You don't dig it if it varies more than two words!?!?
The F2's ID does vary a fair amount sometimes, and you would be missing a lot of targets if your that picky with the numbers.
I figured somebody would say that but I don't believe that is the case.
I am very good with that F2, so good that I have the ability
to get all good targets down to just 2 numbers...or at least as far as I can tell with my several hundreds of hours experience hunting with my F2.
I also am a dig it all kind of guy but only solid signals.
Lots of trash will come in solid so I dig those because you never know, but in my case in recent times especially after switching to the sniper coil I have found that all good targets and every great one won't jump more than two if I work that coil right and sometimes turn and hit it from another angle.
I used to dig more, including numbers that jumped way more than 2 and once in awhile I still do if the signal is strong and sounds real good, but after digging thousands upon thousands of signals good and bad I have decided if those numbers jump more than 2 and I can't get them to stabilize there or if I don't hear at least a little something good in the quality of that tone I just ain't digging it.
There is a chance I could be missing a few things but I doubt it.
There is the possibility that deep signals at the end of my scanning field can be real jumpy and I could be missing those but I am a jewelry hunter and most of that is shallow and well within the range of even my sniper coil at the park sites I usually hunt.
Without digging those jumpier signals I guess we will never know, but I have to draw a line in the sand somewhere and that is mine.
You might not believe any of this, most hunters I have read post about digging good signals at jumpier numbers but they are not me and it might sound like bragging but I believe I am that good and understand the F2 so well I can do this and leave jumpy signals in the ground with all confidence.
Of course I believe that you never know what you are swinging over till you actually dig it and hold it in your hot little hands, but my percentage of being right about id'ing my targets before I dig them and identifying and recognizing trash is unusually high so those are my current rules and for right now I live by them.
This year it has worked for me very well.
A couple hundred dollars worth of clad, a few civil war relics, my best 2 silver coins, (2 Franklin halves), some of my biggest, baddest silver rings and silver chains I have ever dug plus one 14k white gold bracelet, one 14k gold medallion and 8 gold rings, (that came in from foil to zinc), from 10k up to one that I believe is close to 24k including one with 9 diamonds that was appraised for $1299 is my total since Jan 1 of this year with just my F2 and sniper coil...most dug in some extremely trashy sites so I am not doing too bad.
If I am missing a few things by not digging the jumpier signals I am fine and made my peace with that, I dig a huge volume of targets good and bad as it is....but most only within that 2 number spread.
I write about my methods and way I hunt a lot on some other forums, many have used my methods including digging only those most solid of signals and have gone out and found something great for themselves and have thanked me.
I have one thread on a forum that has been running for over 3 years that is now over 30 pages long, has over 87,000 views and over 1,300 comments and posts from me and many other users that has many tips, techniques and insights about using the F2 that I started as just a simple review thread when I first got mine, (as a backup/take on vacation unit only), but turned into way more and a depository of everything I learned about the F2 as I learned it.
According to several F2 owners that thread was and has been and still is responsible for literally dozens of F2 sales in the past few years because of what people have read in it and after seeing what I have found with mine plus many other very happy F2 owners.
I was told by Bart from Bigboys Hobbies that some folks at Fisher know who I am and what I am responsible for in the area of many extra F2 sales that might not have happened without my posts about it on the forums.
I get a great kick and much satisfaction out of helping others find great things with any tips or insights that I have and can pass on.
Many on other forums call me a master with the F2, a Yoda, but I think that sometimes you just click with certain detectors and with the F2 I sure did.
Several hunters and F2 owners have said if I ever write a book about hunting with the F2 they would be the first in line to buy it, but for now I just post on the forums for free as my way of paying it forward.
As good as I am I am still trying to learn new stuff on every hunt and I do that with all of my detectors.
Master of the F2...nahh...real good, oh yea.
Again you probably don't believe me and I am sure you think I am blowing a bunch of hot air or just have too much confidence in my abilities and you are sure that by not digging jumpy numbers I am missing things, but if you ever hunted with me and watched how I do this, understand and use the sniper coil vs the larger ones and what it can do to get you to that 2 number only jump, or have seen the shear amount of bad jumpy signals I have dug in the past to get to this way of thinking you might understand.
