Surprise, Surprise

[woodchiphustler]

After air testing the detector and finding it lacking in the depth I'm used to I put the 19 to the proof. Took it to where I test all detectors, a Virginia Plantation that is a nail bed and pounded for the last four years with all the latest and greatest. Sensitivity at 100, quiet as a mouse, zero disc., no notch, V break in my area 39. Ground balanced 68. Immediately started finding small lead and non- ferrous targets. Some so small the probe would not respond. A gold jewelry hunter should love this detector but that's not my thing. As a matter of fact I hate digging tiny non- ferrous crap. I went over to a 40x40 area that just the other day got pounded with the LTD2 and a Deus. Maybe the stars and planets aligned , the moon was just full and the ground was damp and compact but to my surprise I dug 9 flat buttons and some other non-ferrous trash in exactly two hours. I'm pretty efficient with a detector so the only thing I will say is this the F19 was the reason those targets were found. Depths down to 8 inches. Iron signals close by. Regards

 

[D&P-OR]

Thanks for the report George.----Was you using the 5 X 10 stock coil when you found those 9 buttons?

 

[woodchiphustler]

Yes. I used the stock coil. It is very good at getting close to the ground around stubble. I'm heading out shortly to cover the same ground with the NEL Hunter. I will post some results later. Regards

 

[Frank in NH]

n/t

 

[Frank in NH]

Geo which NEL Hunter are you using, from what other detector?

 

[woodchiphustler]

G2, Gold Bug

 

[lytle78]

First Texas is pretty convinced that the F-19 is a real improvement over the GBP. Maybe there's something there that is the basis for their confidence. Sounds good.

 

[Clad2Hunt]

Always have had success looking for gold chains with the GB and G2. Even without charms it hits the clasps and can see the chains as well.

 

[Tom Slick]

Original GB and GB2 are totally different detectors from the Gold Bug Pro and F19 machines.

 

[Monte]

First Texas is pretty convinced that the F-19 is a real improvement over the GBP. Maybe there's something there that is the basis for their confidence. Sounds good.

When I evaluated the F19 I made it a point to use some test comparisons between it and the G2 I had, and a GB Pro I borrowed. The F19 handled dense iron better than the GBP/G2. Not quite on par with some other makes/models I own and use, but it really performed well against those two FTP models. They did some finin' for sure.

Monte