Fisher F70 users I got questions??

[steve2010]

Hello everyone My name is Steve I live in Somerset,PA A high minerlized state.I have the Garrett Ace250 and the minelab xterra-30 and I was looking for a detector that will find me those deep hard to find coins that other people usually miss. So all in all I ordered a Fisher F70 with the 11" DD coil. Did I pick the right detector for finding old indian head pennies,mercury dimes,large cents,standing liberty quarters,and gold coins? I know it seems like everyone's dream, Can any F70 user post there good coin finds and post info like depth so I know if I did good or not.

Thanks Steve

 

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[Lowbatts]

Not a long time user of the F70 but I did get an SLQ last fall at about 8 inches, solid 88 read no bounce. The coin was slightly tilted and in hard pack trail dirt. Best silver dime was 6 inches. Again solid read no bounce 82. Still waiting for that elusive 10 inch coin and have the ground and history to find it. Just need to get the coil over it and realize what the detector is telling me.

That said I've dug 14 inch coins with clear signals using my old CZ's but I need to move into the modern era so here's to looking and learning.

As for gold coins, just keep digging the very faint bounces in the low tones and enjoy the wierd stuff you find along the way to that eventual shiny yellow. At least that's my plan!

 

[steve2010]

cool thanks for the info there anyone else out there that has the fisher F70 please post your best finds depths and if you can give me some tips for coins shooting would greatly appriciate it!!
Thanks Steve

 

[rc2125]

No coin "finds" yet, but I did make a test field to run my F70 through. No idea if this is good or bad performance. I Buried 3 of each coins (penny/dime/nickel/quarter, and some misc items). 3 of each coins, exactly 8", 10" and deep ones at 12"-13" depths, in hard packed soil, 70 ground balance average #'s. Spent several hours comparing each coil back and forth, stock vs 11"DD, same settings per each go'round. With either coil, it is hard to get by any of the 8" coins. On the 8" and 10" coins, the DD's longer search swath became apparent. The stock coil seemed to hit dimes harder than the DD did, the DD hit harder on the nickels.
The stock coil did "better" on the deeper 12"-13" dimes also, but had to be dead on (like a very pointed search cone). The pinpoint depth actually showed 12 or 13 on the depth display. Missed the deep nickel a few times with the stock coil, missed the deep dime a few times with the DD and I think it looked over the deep penny a couple times with either coil. I think it easily sounded on all the deep coins about every time.....just no display # sometimes (what I was referring to as a miss).
Keep in mind I'm brand new at this whole deal, but have been working alot with my F70 and it's settings.
Prettymuch been using allmetal mode, 90-99 sens, threshold usually 5 or so & SL speed, ......or...... 0 disc,2f tone (single tone seemed to lose or miss stuff), 90+ sens, De, 0 to -3 thresh.........little bit of chatter when running either program(i'm sure it will vary ). Do get more chatter in the SL mode, and SL does provide a bit more depth than the De mode........up to 10" depths both modes did fine though. *(settings from memory, might be off , don't have machine with me). Also found that with the wrong settings you can miss the the not so deep stuff and easiy miss the deeper stuff that is very easy to hit with the right settings!
Both pinpoint and ground balance great.

 

[steve2010]

hey cool thanks for all the info! Nice to see it will pick up coins deep! Anyone find any old coins yet with the F70? if so what depths are you finding the old coins at?