Sven
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Finally got Findmall to magically load again after the server change. Thought I was banned or suspended for being bad....LOL
Read all of Mike Hillis posts regarding tuning and hunting with the F5, sure learned a lot. Several days ago, played on the bench trying to get a better understanding of the detector.
There is a learning curve understanding how this unit will work regarding mod. Canadian clad and using all the info the detector spits out.
I only had about 2 1/2 hours on the detector so far. The ball park hunt last week when I found the silver dime and a short hunt at the worked out beach.
Sunday went back to the ball park, wouldn't you know it was being used. Next best option was the soccer field alongside. Found a bunch of coins before heading off to
a small toboggan hill, I saw detectorists holes there. Spend several hours there and at the playground area. Found a bunch more coins, a ring buttons, zipper pulls and the usual junk.
Ended the day with:
Loonies---2
quarters--13
Dimes-----9
Nickels----7
Pennies---63
Game token--1
Silver ring-----1
The F5 is a really nice working detector overall so far, tones are easy to understand (1-4 tone selector), ID works fairly well with CA clad, a bit bouncy. If you go by the tone, listen for the high tone, dig, it's a clad coin so far. I decided to notch out iron and foil, hunt disc mode, pinpoint in all metal. You know when you have a dime with the threshold-gain settings I used, the dimes gave a weird sound and pinpointed softly. Pennies always 69-70. Some one way signals you just had to check out, they just sounded like coins, they were in many times a nickel. At the tob. hill ran into EMI, followed Mike Hillis tuning tips and knocked it right out. Ran the detector with a very very slight touch of noise.
Now I don't rely on the meter and Id screen 100% to decide to dig. I listen to the tones and tone width, how it pinpoints for the most part. Then use the screen info to verify and then compare after digging the target. So far I can say this machine is so much easier to master than the Fisher ID Edge I had and happy with it's performance. Slight drawback I am finding in disc mode the processor is a bit slower than the Tesoros I am used to. Forces you to slow down a bit, which is probably a good thing. Had no problem picking up some coins right next to foil that was notched out. If you go slow in trash, the F5 seems to pick out the coins to my surprise, just listen for the high tone. They seems to stand out amongst the trash sounds.
One of the nicest features the F5 has it's ability to use the tip of the coil for pinpointing. You can use the tip standing up or when kneeling down digging the target. The Elliptical coil is narrow enough you can insert it into the hole to locate the target when it's deeper or help locate the very small target you just can't seem to see.
I still have lots to learn, this will be my main detector this season. really enjoy using it so far. Now if it finds gold around here that others or myself have missed, maybe pay for a used car. LOL
Only bad experience I had during the hunt, as I was about to pack up, saw a bunch of young teenagers in the parking lot about 20 feet from my wife's car. This is about a good 500 feet away. Had a feeling they were up to something, they started jumping up the rear bumper onto the roof. At that point they saw me coming, waited a few seconds an started to take off. When i got to the car, they ran, gave them a small chase, just to scare them. Well had a few dents on the roof. A good fist pound from the inside took care of them. Just a few small indentations on the engine hood, not much I can do with them, wife will never notice. We can blame it on the snow falling onto it from the apartment roof.
Looks like i will have to keep an eye out now depending upon the area I am in. Now I know there are delinquents running around here. Good thing I didn't catch the .....and kept my cool. Didn't report it to the police around here, not much they would have done anyways.
Read all of Mike Hillis posts regarding tuning and hunting with the F5, sure learned a lot. Several days ago, played on the bench trying to get a better understanding of the detector.
There is a learning curve understanding how this unit will work regarding mod. Canadian clad and using all the info the detector spits out.
I only had about 2 1/2 hours on the detector so far. The ball park hunt last week when I found the silver dime and a short hunt at the worked out beach.
Sunday went back to the ball park, wouldn't you know it was being used. Next best option was the soccer field alongside. Found a bunch of coins before heading off to
a small toboggan hill, I saw detectorists holes there. Spend several hours there and at the playground area. Found a bunch more coins, a ring buttons, zipper pulls and the usual junk.
Ended the day with:
Loonies---2
quarters--13
Dimes-----9
Nickels----7
Pennies---63
Game token--1
Silver ring-----1
The F5 is a really nice working detector overall so far, tones are easy to understand (1-4 tone selector), ID works fairly well with CA clad, a bit bouncy. If you go by the tone, listen for the high tone, dig, it's a clad coin so far. I decided to notch out iron and foil, hunt disc mode, pinpoint in all metal. You know when you have a dime with the threshold-gain settings I used, the dimes gave a weird sound and pinpointed softly. Pennies always 69-70. Some one way signals you just had to check out, they just sounded like coins, they were in many times a nickel. At the tob. hill ran into EMI, followed Mike Hillis tuning tips and knocked it right out. Ran the detector with a very very slight touch of noise.
Now I don't rely on the meter and Id screen 100% to decide to dig. I listen to the tones and tone width, how it pinpoints for the most part. Then use the screen info to verify and then compare after digging the target. So far I can say this machine is so much easier to master than the Fisher ID Edge I had and happy with it's performance. Slight drawback I am finding in disc mode the processor is a bit slower than the Tesoros I am used to. Forces you to slow down a bit, which is probably a good thing. Had no problem picking up some coins right next to foil that was notched out. If you go slow in trash, the F5 seems to pick out the coins to my surprise, just listen for the high tone. They seems to stand out amongst the trash sounds.
One of the nicest features the F5 has it's ability to use the tip of the coil for pinpointing. You can use the tip standing up or when kneeling down digging the target. The Elliptical coil is narrow enough you can insert it into the hole to locate the target when it's deeper or help locate the very small target you just can't seem to see.
I still have lots to learn, this will be my main detector this season. really enjoy using it so far. Now if it finds gold around here that others or myself have missed, maybe pay for a used car. LOL
Only bad experience I had during the hunt, as I was about to pack up, saw a bunch of young teenagers in the parking lot about 20 feet from my wife's car. This is about a good 500 feet away. Had a feeling they were up to something, they started jumping up the rear bumper onto the roof. At that point they saw me coming, waited a few seconds an started to take off. When i got to the car, they ran, gave them a small chase, just to scare them. Well had a few dents on the roof. A good fist pound from the inside took care of them. Just a few small indentations on the engine hood, not much I can do with them, wife will never notice. We can blame it on the snow falling onto it from the apartment roof.
Looks like i will have to keep an eye out now depending upon the area I am in. Now I know there are delinquents running around here. Good thing I didn't catch the .....and kept my cool. Didn't report it to the police around here, not much they would have done anyways.