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Quick beach hunt with the F75 LTD

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tvr

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Wife wanted to do a day trip and had some bonus casino points so we headed to Atlantic City. Knew I would miss the low tide so I decided I'd stay dry and took the F75 LTD; been a while since I had it to the beach. In spite of missing the low tide, still ended up with a bit of wet sand to detect. Hunted the wet sand strip while the wife got her casino time. Ended up with $1.47 in clad, usual trash and one very encrusted and beat up match box car (see picture). Dug a couple of quarters and pennies in the two and three scoop range. Sometimes I wish the F75 LTD were water proof.
Cheers,
tvr
 
Looks pretty kool all encrusted. Thanks for posting and may your next find be encrusted in gold. HH-CC
 
You know, drop the wife off at the casino and go swing somewhere? We all want to hit it big, I think the odds are better out in the field, and at least you come home with money everytime..
You wish the F75 LTD was waterproof? That would be the F80! (I hope):drool:
Mud
 
Wife did well, she pocketed a little over $150 to my $1.47.

Sometimes when I intend to stay dry when beach hunting, I end up walking in some to see what is there. I did not do that this trip; but it is a good way to toast a detector that isn't waterproof. That tendency also makes my wife ask if I packed enough socks, shoes and pants to change into after I get wet.

I think if the F75 LTD were waterproof it would benefit from a different shape to the coil profile. The thick profile with the supporting ribs looks like a lot of drag in the water. I am finding it about as deep on the wet sand as my CZ6a with the 12 inch Sunray coil. The F75 has much better see through and mixed ID bounces come up with both iron and non-iron in the same hole. CZ, if the iron is not dug, there really is little to no indication that there is non-iron being masked unless there are inches of side to side separation of the targets. For me the F75 LTD is more mentally fatiguing to hunt with at the beach with the need to really stay on top of the ground balance to keep it deep and not sounding off on the wet sand. It also sounds off on very small pieces of foil (still have not hit that piece of gold that the foil mimics). It sure is very capable.
Cheers,
tvr
 
the Fisher F85 is gonna be the F75 LTD with a faster processor (computers keep getting better), coil wire inside the pole (like the E-Trac), displayed clock/timer with custom tones, and a waterproof housing (that the ATPro started as the new standard)...
 
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