Fisher F-75
Street Price $1000
Number of Reviews: 29
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Chumbyinoh in OH US -
By design, the F-75 is capable of running far to "hot" at the higher sens. settings. Some detectorist are of the mindset that they have to run a machine all out to get any depth. With this machine, that is not the case. Most complain of erratic behavior, most of the time I believe it is due to operator error rather than machine quirks. But most won't admit that. Not to say that there aren't some problematic machines out there, which is the case with all makes and models. Overall I think this is as close as a do it all detector if the time is taken to learn what each function is for and when and when not to employ. Having used all of the top seeds of machines from all makes, I think the F75 has raised the bar by which all other detectors will be judged. I rate a detector by its performance and my finds. Yes, I would love to see this machine built like a tank, but then it would weigh 5 or 6 pounds and loose the balance, so to me it's a trade off. If you are a seasoned detectorist you will get along fine with the f75, if you are new to the hobby, it will take a little longer to get a grip on it. Either way, it is a killer machine in most applications. Well worth the price. JMHO
Feb 04, 2008
7 people found this review helpful.
hands down the best I have ever used....
Streak! in Eastern Penna -I have used and owned the 75 for close to 10 months now,and can honestly the best, deepest, and fastest detector I have ever used, bar none.
Ergonomics are superb, as is battery life. I see a number of reviewers have rebuffed First Texas about build quality concerns, but I've had only one problem, and I USE this machine. a LOT. I have literally hundreds of hours on it now, in fields......woods, cellarholes....you name it, and it has performed flawlessly. I DONT baby my machines......and if it has survived ME...then its a lot tougher than a lot give it credit for. Actually, the ONLY thing I didnt like about it was the arm cup, but I installed one I liked, and it feels just fine now. I also broke one trigger.....but First Teaxs addressed that with a new more robust trigger, and its been fine since.
Performance is awesome. Explorer like depth, but MUCH faster and better separation. Its biggest strength is in heavy iron though, as it has lightning fast recovery, as has enabled me to make many many recoveries from areas I had thought pretty much worked out.
I've used it in about 10 states now........ranging from Arizona/Nev to the New England states...and Ny State down to Fla, and havent yet to find an area it didnt like. It handles bad VA ground very very well....and all metal operation is smooth as silk.
I like the easy to use intuitive interface, and the ability to swing it all day without fatigue, due to its best in the industry balance and ergonomics. I see a few here in this site have trashed is pretty badly.... You ARE entitled to you opinion...........but I dont feel opinions are valid until one has put enough time and effort into a machine to really really get to know it. a few days or weeks just isnt enough. I had a few reservations at the beginning, but perservered, and now you couldnt pry it out of my hands. Virtually everyone I know that is using the 75 right now (and has put the time into it to REALLY get to know it) is very very happy with its performance. NO machine is perfect........but I think the 75 comes closer than any I've used so far. Being a high performance machine, it takes experience and time to master its language, but if one is willing to TAKE that time, the rewards are very good. My finds have at least doubled since getting the F75 (ask anyone who hunts with me) :) All in all.....I give the 75 the highest rating I've ever given a machine, mostly because for me....its all about performance. The 75 simply puts more goodies in my pouch, period.
Feb 03, 2008
12 people found this review helpful.
Still loving mine after 9 months
Charlie P. (NY) in Upstate NY -Gee. For all the comments about how many "used F-75s are flooding the market" there are zero on ebaY at the moment. Just added a Sun Ray FX-1 probe to mine and will be getting the new 6.5" coil this spring.
I've stopped using much discrimination or any notch and let the TID tell me which hits to dig. Depth is greater with less masking. You can also turn the sensitivity higher if you keep the discrimination down. If it gets too noisy in the parks I notch out foil or search in bottlecap mode.
For people who read instruction manuals and practice it is a wonderful detector. For the rest - they seem to sell fast! ;-)
Jan 23, 2008
6 people found this review helpful.
Finding them deep
MIke in Southeast ,Idaho -I'am pulling coins out of the ground 10" to 12" in flood irrergated lawns that I known whites have sweeped before. And pulling up Morgans, barber dimes,and V nickels. The battery life is great,getting 30hrs. And the detector is light.
Oct 30, 2007
6 people found this review helpful.
This machine has it all!!!
John N in Vancouver Canada -
Flimsy build quality, erratic operation....a high end unit with only one coil???? For the serious hunter. Same noisy operation as the MXT.....way to go Dave ......back to the drawing board. I can't believe how many 75's are out there on Ebay and in pawnshops...that should tell you something!!!
Sep 09, 2007
9 people found this review helpful.
F-75 vs T-2 vs Tejon vs DFX and MXT
Larry D Gressel in Sweet Home, Oregon -I want to make this short, but it will be difficult.
I own a Tejon. I own around 20 detectors, including Minelabs. I own high-end Fishers, Tesoros, White's, Compasses, Bounty Hunters, etc. I have used the DFX's, MXT's, etc, etc, and have matched the operation of the newest Minelabs, White's, Bounty Hunters, Fishers, including the T-2 and the F-75 with top rate detector users operating them, all against each other. If you turn the sensitivity too high, or forget to ground-balance a detector it will make a lot of unnecessary noise and chattering. It will be unstable fighting all the changes in the ground conditions and the tiny bits of magnetite, hematite, and miniscule pieces of rusted iron and steel. The Tesoro is one of the noisiest ones on the market, MUCH noisier than an F-75 or a T-2, and especially when using it's bigger coils, as is the case with ALL detectors, regardless of their brand. I can't say much more for the MXT either. It also is subject to these problems. The DFX runs a bit smoother. It should, it was designed as a coin hunter and the MXT originally was a very sensitive nugget hunter.
The soil here is around 2X to 3Xthe iron content than is found in Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, etc., and at times I have to leave the Tejon in the truck because of this problem. It does the worst in high iron soil. It won't ground balance well enough in most of this soil and on the high salt, high magnetite beaches it is almost useless. The T-2 and the F-75 work just fine here though.
My old Compasses, Sovereign Elite, Explorers and Fishers balance the easiest of all, and they do not do much chirping either, unless I have the gain set too high or GB set wrong, or there is interference of some kind.. The F-75 and the T-2 balance just fine too and make little if any noise of adjusted correctly, but you can't run them full sensitivity in many places because they already have SO much gain built into the circuitry. The 60 cycles (120 v), 220, 440, etc voltages from powerlines or transformers will cause almost ANY detector to chatter unless it is an underpowered or cheaply made one, so just move somewhere else to detect and turn the sensitivity down. That should cure the problem in almost all cases. It works well with both the T-2 AND the F-75. The powerlines drive my Minelabs crazy!
I hope this helps the person from Georgia with his F-75 and T-2 operating and chattering problems.
Sep 03, 2007
8 people found this review helpful.
F75, not your father's detector.
Julien in Cartersville, GA -I got my F75 this week and so far I love it. I have used a T2 for over a year so I was not surprised or alarmed by the falsing and the chatter. Let me say right off that if you want a quiet machine with a stable TID in bad ground... this is not your machine. If you want a really powerful detector that you can push past all normal limits, when the situation allow's, then this is your detector. It is light, easy to use, and it will hit on everything in the ground. Yes, it does false and chatter a bit. I just swing twice over the same ground before overlapping and moving along. As you become more experienced with the F75/T2 you will begin to know the difference between a false/chatter and a good signal. Coins are a crisp solid tone and can't be missed. The TID function work's in all metal and is very good for coinshooting, as the audio response in AM is a little better.
Steel bottle caps are no problem for the F75, it id's them better than the T2. Running in DE mode and DP tone a bottle cap will sort of whine, where a quarter will be a solid beep.
I mentioned that the TID is not a steady lock as with some other machines and this is not alway's true. In good ground without to much iron the TID will lock right on and stay steady. In mineralized ground with a lot of iron the TID will jump around but... it will hover around the correct number. It may run a 10-12 digit range but it will keep hitting the correct TID. Once you learn how it act's this will be no problem. There are so many different ways to check a target that you will not dig as much trash as before. As far as the recovery time... forget it. Your brain cannot keep up with the detector. You can swing it as fast and you like and it will hit one every target in it's path and id them. It will not be as stable if you try to id a target using the Sovereign wiggle, you must use a wider swing. Even if there are other targets near your target.
I cannot stress this enough: If you are used to a Whites or a Minelab and you buy an F75, you are surely going to think that there is something wrong with your machine. The Minelabs run quiet the F75 does not! It's like driving a 1955 Buick for years and then buying a Ferrari. Both will get you where you are going but one is a big heavy smooth ride and the other is quick and fast.
If you buy an F75/T2 be willing to put your other detectors in the closet for a month or three and use only the F75/T2. That is the only way you are going to learn this machine well enough to really like it, if you are used to a slow and quiet detector.
I use, beside the T2 and F75, a Minelab SovereignGT, and a Tesoro Tejon. Both the GT and the Tejon are good machines but the F75 is better than either of them. In really heavy iron I sometimes like the Tejon w/5.75 coil best. In salt surf or in really clean ground the GT does well, but it is heavy.
Remember, an F75 in perfect working order is not a quiet machine. It will false. It will chatter. It will also signal on everything in the ground.
If you are coin hunting use either all metal, one tone or four tone because DP and 2h will give a low iron audio tone on a nickle in both DP and 2h.
I am very happy with my F75.
The F75 also has a static/non-motion all metal mode that run's very deep. You can use it for hunting artillary shells or for finding utilities like pipes or for cache hunting.
FT service is good. They replaced the coil, resoldered the wiring, and replaced he handle on my T2 and it is now like new. I hope I don't need service on my F75 but if I do I am certain it will be done to my satisfaction.
If you want a quiet detector, do not buy an F75. If you want the most powerful detector ever made.. buy it.
Aug 31, 2007
13 people found this review helpful.