Newbie UPDATE

[okwaho]

Took the F75 to the field for the first time yeaterday.
Followed the suggestion for settings that the guy who sold it to me made.
1) learn to GB
2) set it for all metal and dige evrything. Listen to the tones and learn to associate the noise to what you find.
3) practice pinpointing with the F75 before you dig.

Got the GB down pretty easy.
Getting use to the sounds
Still not real good with the pinpointing. Most of my "finds" where in the side of the hole.

Started off a bit frustrating but was having a blast by the time I packed it up.

Found 1 quarter, 1 nickel, several pennies, and lots of "junk".

Not real sure yet what "deep" is in this hobbie but heres what I did first time out.
Set to all metal and sensitivity set to 80. All other settings where wherever the are "out of the box"

Found :
A quarter at 6-8 inches.
A fairly large key at 8-10 inches
And a real rusty 12 Gram CO2 Cartridge at about 12 ibches down.

These where all found in grass covered ground behind the bleachers at a basaball diamond.
Next time out I may try the descrimination settings.
Thanks for the help

 

[WV62]

Pretty good finds and good depth.

Just wondering about that quarter at 6 to 8 inches, was it silver, that is pretty deep for clad.

I don't hunt in all metal, but around here the good coins in general start at about 5", and the clad is of course 0 to 3 or 4 inches. About all I do is coin and jewelry hunt in the parks.

Ron in WV

 

[Elton]

And if I may say this.. You have one of the finest Discriminating machines on the market. So unless you subscribe to the dig all targets..Do not be afraid to utilize the F-75's Disc mode.
You may find it enhances the enjoyment of usage..

 

[ez4sure]

i think you should try running 3 or 4 tones set the disc at 15 sense at 60 or a little higher as long as its running smooth also try pinpointing a visable target, put a dime on the ground keep the coil a few inches above it and pnpoint it thats how i learned you just need to practise the more ya dig the more you learn hh

 

[okwaho]

I think I was off on all my depths.
I was using some calibrations that are engraved on the digger I was using.
I thought they where in inches, they ARE NOT
I am not sure what they are but I measured them and this is what I got.
The 6 is about 3 1/2 inches.
And the 12 is about 5.
So my max find so far would be 5 to 6 inches not 12........
OOPS

 

[WV62]

No problem, just about all of us have a few post we wish we could do over.

Still not bad for a start.

Ron in WV

 

[jim tn]

Not a problem. Depths can be deceiving. HH jim tn