It was nice of Mr. Bill to ask me to stop in sometime, so here's a question....

[TigerNed]

I've always been a Tesoro and Minelab guy.

I've recently been toying with the idea of trying out a Nautilus in the near future.

I'll be honest, I've never even tried a Fisher Detector of any type.

I'm not saying I don't like them, it's just the way things went for me.

Here's the question.....

Why should I consider a Fisher for my Water Hunting, Coin Shootng, and Relic Hunting?.

What are the Pro's and Con's?


Thanks, TigerNed


PS: Mr. Bill, I expect you to try to sell me hard on this....LOL

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

First of all, I'm not a big fan of the 1280 or the CZ 20, but with the latter being my favorite of the two. I've had both of them and they do work well but they're heavy, not balanced well, and they both are running full time in the salt bias. Now as for the Fisher land detectors, the story changes, especially with the Coinstrike and the Edge as well and to a slightly less degree, the Excel. All three of these are really fast as well as above average depth. They all have a very nice degree of resolution which helps a lot (I think) when coin, relic, or jewelry hunting. The tone ID works very well at depth, especially with the Edge. Having only four tones makes it so one can easily discern them and do a great deal of their hunting enjoying their surroundings instead of having their eyes glued to the readout. As you know, some other TID systems can give you a sore neck and eye fatigue. This detector is really light as well as even offering the option of hip mounting in case you would happen to have an arm or shoulder flairup or just want or need to run the bigger coil without swinging all the weight. Lifetime warranty to the original owner. They all offer various degrees of user "written" pre-sets i order to save one or several of your favorite settings. The C$ and the Edge have different notching on top of the linear control standard discrimination control. If you need all the power and most flexibility as well as a backlight, go with the C$. If you want 95+% of the power with a little less bells and whistles along with less weight, go with the Edge. If you just want something a little more basic but still with power enough to snag a 9 to 10" coin at a great price point, the Excel will fill the bill. After my first detector, a Whites, I bought most of the Fishers and learned them. Being I was early in the "buy em try em all" curve, I sold all the earlier Fishers I had and moved on to the other brands. After I'd went around the block a few times, I really appreciated the Fishers' power, simplicity, and excellent overall functionality. If you want one for on wet salt, any of the CZ's will be a good choice and of course they all have a long history of being top shelf for inland coin and relic hunting also. I'm just more all the time big into substantial resolution ability and control of same especially in a TID detector. The newer generation digital Fishers have some of the best. Good luck with whatever you choose Ned!

 

[Anonymous]

if we ever get together I have just about every Fisher unit talked about above. I always have several in my trunk for when someone else who doesn't have a lifetime warranty breaks in the field Opps....sorry

 

[TigerNed]

I'm sure I'll get some flack here for saying this but, What I've come to believe, even if I haven't tried a certain brand of Detector is this.

That the upper middle and top of the line Models on all detector brands are very capable of making anyone a good detectorists if they learn their detector and use it to it's optimum performance.

Models come into play depending on what type of hunting and soil conditions one has to deal with and what kind of hunting they enjoy.

I'll even say this, some of the so called cheap detectors aren't all that bad if the conditions are right..

I'm sure the Fishers have their place and uses, and I'm sure they can hunt well.

I also like the fact they have a nice warrenty...This is something all brands don't offer. But I'll say this, Tesoro stands by there detectors very well also.

Hell, I came across a Tesoro Deep Search VI in mint condition shape wise, but being so old of a model, it needs a tune up and the coil checked.

I contacted Tesore, told them I wasn't even the original owener, and they still said send it in and we will take care of you....With no charge, and they will even ship back to me...Free of charge.

Now get this....It's the first model they ever made "1980" for public sale, and I have # 00-22 The 22nd detector they ever sent out to be sold......

I know this may not mean much, but I think it's awesome I came across this find.

I'll end with this, I may someday have to try out a Fisher, I'de like to anyways..

Bill, If we hook up this spring, I'de surely like to try out one of yours..

Tiger Ned