F2 Very impressive!

[atomicscott]

So I assembled my F2 last night after the brown truck left. It's been raining here in SoCal, so weather not conducive to detecting lately. Today the rain stopped and I ran the F2 with the 4" coil around the backyard that I have hunted heavily with my Compadre and Vaquero (both equipped with 5.75" coils). It's a fairly small yard, there is maybe 350-400 sq ft of area thats feasable to detect. After maybe 2 minutes I had 2 high tones that came up as solid dimes, about 3" deep ID numbers only fluctuating maybe 1-2 digits. This particular area of the yard has been pounded with my other detectors. There are a good amount of screws and nails in the yard and I believe some masking must have been going on with the other detectors. The 4" sniper coil air tested a nickel to 6" with a solid tone. ID numbers were accurate to about 5". Not bad for a 4" coil! The 8" coil should get great depth. I was equally impressed with the target recovery, super fast. I may be stretching here but it seemed faster, or as fast, as my Vaquero. I had an F2 over 2 years ago with the push-in coil connector, and it would chatter so much in my back yard, I had to run 2 bars of sensitivity. This new one is much more stable. I ran 4 bars of sensitivity with no chatter whatsoever. It don't see anything better for the price. Can't wait to get back to the high school and see what I (and others) missed!

 

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[liftloop]

never know if it was masking or the other detector just didn't go over them
you would think that's not possible in a small area but if you U.F.O only a couple of times or over walk your swing it can happen
I take my loop movement very.very seriously

 

[charlotte49er]

There was an article in, I want to say the GPAA "Gold Prospector", with an
interview of the designer of the Fisher F2.

He stated that the F2 was a
lower frequency detector of the Gold Bug Pro and was the #1 gold prospecting
machine in Europe.

(OK, I was skeptical.)



Not bad for a $200 machine!

 

[atomicscott]

Hey charlotte, I have seen that video! That is really something. It really is a great machine for the price also. I think I will stick with my Vaquero for nuggetshooting though!

 

[liftloop]

my mxt would of found that at about a foot down
he sure doesn't over lap his swing very well
he probably mist more than he found
but he found more than I ever did

 

[atomicscott]

my mxt would of found that at about a foot down
he sure doesn't over lap his swing very well
he probably mist more than he found
but he found more than I ever did

To be honest, that's not a very fair comparison, MXT vs. F2. I'm sure a GPX 5000 would've found it 18" down but it does cost about 30 times more than an F2. The MXT costs nearly 4 times as much as an F2. I would hope the MXT would perform bettter than the F2!

 

[Dan]

F2 is a good machine. I switched to the double D coil and it doesnt go as deep as the stock 8" coil but still works well to cover more ground.

 

[liftloop]

I would be glued to that spot

 

[atomicscott]

F2 is a good machine. I switched to the double D coil and it doesnt go as deep as the stock 8" coil but still works well to cover more ground.

Hey Dan, I was looking into getting the DD coil, as I heared it was deeper (and of course the much increased search area). Now I'm not so sure as I would at least like to increase the depth an inch or more. Have you air (or ground) tested it against the stock 8"? I may just go for the 10" coil as it should increase depth by 1-2 inches.

 

[Dan]

I have not air tested but have gone through a set of batteries or two with the dd. It does cover more ground for sure, less overlapping, but depth is not as much. I have not found even junk as deep as with cocentric. also dd takes getting used to for pinpointing over cocentric. If your looking for depth dd is not the way to go.

 

[woof!]

Fun movie. However, the F2 is a completely different platform unrelated to the Gold Bug Pro. There isn't very much gold prospecting in Europe, and I don't know what machines are most popular there for gold prospecting. .......The F2 is a great machine for $200, but not much use for gold prospecting unless you get lucky enough to swing the loop over a shallow good sized nugget.

Very skeptical of that supposed magazine interview, because, I'm.......

--the guy who designed the F2 (and also the Gold Bug)

There was an article in, I want to say the GPAA "Gold Prospector", with an
interview of the designer of the Fisher F2.

He stated that the F2 was a
lower frequency detector of the Gold Bug Pro and was the #1 gold prospecting
machine in Europe.

(OK, I was skeptical.)



Not bad for a $200 machine!

 

[atomicscott]

Fun movie. However, the F2 is a completely different platform unrelated to the Gold Bug Pro. There isn't very much gold prospecting in Europe, and I don't know what machines are most popular there for gold prospecting. .......The F2 is a great machine for $200, but not much use for gold prospecting unless you get lucky enough to swing the loop over a shallow good sized nugget.

Very skeptical of that supposed magazine interview, because, I'm.......

--the guy who designed the F2 (and also the Gold Bug)

I was a bit skeptical that you would have recommended the F2 as a nugget shooter, any of the Fishers with adjustable ground balance capability would have been better then the F2! Hey Dave, maybe you could chime in regarding the 11" DD coil on the F2. Is the DD coil deeper than the stock 8" concentric? I'd love to hear your response. Thanks.

 

[woof!]

In general the 11 inch DD will get better depth than the 8 inch concentric; however in an area with bad EMI the 8 incher may do a little better.

There was recently a post by someone reporting less depth with the 11 incher than with the 8, which surprised me but maybe there was bad EMI or some other condition that worked against the 11 incher. I was also wondering if the person had the wrong searchcoil (for example for an early F5) or if the searchcoil was defective.

--Dave J.

 

[fishstick]

In general the 11 inch DD will get better depth than the 8 inch concentric; however in an area with bad EMI the 8 incher may do a little better.

There was recently a post by someone reporting less depth with the 11 incher than with the 8, which surprised me but maybe there was bad EMI or some other condition that worked against the 11 incher. I was also wondering if the person had the wrong searchcoil (for example for an early F5) or if the searchcoil was defective.

--Dave J.

Whats wrong with the early F5 WOOF?? Something I should know?

 

[dirtwizard]

very happy with my F2 so far it does a great job in my area which is a mix of sand and clays. I was surprised to find tiny little items like resistors from electronics and staples at good depths. I've had good luck finding coins with the sniper coil.

 

[F2 Hunter 28146]

One thing I liked about the F2.... is if you invest alot of money in coils like the Fisher DD or NEL coils. If you don't already know (for the new guys) the F2 and F4 can interchange Coils. So if you ever want to upgrade but still like your NEL coil. You can either keep your F2 just for that or upgrade to the F4 and have a little more power in your hand.

 

[steve1357]

Whats wrong with the early F5 WOOF?? Something I should know?

I'm guessing Woof is saying the Fisher and Teknetics line uses the same connector. I have several Fishers, some of the coils have no markings that I can find, it would be easy for me to grab the wrong coil and put it on the wrong detector.