Hey everyone. I'm new to MD. I decided on the F5 and have about 3 hours in so far! I had a nice day at the park with clad today. Hah! I decided to notch out everything but dime, quarter and 50C. I just didn't have a ton of time and wanted to try and find something..I feel like there is just so much I don't understand yet... I think that's what makes this so fun tho. For w/e reason I can't get my detector to hit on gold when I wave it in front of it. AM I missing something?? I'll take any pro points.. I've been searching the forums too and I know in time what I read will make more sense. Also...would you go Garrett Pro pointer or Pistol probe? I can get a pistol probe for around $99.. Thanks all!
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flyin-lowe
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I am a newbie as well so take what I say with a BIG grain of salt. On another forum I saw a chart another member made with a bunch of gold rings and other gold finds. He had a picture of each and the number they showed on his Fisher when he found them. I can't find the chart tight now but I was thinking that most of them where in the mid 40's to 50's and showed up as zink, and some nickel, and some foil. If you have notched every thing out except for quarters and dimes that could be the issue. Now if you did your test before you notched anything out then I have no idea what is going on. You probably know just as much or more about MD'ing as I do, I am just trying to pass on some info I read earlier today.
flyin-lowe
New member
I found it but is it on another MD forum, being new here I didn't know if I was allowed to link to another forum. If it is ok let me know and I will post it. I was going to send it to you in a private message but I didn't see that I could do that from this forum either.
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
Welcome! Pro pointer, no question!
flyin-lowe
New member
Hopefully this is allowed, if not take it down and let me know. Scroll down partway through the first page.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=100555
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=100555
After you get your ProPointer, don't forget that I have a spare new 5 inch DD coil for sale.
I ended up 3 of them when I recently bought a Gamma that came with an extra coil in the deal. The 5 inch DD coil works amazingly well in real trashy areas. It's one of my favorite coils!
Here's a link to a hunt where I used one on my Gold Bug Pro: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?80,1609366
This coil will work on all Greek series detectors as well as the F5. The F5 sticker will easily peel off the coil.
I ended up 3 of them when I recently bought a Gamma that came with an extra coil in the deal. The 5 inch DD coil works amazingly well in real trashy areas. It's one of my favorite coils!Here's a link to a hunt where I used one on my Gold Bug Pro: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?80,1609366
This coil will work on all Greek series detectors as well as the F5. The F5 sticker will easily peel off the coil.
flyin-lowe
New member
Correct me if I am wrong but I am assuming the F2 and F5 would show the same numbers on the display for like targets.
flyin-lowe
New member
Thanks for the info Dave.
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
If you are not getting any audio over it, then you must have it notched or discriminated out.
The link will show you some of my F5 gold finds. I just sold that gold chain beside the large mens gold ring today (the black picture. On the wood surface, it would be the chain on the bottom left). Got $126.75 for it. (85% of its gold scrap value). I still have all the other finds. I just sold that one so I could buy that Inca detector I was hot over.
HH
Mike
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,1397377,1397716#msg-1397716
The link will show you some of my F5 gold finds. I just sold that gold chain beside the large mens gold ring today (the black picture. On the wood surface, it would be the chain on the bottom left). Got $126.75 for it. (85% of its gold scrap value). I still have all the other finds. I just sold that one so I could buy that Inca detector I was hot over.
HH
Mike
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,1397377,1397716#msg-1397716
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Convo,
On the smaller chains, the F5 hits on the clasps, not the links. So when you air tests objects like those, focus on the clasps.
The best way to learn your F5 is to go somewhere where you can easily recover every target. Somewhere like a sand or woodchip playground where it doesn't matter that you can't pinpoint very well, and it doesn't matter if you can't dig a decent plug. Put it in disc mode, with the disc setting around 8 or 9 and recover every target that sounds off. Change the audio modes over a few of them. It won't take you long to match tone and target id (TID) to objects and you'll soon learn what audio and TID have a higher chance of being a good target, verse a trash target. Practice your pinpointing, learn where the sweet spot on the coil is. Learn how to get the best response, both audio and visual, for targets by experimenting with sweep speeds, and heights. Teach yourself how to read the visual information of the display so you get the whole picture. Put some time into it early and you'll be ahead of the game.
When you move into the turf, it can get very noisy. Lots of iron and aluminum trash in the turf. If the audio gets to much, there is nothing wrong with raising your disc and limiting the audio to something simpler and more tolerable for your ears. Sure, you might miss something good that go around, but you'll never recover it anyway if you can't process the audio. You'll get to go back later with more experience and pick through it all over again.
I hope you have fun and enjoy the F5.
HH
Mike
On the smaller chains, the F5 hits on the clasps, not the links. So when you air tests objects like those, focus on the clasps.
The best way to learn your F5 is to go somewhere where you can easily recover every target. Somewhere like a sand or woodchip playground where it doesn't matter that you can't pinpoint very well, and it doesn't matter if you can't dig a decent plug. Put it in disc mode, with the disc setting around 8 or 9 and recover every target that sounds off. Change the audio modes over a few of them. It won't take you long to match tone and target id (TID) to objects and you'll soon learn what audio and TID have a higher chance of being a good target, verse a trash target. Practice your pinpointing, learn where the sweet spot on the coil is. Learn how to get the best response, both audio and visual, for targets by experimenting with sweep speeds, and heights. Teach yourself how to read the visual information of the display so you get the whole picture. Put some time into it early and you'll be ahead of the game.
When you move into the turf, it can get very noisy. Lots of iron and aluminum trash in the turf. If the audio gets to much, there is nothing wrong with raising your disc and limiting the audio to something simpler and more tolerable for your ears. Sure, you might miss something good that go around, but you'll never recover it anyway if you can't process the audio. You'll get to go back later with more experience and pick through it all over again.
I hope you have fun and enjoy the F5.
HH
Mike
Awesome info! Thanks for that! I plan to learn this thing in and out. I'm going to have it out this weekend. I found me a pretty old area(1600's) to explore. I found a bunch of coins last time I was there so I have the feeling it hasn't been hunted much. Btw..I plan to try areas like you suggested but this weekend I will be in a park. Do you suggest a similar settings for that? I was finding coins 4-6inchs down when I was there earlier this week.