Two weeks ago I found myself at a park with some members of our local club, and my Explorer battery was dead. I pulled out my F75-Lite and started hunting like I've done many times. A couple of the Explorer users started calling me over to check targets since they have consider buying the F75 on ergonomics alone. Most of the targets I was shown, I had to admit I wouldn't dig because they were just a chirp (and there were TONS of chirps at this park), but there was one target that finally got me angry enough to start looking for an LTD. A fine detectorists using an old XS called me over to hear what he described as definite deep silver. I heard NOTHING... 99 sens, 0 disc, 3 tone, DE mode .... nada, zip, every direction TOTAL SILENCE. Well, out came a barber dime stuck to an Indian at about 9". I couldn't believe it. I've found things in parks, but I normally use my Explorer II because I feel in parks, it's just easier to use and so much hotter on silver. I never dreamed it could be THAT MUCH BETTER! I've found lots of stuff with the F75, but it just wasn't going to work as a backup knowing I could miss a great find like that (right or wrong - I'd finally lost complete confidence in it).
I bought an LTD (in an incredibly smooth transaction from the Findmall classifieds
).
My initial thoughts:
If Fisher stays with the F75 platform, they might want to consider some type of circuit that averages the numbers after X number of passes and settles them down to something more realistic. I spent the first part of today digging everything because I had no idea what the detector was telling me. Everytime my hunting buddy called me over to listen to what he believed was a good target, I could definitely hear the target, but I had no idea what it was. In the woods or fields, this thing will be a beast, but I still think it's underperforming the Explorer on manicured lawn when you're looking for deep silver amongst trash. Today, when I went back to my Explorer, I dug 3 silver dimes, 8 wheats, and a ring all the while digging about half the holes that I was with the LTD.
You guys that have used the LTD for a few months see a TID pattern yet, or are you in fields and forests looking for relics where TID is largely unimportant?
I bought an LTD (in an incredibly smooth transaction from the Findmall classifieds
). My initial thoughts:
- BP mode is QUIETER than DE even at zero disc and high sens. I don't know how they did it, but it's a very good thing!
- The park depth issue is gone. In BP mode, at 80 sensitivity, I was digging very deep small targets and could hear all targets that were first found with an Explorer.
- It has the same ergonomics and weight. Best I've ever hunted with in that department.
- When in BP the TID is HORRIBLE. Instead of bouncing between 4 or 5 numbers, its bouncing between 20 or more numbers. I'm not sure there's a pattern to it either. A clad dime at 5" can be anywere from 30 to 90 with every pass giving a differnt number. Even wadded up foil would give high numbers/tones on most passes.
- BP mode increased my iron falses.
If Fisher stays with the F75 platform, they might want to consider some type of circuit that averages the numbers after X number of passes and settles them down to something more realistic. I spent the first part of today digging everything because I had no idea what the detector was telling me. Everytime my hunting buddy called me over to listen to what he believed was a good target, I could definitely hear the target, but I had no idea what it was. In the woods or fields, this thing will be a beast, but I still think it's underperforming the Explorer on manicured lawn when you're looking for deep silver amongst trash. Today, when I went back to my Explorer, I dug 3 silver dimes, 8 wheats, and a ring all the while digging about half the holes that I was with the LTD.
You guys that have used the LTD for a few months see a TID pattern yet, or are you in fields and forests looking for relics where TID is largely unimportant?
