishers get more than our share of dirt gold/silver...in fact, probably more than most...I dont know if its because we are younger, or our gear, but whatever it is, we do find a lot!...and I for one, am personally invested and committed to keeping that trend rolling for a good long while, along with the rest of my brothers here...
Call it my retirement plan?...its a lot easier than trapping beaver, or roofing a house, and a fellow seldom falls through the ice, or steps off a 20' drop into the hydrengeas! ..worse that can happen is a guy gets some excersize, and comes home with a pocket o pennies...in the scheme of things, thats a better day than most other humans had on this Planet...
Mud
I think the detecting shows got a lot of people off their butts hoping to find all that valuable loot that they always show. It looks easy on your couch. "Hey Honey - I can get me one of them metal finding machines and pay the house off with all those Civil War relics, Gold coins and Silver. Then the reality sets in as he's huffing and puffing digging tabs all day at his local park. Also finding out he can't get access to all those Historic Honey Holes they hunt on TV. Then 2 weeks later after getting detecting banned in his parks he puts his machine in the closet and watches reruns of I Love Lucy. Sweet.........
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khouse said:I know of one gold hunter that's on youtube that finds some massive nuggets. He once showed 1 million dollars in gold on his kitchen table! I think he has made detecting pay off in a big way. https://www.youtube.com/user/zaqqaz22/videos
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Wow, eye candy!!!Those are some beautiful nuggets!! Thanks for posting the link khouse!!