Fisher F75 Review

Fisher F75 Overview

The Fisher F75 is a metals detector of a professional level, boasting really efficient design and stunning stable workflow. Despite the fact of being professional and stuffed with lots of settings and variations, the machine is very lightweight, weighting only 1,6 kgs, which is a very small weight for a tool. This weight is further enhanced with a perfect balancing. As a result, most people will be able to work with this machine for the whole day, without becoming tired very fast.

A separate note should be made about its armrest which is easily adjusted and its position can be changed on the shaft. The whole construction of the shaft is fixed in place with locking collars. Some detectorists are not amused with this system because it requires them to manually turn the collars back and forth, but as a result, we get a well-fastened structure that does not fall apart from a casual touch.

The machine uses rechargeable AA batteries for operation, and with high quality ones, it enables the search for 30-40 hours without changing the accumulators. The only important thing to keep in mind is, as soon as the indicator of the accumulator charge drops, the piece of equipment stops working. So if you have already used your accumulators for some time, carry a set of new ones with you.

One of the really cool features of this metal detecting equipment is the ability to save your indications on the display. If you are searching on one huge location and cannot cover it in one session, you just turn the equipment off and the settings you have chosen for this specific locations won’t disappear, as they do on other detectors.

New Features

As the majority of metals detectors in the world, the Fisher F75 works on VLF, which is a universal frequency of 13 khz. While this is nothing new, the beauty of this very model is that together with an awesome range of settings, the equipment allows to use this one frequency to its maximum.

Trigger switch is a setting you will use often, and it is pretty handy. The concept is if you push it forward, you will switch on the ground balance mode, if you pull it back, the pinpoint mode will be turned on. This is a cool solution, because you can do this literally with one finger without moving your hand, and without pushing the buttons on the control panel.

The display is nothing innovative, but, as it has already been said, the manufacturers at last allowed the user to save the settings. Sometimes settings are such a hassle, especially on complicated soils, and losing them if you turn the machine off or the batteries go low just pisses off. With Fisher F75, this is not going to happen.

However, one of the most important and the coolest features of this metals detector is its incredible depth of search; it remains sensitive and enables the user to dig out some incredible finds on locations that other machines show as empty.

All Features

Here are all features you can enjoy when working with Fisher F75:

• Double-filtration discriminator for littered soils
• Target type identifier that shows the VDI number of the object from 0 to 99. It also shows the measurement authenticity indicator.
• The discriminator range from 0 to 99 is divided into 8 groups, allowing to quickly discriminate undesirable objects, like ferrous metals
  three search modes – discrimination, dynamic All metal, and static All Metal (meaning max depth without discrimination search).
• The most efficient search mode choice option is available (standard, jewelry, litter filter, plowed field).
• Number of tones – from 1 to 4 or Surging
• Ground balance – automatic FASTGRAB and manual option
• Soil mineralization level indicator, plus indicator of phase and current balance setting
• Pinpoint mode with changeable signal tone
• Adjustable sensitivity and threshold
• Working frequency can be shifted to avoid noise
• Tap light
• The kit includes oval DD BiAxial 11″ coil

As you see, there is a bunch of options for setting the most perfect search mode in each particular case. Obviously, newbies might get some headache with this aspect, but as soon as you master the art of setting the tool, its sensitivity and depth of reach will bring you some really good stuff.

Discrimination Modes

Instead of search modes, Fisher F75 offers discrimination modes:

• DE – this is a standard one, pretty stable regime. The depth is the smallest, but the machine gives the least amount of false signals.
• JE – this regime is more sensitive and deeper than the previous one, but also the amount of false signals is higher.
• PF – even more sensitive than the previous option.
• BC – filters all signals from metal litter.

The difficulty of working with Fisher F75 lies in this feature of offering discrimination regimes instead of search regimes. Newbies are rarely aware what they are expected to discriminate on what location.

The Kit

The standard Fisher F75 kit includes:

• metals detector
• Fisher 11 DD BiAxia coil
• warranty certificate
• guide

Conclusion