Digger
Hero Member
- Mar 24, 2003
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- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus, E-Trac, Makro Racer 2, DFX
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
With the spring thaw underway I have been looking at getting another E-Trac but the thought of looking, again, at the F75 came to mind.
During the winter I really have no need for a deep machine like the E-Trac so I sell mine at first freeze and buy one again in the spring. During the winter months I hunt mostly tot lot gold where my DFX and AT Pro kick the butt of E-Trac. I've looked at the F75 many times before buying another E-Trac, but I've just never seen any reason to try one yet. No convincing evidence why I should not get the E-Trac instead.
My problem has been in the reports I see. As expected you always see pros and cons for all the top-guns, but it's not hard to read between the lines to see which really should perform best. With the E-Trac I see lots of first time users switching for other brands that say "WOW this detector finds the deep old coins from hunted out parks and schools. With the F75 I see mostly current Fisher users saying the same thing. Not so impressive as it is being said by people new to the Minelab line.
Also, I see a few underlining issues that turn me off to the F75. Such remarks/excuses as it's noisy because people aren't used to the sensitivity or information it is sending back. Sorry but I call BS. The E-Trac is very sensitive and gives a lot of information to the user and isn't noisy at all. Personally I call a noisy detector unstable. Sorry, I call them as I see them. Don't take this wrong I am by no means try to degrade any detector, but these are issues of concern to me. I'd love to give the F75 a shot if I just saw a good reason. I understand it is a fantastic relic detector, but I don't do a lot of relic hunting so that isn't important to me. What is important is the ability to pull extremely deep coins for hard hit sites. Easily <- key word. Any good detector can pull a few missed goodies for hard hit sites after a lot of experience has been gained, but so far only the E-Trac has been consistently doing it for first time users. That is my idea of impressive.
So, before I go and buy another E-Trac for the season just why would you suggest I look at the F75 instead?
Thanks
During the winter I really have no need for a deep machine like the E-Trac so I sell mine at first freeze and buy one again in the spring. During the winter months I hunt mostly tot lot gold where my DFX and AT Pro kick the butt of E-Trac. I've looked at the F75 many times before buying another E-Trac, but I've just never seen any reason to try one yet. No convincing evidence why I should not get the E-Trac instead.
My problem has been in the reports I see. As expected you always see pros and cons for all the top-guns, but it's not hard to read between the lines to see which really should perform best. With the E-Trac I see lots of first time users switching for other brands that say "WOW this detector finds the deep old coins from hunted out parks and schools. With the F75 I see mostly current Fisher users saying the same thing. Not so impressive as it is being said by people new to the Minelab line.
Also, I see a few underlining issues that turn me off to the F75. Such remarks/excuses as it's noisy because people aren't used to the sensitivity or information it is sending back. Sorry but I call BS. The E-Trac is very sensitive and gives a lot of information to the user and isn't noisy at all. Personally I call a noisy detector unstable. Sorry, I call them as I see them. Don't take this wrong I am by no means try to degrade any detector, but these are issues of concern to me. I'd love to give the F75 a shot if I just saw a good reason. I understand it is a fantastic relic detector, but I don't do a lot of relic hunting so that isn't important to me. What is important is the ability to pull extremely deep coins for hard hit sites. Easily <- key word. Any good detector can pull a few missed goodies for hard hit sites after a lot of experience has been gained, but so far only the E-Trac has been consistently doing it for first time users. That is my idea of impressive.
So, before I go and buy another E-Trac for the season just why would you suggest I look at the F75 instead?
Thanks