What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

[shelby]

What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

What accessories do you need with your first metal detector, a F75 and F5.
Thanks, Steve

 

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[space_weaseal]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

A good set of headset and a propointer.

 

[Sandman]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

Goodie and trash apron pouch, screw driver to use a probe for clad shallow coins, good digger. I like the Fiskar trowel available at most hardware stores or Lowes and also at Amazon.com.

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[slowNsteady]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

Hi Shelby,
As mentioned earlier, the basics are a probe and digger of some sort. The pinpointer is optional, but at the end of the day you'll go home with more goodies if you use one as it tends to speed the recovery process. If you haven't already, you might want to put together a small first aid kit to throw in the car. Sometimes you get poked by your prize and it's better to be prepared. Also, if you look on ebay, there are people selling rain covers for these machines. Not necessary, but the plastic face of the control box is better protected if you use one. I absolutely love mine. It cost $14.95 and was worth every penny. Good Luck!

 

[Streak!]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

What accessories do you need with your first metal detector, a F75 and F5.
Thanks, Steve

What kind of detecting do you plan on doing??
Since I do mostly woods beeping in colonial sites, I just use a cut down gardeners shovel instead of a trowel. In yards however...a trowel will likely look MUCH better to the landowners.................although you can dig just as neat with a small shovel as you can with a hand tool.
Pinpointers are optional. I have been digging for 35 years, and rarely if ever use a pinpointer. If you develop your pinpointing skills.......you'll be spot on 99% of the time. I can actually recover targets faster without a pinpointer than most can with a pinpointer. Again.......your call.......but not essential.
A good sturdy pouch is an essential. You can buy nice pouches...........but can also use pouches you can get in Lowes and HD.
One if the best "tools" you can get is a good quality set of head phones. Worth their weight in gold!
Depending on the sites you may hunt, a couple of spare/accessory coils may be nice as well. The 5" DD for the F75 and F5 (teo different coils) are awesome..and in certain sites are almost mandatory. If you are new............in time you will find what works for you and what does not. A lot is personal preference. Have fun with your new machines!!! Streak!

 

[Lowbatts]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

Wow! Way to start big!
I'd argue with Streak on the need for a pinpointer, especially being new to the hobby. But also suggest you not take either machine out until you master pinpointing in an open-air environment.

This is the most valid use of air testing a piece of equipment. Learn to pinpoint, both the F75 and F5 are the best in pinpointing among their respective tiers of competitor's models. I use an F70 and it's awesome at pinpointing.

Use every available size coin, use them next to junk, alone and at slanted angles. But I'd still suggest the Pro Pointer as it's an excellent accessory, surprisingly more useful on shallow targets than on deeper ones.

Yep, what Sandman says on the digging tools. I use a lot of different digging tools dependent on the site I'm at but your basic very heavy duty trowel is essential. A good Gerber folding saw, if you're going into root country also.

Lastly remember a camera for the pics of the goodies you're about to uncover!

 

[Streak!]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

Wow! Way to start big!
I'd argue with Streak on the need for a pinpointer, especially being new to the hobby. But also suggest you not take either machine out until you master pinpointing in an open-air environment.

This is the most valid use of air testing a piece of equipment. Learn to pinpoint, both the F75 and F5 are the best in pinpointing among their respective tiers of competitor's models. I use an F70 and it's awesome at pinpointing.

Use every available size coin, use them next to junk, alone and at slanted angles. But I'd still suggest the Pro Pointer as it's an excellent accessory, surprisingly more useful on shallow targets than on deeper ones.

Yep, what Sandman says on the digging tools. I use a lot of different digging tools dependent on the site I'm at but your basic very heavy duty trowel is essential. A good Gerber folding saw, if you're going into root country also.

Lastly remember a camera for the pics of the goodies you're about to uncover!

Actuallly lowbatts.....being new to the hobby is a good argument for NOT using a pinpointer right away. I know guys that just cant live without them, largely because they never honed their pinpointing skills. When I started detecting there werent really any good pinpointers out there..........so you HAD to develop accurate pinpointing skills, or you'd trash your targets. While I may on occasion use one, I find that overall they just slow me down. I will agree however, that the pro-pointer is simply the best one out there if you feel you have the need for one! I DO hunt with a few guys that use em'......and it seems that while they are poking around in the dirt with their probes.......I've got my target in my pouch......and am off to the next one.
( I had an inline probe for my F75/LTD....but it introduced noise to ALL my machines...so it didnt live on any of them for long).
Again.....its personal preference! Streak!

 

[Lowbatts]

Re: What accessories do you need with first detector F75 & F5

I hear ya Streak, I only went ot the Pro pointer last year after years of doing it the easy way, just learning where the sweet spot is under your coil. That's why my first advice to any MD'er is learn to pinpoint, with your rig.

But that Pro Pointer is awesome for the little ones when I'm out cladding. Especially carnie cleanups, where there's a ton of close-knit change, quarters on edge in the grass all around. Using my rig, I can usually pull coins from it's depth limit very easily w/o the pinpointer.

After learning to pinpoint, then cutting a proper plug and replacing it comes next if one is going to hunt in the grass. Those two go hand in hand.