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Has the fisher id edge lost its edge
- Thread starter jeff reid
- Start date
Jackpine Savage
Active member
Hi Jeff,
Those are nice finds. It looks like you hunt similar old sites to mine here in Michigan. The small coil sure opened up my old pounded sites picking stuff out of the iron at very good depths.
I spent most of my time shallow wading this year with the Edge and made many very good finds. Once I learned what the deep good stuff sounds and reads like (not hard to get on to) I did even better! Unless and until First Texas comes up with something better, I'm sticking with the Edge!
Here is a few of the better water finds
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Tom
Those are nice finds. It looks like you hunt similar old sites to mine here in Michigan. The small coil sure opened up my old pounded sites picking stuff out of the iron at very good depths.
I spent most of my time shallow wading this year with the Edge and made many very good finds. Once I learned what the deep good stuff sounds and reads like (not hard to get on to) I did even better! Unless and until First Texas comes up with something better, I'm sticking with the Edge!
Here is a few of the better water finds
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Edge with small coil[pre]
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Platinum and diamond wedding band[pre]
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A good 2 weeks![pre]
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Tom
robert roy
New member
Your right about that. Have not heard much about it either. I think the F4, F2 and, Garretts Ace 250 has knocked
alot of other metal detectors off the map for awhile. And besides, look at the price of the ID Edge; does anyone want to spend that much money?
They could bring the price down and still make money.
Robert R
alot of other metal detectors off the map for awhile. And besides, look at the price of the ID Edge; does anyone want to spend that much money?
They could bring the price down and still make money.
Robert R
robert roy
New member
Jeff:
The few reviews I have read at www.metaldetectorreviews.net are just so, so. Nothing to rave about.
It certainly is a decent detector but at $650.00 they could have made something that didn't look like it was made in China.
Looks tacky, but the reality is that the MD does pick up some nice finds.
Tom wrote:
Tom in MI in Michigans lower peninsula -
I was very happy to see that Fisher upped the performance ante of the ID Edge over the Excel. While a very good detector, I felt the Excel lacked a little in depth compared to other detectors in its price range. While not quite in the same league with top of the line units, the ID Edge has more than sufficient depth in most ground conditions to handle 90% of my hunting needs.
Considerable use at old and new sites proved it sufficiently deadly at picking up those iffy signals in trash/iron to put it in the upper echelon of coin detectors. While hot on coins, I was also pleased to see that Fishers engineers were able to tune it for above average sensitivity to small low conductive targets. This kind of sensitivity to small low conductors is seldom seen with lower frequency "coin" detectors. When compared against another new ID detector to come out recently, in ground useage showed the Edge to read the small bits solidly in the low numbers range without the bouncing readings from iron to foil that the other detector displayed despite its slightly higher operating frequency.
My hunting is split between land sites in spring/fall and shallow fresh water wading during the summer months so it was nice to see that Fisher made the Edge chest mountable, an ability the Excel lacked and was sorely missed by me.
Fresh water wading requires a detector that is able to handle a wide variety of conditions. Whether hunting on deep sand lake bottoms, mixed sand and gravel bottoms or sand/clay the Edge handled it with no apparent problems. On occasion I did find it necessary to reduce the sensitivity to 6 to enable the detector to ground balance in the water. However, after the auto ground balance procedure I was always able to increase the sensitivity to near maximum with the detector operating totally stable.
Fresh water wading requires a detector that is able to handle a tremendous amount of iron. This is an area where I found that the ID Edges big brother the Coins$trike faltered. Iron responses are amplified greatly in the water and the C$ circuits are unable to handle this increased signal strength. The Edge on the other hand handles the same conditions with seeming ease.
Others have pointed out some problems with the ID Edges control interface. The pushbuttons are a little odd in their tactile response I admit. That aside, IMO Fisher engineers did an excellent job where it counts. On land or shallow wading the ID Edge shows it has "the right stuff".
Not4me wrote:
not4me in Midwest - This is just a follow up to the last review. I gave an honest opinion of what I thought of the detector. It had some good points and some bad.
I am not a garrett employee, I have owned and used the Edge metal detector, and yes I have read the manual. I don't believe the ace 250 is anymore of a toy than the Edge. I was just offering my experiences with the detector.
The edge DOES NOT have customizable notches. Yes it does have some preset ones but you can not modify them. It does let you choose your own sensitivity and discriminiation levels but it does not have to ability to pick and choose which targets to notch out.
In my soil conditions it was not able to correctly identify a penny at 4 inches. The nubmers on the id jumped around in the iron range. It was barley audible on a dime. I can run the sensitivity at max with no problems so I know the problem was not with that. I tried the the different modes with no better depth. Maybe someone else will get all togather different results in other parts of the country, it just didn't happen here.
It seems like a well built detector with some good feature but it just didn't work for me.
Alan in California:
Alan-CA in CAli. -
i was surprised to see only 1 review on this fine new detector. I use the word *review* loosely as reading it its apparent it was all staged by a Garrett shill whos never try it. Sadly others use this forum as a means to sway U to another brand like the much cheaper built Aces. You really can't compare a toy-like ace to an ID edge. First off, if he *really* had a edge-ID or read the manual and learned it he would have seen it indeed has separate notching called CP for tabs* zincs * foil + the presets plus a disc system you can adjust numbers up to hear only what you choose. I *Do* own one and love it's lightweight, iron handeling, depth, mid price, + speed and accuracy of the ID. Some say its just as deep as Fishers top of the line coin strike at like half the weight + price. Dont believe some Garret ace dealer who never tried one saying its only a 4" deep detector. N0 way! read the manual! My edge is stable on 9 or 10 and i can nail a foot deep quarter. My 10 inch coil goes even deeper and my pal just sell his coinstrike just too get an edge. It take more than a toy to replace a coinstrike. its lighter + he hated to hear +51 all the time and the Edge fixed this. I sold my ID Excel to get one. I liked the excel but this go deeper and have notching. Cant beat this mashine for the price. Once the 5 inch coil come out it it will just rock n roll for iron huntin'
dig it,
AL.
Jun 21, 2006
Personally I think its the price range.
Really have not heard much bad about the ID Edge. If I saw one in a pawn shop I might snatch it up.
RR
The few reviews I have read at www.metaldetectorreviews.net are just so, so. Nothing to rave about.
It certainly is a decent detector but at $650.00 they could have made something that didn't look like it was made in China.
Looks tacky, but the reality is that the MD does pick up some nice finds.
Tom wrote:
Tom in MI in Michigans lower peninsula -
I was very happy to see that Fisher upped the performance ante of the ID Edge over the Excel. While a very good detector, I felt the Excel lacked a little in depth compared to other detectors in its price range. While not quite in the same league with top of the line units, the ID Edge has more than sufficient depth in most ground conditions to handle 90% of my hunting needs.
Considerable use at old and new sites proved it sufficiently deadly at picking up those iffy signals in trash/iron to put it in the upper echelon of coin detectors. While hot on coins, I was also pleased to see that Fishers engineers were able to tune it for above average sensitivity to small low conductive targets. This kind of sensitivity to small low conductors is seldom seen with lower frequency "coin" detectors. When compared against another new ID detector to come out recently, in ground useage showed the Edge to read the small bits solidly in the low numbers range without the bouncing readings from iron to foil that the other detector displayed despite its slightly higher operating frequency.
My hunting is split between land sites in spring/fall and shallow fresh water wading during the summer months so it was nice to see that Fisher made the Edge chest mountable, an ability the Excel lacked and was sorely missed by me.
Fresh water wading requires a detector that is able to handle a wide variety of conditions. Whether hunting on deep sand lake bottoms, mixed sand and gravel bottoms or sand/clay the Edge handled it with no apparent problems. On occasion I did find it necessary to reduce the sensitivity to 6 to enable the detector to ground balance in the water. However, after the auto ground balance procedure I was always able to increase the sensitivity to near maximum with the detector operating totally stable.
Fresh water wading requires a detector that is able to handle a tremendous amount of iron. This is an area where I found that the ID Edges big brother the Coins$trike faltered. Iron responses are amplified greatly in the water and the C$ circuits are unable to handle this increased signal strength. The Edge on the other hand handles the same conditions with seeming ease.
Others have pointed out some problems with the ID Edges control interface. The pushbuttons are a little odd in their tactile response I admit. That aside, IMO Fisher engineers did an excellent job where it counts. On land or shallow wading the ID Edge shows it has "the right stuff".
Not4me wrote:
not4me in Midwest - This is just a follow up to the last review. I gave an honest opinion of what I thought of the detector. It had some good points and some bad.
I am not a garrett employee, I have owned and used the Edge metal detector, and yes I have read the manual. I don't believe the ace 250 is anymore of a toy than the Edge. I was just offering my experiences with the detector.
The edge DOES NOT have customizable notches. Yes it does have some preset ones but you can not modify them. It does let you choose your own sensitivity and discriminiation levels but it does not have to ability to pick and choose which targets to notch out.
In my soil conditions it was not able to correctly identify a penny at 4 inches. The nubmers on the id jumped around in the iron range. It was barley audible on a dime. I can run the sensitivity at max with no problems so I know the problem was not with that. I tried the the different modes with no better depth. Maybe someone else will get all togather different results in other parts of the country, it just didn't happen here.
It seems like a well built detector with some good feature but it just didn't work for me.
Alan in California:
Alan-CA in CAli. -
i was surprised to see only 1 review on this fine new detector. I use the word *review* loosely as reading it its apparent it was all staged by a Garrett shill whos never try it. Sadly others use this forum as a means to sway U to another brand like the much cheaper built Aces. You really can't compare a toy-like ace to an ID edge. First off, if he *really* had a edge-ID or read the manual and learned it he would have seen it indeed has separate notching called CP for tabs* zincs * foil + the presets plus a disc system you can adjust numbers up to hear only what you choose. I *Do* own one and love it's lightweight, iron handeling, depth, mid price, + speed and accuracy of the ID. Some say its just as deep as Fishers top of the line coin strike at like half the weight + price. Dont believe some Garret ace dealer who never tried one saying its only a 4" deep detector. N0 way! read the manual! My edge is stable on 9 or 10 and i can nail a foot deep quarter. My 10 inch coil goes even deeper and my pal just sell his coinstrike just too get an edge. It take more than a toy to replace a coinstrike. its lighter + he hated to hear +51 all the time and the Edge fixed this. I sold my ID Excel to get one. I liked the excel but this go deeper and have notching. Cant beat this mashine for the price. Once the 5 inch coil come out it it will just rock n roll for iron huntin'
dig it,
AL.
Jun 21, 2006
Personally I think its the price range.
Really have not heard much bad about the ID Edge. If I saw one in a pawn shop I might snatch it up.
RR
Jackpine Savage
Active member
Thanks Jeff,
The Edge is a definite winner for me as well. Before getting the Edge I put a few thousand hours on a 1236X2 and almost as much on a CZ-5. IMO it has better depth than the 1236 and it certainly out-hunts the CZ's in iron.
Tom
The Edge is a definite winner for me as well. Before getting the Edge I put a few thousand hours on a 1236X2 and almost as much on a CZ-5. IMO it has better depth than the 1236 and it certainly out-hunts the CZ's in iron.
Tom