I'm not looking for an "absolute" answer (depth), only how it compares to the Minelab Explorer SE and E-trac on ground balance. Also, I'm a bit confused on another point: is the FASTGRAB ground balance really automatic, or does it require some manual calibration every so oftern?
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How does F75 perform in the red clay of NW SC, NE Georgia?
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Mike Bearden
Member
I've used the F75 in some awful bad dirt including Culpeper Virginia and in NE Georgia with excellent results.
What makes the fast grab so good in my opinion is that it only takes a few seconds over target free ground and you're right back to hunting.
I checked the fast grab numbers against the manual GB so many times that I don't even question the accuracy any more, it's always dead on ... even in bad, hot dirt.
You can run it positive or negative to your liking ... but it's really hard to improve on the Fast Grab.
The F75 isn't hard to tame once you spend a little time with. Probably the BEST relic detector I've ever used ... it's great in the iron once you get a handle on it.
Good Hunting
Mike
What makes the fast grab so good in my opinion is that it only takes a few seconds over target free ground and you're right back to hunting.
I checked the fast grab numbers against the manual GB so many times that I don't even question the accuracy any more, it's always dead on ... even in bad, hot dirt.
You can run it positive or negative to your liking ... but it's really hard to improve on the Fast Grab.
The F75 isn't hard to tame once you spend a little time with. Probably the BEST relic detector I've ever used ... it's great in the iron once you get a handle on it.
Good Hunting
Mike
Mike Bearden
Member
Well, one the BEST things about the F75 (for me) is that you have tones in all metal mode when and if you decide to use all metal .... I use it 99% of the time.
The reason I use all metal mode is because I can actually hear the ground changing from bad to worse better than I can in disc mode .. but that depends entirely on the ground/site I'm hunting.
The best piece of advice I would give for a coin shooter using the F75 is to BUY the small coil and use it in concentrated target areas ... very good in hot dirt too because the detector is sampling less ground and gives more accurate ID's at greater depths.
You won't believe how good the small coil is until you try it for yourself.
You have to learn how to tame the beast somewhat, again site dependent, to many folks have gave up on the F75 because it's so sensitive to small objects that most other detectors simply don't hear.
Take my word for it, if it hits on something very deep and faint sounding ... 9 out of 10 times something is there ... even in bad dirt.
Granted it could be #10 shotgun pellets at 8" but the F75 will even hit on very fine rust scale pretty deep too, it's that sensitive... so it's a must that you spend the time to know the difference.
That's WHY I like the F75 so much as a relic machine, when I run into iron in a huge open field, it tells me that people were there and I slow down and investigate the site for the good stuff.
Hint ... if you are running in disc mode and even get peep of a good tone mixed in with the iron sounds ... at great depth ... dig it up
And don't be afraid to run the sens down for stability either ... it still goes deep.
I like to run mine a bump or two just below total instability ... but I know it's language and that's IMPORTANT.
Good Hunting
Mike
The reason I use all metal mode is because I can actually hear the ground changing from bad to worse better than I can in disc mode .. but that depends entirely on the ground/site I'm hunting.
The best piece of advice I would give for a coin shooter using the F75 is to BUY the small coil and use it in concentrated target areas ... very good in hot dirt too because the detector is sampling less ground and gives more accurate ID's at greater depths.
You won't believe how good the small coil is until you try it for yourself.
You have to learn how to tame the beast somewhat, again site dependent, to many folks have gave up on the F75 because it's so sensitive to small objects that most other detectors simply don't hear.
Take my word for it, if it hits on something very deep and faint sounding ... 9 out of 10 times something is there ... even in bad dirt.
Granted it could be #10 shotgun pellets at 8" but the F75 will even hit on very fine rust scale pretty deep too, it's that sensitive... so it's a must that you spend the time to know the difference.
That's WHY I like the F75 so much as a relic machine, when I run into iron in a huge open field, it tells me that people were there and I slow down and investigate the site for the good stuff.
Hint ... if you are running in disc mode and even get peep of a good tone mixed in with the iron sounds ... at great depth ... dig it up
And don't be afraid to run the sens down for stability either ... it still goes deep.
I like to run mine a bump or two just below total instability ... but I know it's language and that's IMPORTANT.
Good Hunting
Mike
Mike summed it all up very well. I mainly coin shoot and in my opinion the F75 is down right awsome. I hunt mainly trashy spots as many detectorists avoid them and the F 75 will truly sniff out the good targets. I've dug more silver coins then I can recall that had mulitipal pieces of junk in the same clod of dirt. The 75 is a great coin hunting machine. HH jim tn
ringfinder
New member
I am thinking about buying the smaller coil and get a extra rod and carry it with me while hunting at DIV XI. Then when I hit a site
that is really producing put the smaller coil on.
My first DIV was this last fall. I didn't do to bad, found 27 3 ringers, 5 buttons, a J-hook and other items. I was running in AM all the time.
I must have dug over 200 square nails. I dug every signal, looking for a button the second day. Guys were finding buttons all around me but I couldn't find one. The third day, I found 5, one really good eagle. I even found what they call a West Point button, really, really small. It took me awhile, but I finally found some good CW relics. I really didn't have much trouble pinpointing my targets. What was really funny was one fellow told me, I needed a detector like he was using because the F75 didn't perform that well in the Hot Virginia soil. Well I hunted right beside him all day on Sunday and I made him a believer. He said my F75 was just as good as his detector. Of course in the 3 days of hunting he found over 100 3 ringers, but he had hunted DIV's several times. By the way most of my 3 ringers were coming in at 12 and 13.
Hopefully I will be able to find more good targets this coming March. Maybe we can get together and you can give me some pointers.
HH, Ringfinder
that is really producing put the smaller coil on.
My first DIV was this last fall. I didn't do to bad, found 27 3 ringers, 5 buttons, a J-hook and other items. I was running in AM all the time.
I must have dug over 200 square nails. I dug every signal, looking for a button the second day. Guys were finding buttons all around me but I couldn't find one. The third day, I found 5, one really good eagle. I even found what they call a West Point button, really, really small. It took me awhile, but I finally found some good CW relics. I really didn't have much trouble pinpointing my targets. What was really funny was one fellow told me, I needed a detector like he was using because the F75 didn't perform that well in the Hot Virginia soil. Well I hunted right beside him all day on Sunday and I made him a believer. He said my F75 was just as good as his detector. Of course in the 3 days of hunting he found over 100 3 ringers, but he had hunted DIV's several times. By the way most of my 3 ringers were coming in at 12 and 13.
Hopefully I will be able to find more good targets this coming March. Maybe we can get together and you can give me some pointers.
HH, Ringfinder