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has anybody tried the 9 inch tear drop coil or the 10 inch concentric greek seies coil on the fisher f44
- Thread starter bigdawg47
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Mike Hillis
Well-known member
I bought a 9" teardrop for my F44. Just got it this week and haven't used it on the ground yet. It will be another few weeks before I get around to using the F44 again so I'll not be able to provide a timely response about it either.
I do know that the 9" teardrop is electrically compatible with the F44 while the 10" concentric off my Omega is not,and with that being the case there is a performance lose with the 10" concentric.
Maybe that helps.
HH
Mike
I do know that the 9" teardrop is electrically compatible with the F44 while the 10" concentric off my Omega is not,and with that being the case there is a performance lose with the 10" concentric.
Maybe that helps.
HH
Mike
dfmike
Well-known member
Mike, does this compatibility issue have to do with the new 8500 only ? I thought all the coils were compatible between the Omega/F5 and the new F 11,22,44 !!! I'm pretty sure a tech from First Texas had told me that they were all 100% compatible. I'll fish out the email if I have to.
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Go fish all you want. Doesn't change the facts.
The FXX series is not 100% electrically compatiable with the Greek series, nor vis-a-versa.
What that means is that a Greek series coil will not perform as good as it does on a Greek unit when it is placed on the F44.
A F44 coil is not going to perform as good as it does on the F44 when it is placed on a Greek series unit.
If you have expectations that they are directly interchangeable with no performance differences you are going to be disappointed.
HH
Mike
The FXX series is not 100% electrically compatiable with the Greek series, nor vis-a-versa.
What that means is that a Greek series coil will not perform as good as it does on a Greek unit when it is placed on the F44.
A F44 coil is not going to perform as good as it does on the F44 when it is placed on a Greek series unit.
If you have expectations that they are directly interchangeable with no performance differences you are going to be disappointed.
HH
Mike
dfmike
Well-known member
Mike, I didn't want to offend in any way with my post. The last phrase was intended to be light spirited. I know all the experience in the field that you have with Fisher detectors and many more and your contribution is invaluable to me and many others.
All I know is that Arturo Barrientos of Fisherlab had answered an email I had sent him when I was still a newbie with the F5 regarding coil compatibility between the F44 and F5 metal detectors and more specifically the F5's 11 DD coil. This is what he said: "I did confirm that the coils are interchangeable between those two models." He didn't mention there was a performance hit. There could be.
When you mention performance differences do you mean loss of depth only ?
All I know is that Arturo Barrientos of Fisherlab had answered an email I had sent him when I was still a newbie with the F5 regarding coil compatibility between the F44 and F5 metal detectors and more specifically the F5's 11 DD coil. This is what he said: "I did confirm that the coils are interchangeable between those two models." He didn't mention there was a performance hit. There could be.
When you mention performance differences do you mean loss of depth only ?