The excitement is real

[Ayeti65]

Well sports fans, got myself a Fisher F75 SE off the classifieds, I sure do like it. I haven't gotten out to use it much, just checked the neighbors yard and mine for a while before work. I tried it in BP mode, the guy that I bought it from suggested that, it seemed to ground balance good and run quiet at 75 or so on the sens. Is this a recommended process mode? I had the F70 in the past so the machine its self and the operations aren't that strange to me. I like to hunt parks, freshwater beaches, and home sites. Hopefully I will have something worth posting soon.
Thanks

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Welcome to the F75 stable!

Personally I run BP mode 90% of the time and find that it works very well.

Is it a LTD1 or LTD2 (with DST)?

HH,
Brian

 

[Ayeti65]

Not sure it's made in 2012 I know it's pre DST, that's about all I know about it.

 

[Elton]

Fisher suggest De mode and switching to BP if needed.. I always ran BP mode unless EMI was around.............

 

[Ayeti65]

That's kinda what I was thinking, it ran BP really stable. My only concern is the speed that the signals report back, I wondered if DE was faster and would support a faster swing speed? So far I haven't noticed anything that would suggest that is true.

 

[still looking 52]

AYETI: my brother wv62 has an f75 and he likes it real well, you'll have a small learning curve from the f70 but like you said theres not that much difference in using one over the other. The big difference I noticed between my f5 and his f75 is the 75 has a lot more different ' modes ' to choose from. Congratulations on your new machine, looking forward to your posts.

 

[Ayeti65]

Got out in the neighborhood today and got two new permissions. Checked the 1st house out, not sure when it was built, looks like 50-60's it had a small yard, only found about 40-50 coins, didn't count them, maybe I should have. Nothing of any age at all, found some deep pennies and figured they would come up as wheat's, or the surprise silver dime. Yard was full of trash like something crazy, they had mowed up beer cans and those aluminum pans you use for turkeys. I might go back with the smaller coil later and see if something was missed. Ran the F75 around 75 SENS and BP mode, and I think that is gonna work out just fine for old yards and sites like that. Gonna try to get up in the morning before work and see about that other house, it might be a 2 day affair because that yard is pretty big. If I can find something worth showing off I will try to figure out how to post pics again.

 

[jacco]

For better separation between all the trash DE mode is quicker than BP (FA is even better is your F75 has it). You could give dP tones a try, to have the higher conductors stand out better.

 

[Ayeti65]

My detector doesn't have the FA mode, I might try the DE and see how it does. Any noticeable loss in depth?

 

[ramer]

Congradulations on getting the sports car of metal detectors. I wouldn't run it in BP mode unless you are in a really junk free area. I usually run in BP mode when I need more info on a particular target. It goes deeper and sounds off louder on targets. If I'm hunting in the woods and it is really quiet, sometimes I'll run it in BP mode just to bring out the deeper and more quiet sounding targets. If you are in a pull tab bottle cap prone area, you will go crazy if you have it in BP mode.
I look at BP mode as just another tool in my arsenal and use it when I need it.

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Fisher is offering the LTD2 upgrade program again, well worth the price of admission for the new modes plus DST! It'll be like having a totally new detector!

 

[Ayeti65]

Wonder how much the upgrade would cost? Wife might have a hard time letting me do that, still worth checking into.

 

[bertman]

Wonder how much the upgrade would cost? Wife might have a hard time letting me do that, still worth checking into.

This information is from the Fisher website:

Upgrade #1 –F75LTD to New Enhanced F75LTD OR F75 to New Enhanced F75 - $159.00
Upgrade #2 – F75 Original to New Enhanced F75LTD - $309.00

Optional Extended Warranty:
Available with any upgrade
1 Year - $49.00
2 Year - $69.00
3 Year - $99.00

With 3 year option warranty becomes transferable

Robert

 

[Ayeti65]

So let me get this correct, I have a F75 se made in 2012, if I send it in and give the the 309, they will turn my detector into the F75 LTD? Then it seems that you can purchase a 3 year warranty for 99?

 

[bertman]

So let me get this correct, I have a F75 se made in 2012, if I send it in and give the the 309, they will turn my detector into the F75 LTD?

The F75 SE cost is $159.00... You'll get the FA (Fast) mode and DST... That is what I paid for my F75 SE upgrade...

Then it seems that you can purchase a 3 year warranty for 99?

Yes you can...

Robert

 

[Bradley137]

On mine. DE process definately "hits" better with a faster sweep speed. BP is way deeper with slightly slower sweep. Cache mode is the deepest with the slowest sweep of all. FA process gets the least depth at around 6-7 inches for coins but has an uncanny ability to sniff out the good stuff in the trash dumps. I've owned the original F75 and there's no question the newest processes make it a totally different machine of possibilities. DE still remains a great starting point for all around hunting but now you can adjust for the best machine you could possibly have in a particular location or hunting situation. As on the original, decreasing sensitivity remains the single best way to stabilize the detector for maximum usability. A sensitivity as low as 80 doesn't cause a loss of depth and only small amounts down to around 50. I find my self in familiar old trashy sites time and time again running the FA mode with a smaller coil because it's that good. Places I've pounded hard with a long list of other machines including the original F75 and had given up on or just grown to hate have surprised me with many goodies that made me a believer in the new FA discriminate mode. You still have to dig the high conductive junk but now you can isolate some good signals where they were totally masked before. My very first experience with it produced 7 coins from a place where I haven't found anything in years. I thought it was a fluke until my second time out to another trash pit where I found 3 brass buttons, 2 bullets, a harmonica reed, and 4 coins all in an area of practically a solid beep of iron when in the all metal mode. I also like the 1n audio that mutes the iron tones while hunting the trash. It makes for a quieter hunt. Just my 2 cents but the new F75 is a way better machine just by way of versatility.

 

[Ayeti65]

Well I am not completely sure about sending my detector in right now, been thinking about it. This detector is only 3 years old and it was sent back and come back with a new coil and running much quieter I am told, and seems to be true. This thing is a beast I have had it out a few times now, living it, been running mostly in BP but ran in DE at the beach and that was pretty nice. This is a great machine and I am excited for what I might find.