Fisher CZ 20
Street Price $1000 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 23
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Feel good from Fisher Labs Customer Service
Suwan Kansanoh in Thailand -
I feel good from Fisher Labs Customer Service's message, even I felt guilty that I was disappointed when I first heard about the repair cost.The Fisher Labs proved that the company is a professional one. The service comes first. My new detector must be Fisher's, ofcourse.
Mar 11, 2008
0 people found this review helpful.
Bad service form Fisher lab
Suwan Kansanoh in Thailand -
I have a bad experience with the Fisher Lab's service. My only one CZ-20 was broken down in September, 2007. I contacted the dealer in Thailand that I bought the detector from. He's a nice guy, actually. It later was sent to the Fisher Lab in USA. I was informed after one month pass by that the cost of fixing is $US 928.77, including freight and labor cost. It's costly, isn't it? The point is that I think the Fisher Lab is tricky. They don't mean to give you CZ-20 service anymore. They want to sell the coming CZ-21 rather than fixing the old model, CZ-20. So, they charge you so higher that you can do nothing, but you are forced to buy the new one. This is the way company cheats you. Next time if you want to buy a new metal detector, I want to remind you that think over the good service, rather than the new body cover of the CZ-21¯ There are many brand names and types of detector at the moment. Make sure you get new one with a good service. Fisher Lab is not providing you good service anymore, I bet!.
Oct 29, 2007
4 people found this review helpful.
CZ 20 THE BEST
Bob Uhl in Lakeland,Florida -I have had my CZ 20 sence they can out 1993 0r 94.some where in there. It is all beat to ^&%$# the best detector there is.I hunt from Florida to Nevada to New York State...#1 AAAA
Sep 20, 2007
3 people found this review helpful.
Wish I could find another CZ20 with my CZ20...
kanuckster in brunn am gebirge, austria -but whoever has one will make sure never to lose it!
originally from canada now living in austria, i´ve found it "all" over here, unbelievable.
I primarily do land and the unit is outstanding.
if this unit could only find the brain of the person who lost theirs and decided to stop production of the CZ20!
Jul 24, 2007
1 visitor found this review helpful.
For scuba diving the CZ-20 is an excellent choice!
Marco in Northern Europe & for scuba diving only -Since three years I use the VLF dual frequency CZ-20 with a small 8" coil exclusively for scuba diving in the Baltic Sea. It is a great machine and I do a lot of nice findings with it. The CZ is very robust and an effective detector with a good search-deep. I never used it on land but I think it would be there a very heavyweight detector.
Positive:
Underwater a lightweight with a stabile shaft, a robust small searchcoil (ideal for underwater searching). The detector and his knobs are easy to handle and this with three-finger-gloves for the wintertime, too . The wires are ok and the headphone is easy to clean and very robust. The CZ has a very good discrimination. The batterybox is seperate, so if the detector gets some water in, the main electronic will not get any damage. It is resistant against fine sand and mud, like in lakes or the open sea. The three tone ID is very precise. You can see the objects ID at the 2 red glow lamps, too. If necessary, you can also use spare-parts from Fisher´s 1280 (knobs/seals). It has a small updraft. You can use it up to 76 meter water depth (124 PSI water pressure)!
Negative:
It uses four expensive 9 Volt batteries. The pinpoint button will probably break if you use it very often. I suggest to use the "Autotune" mode instead of the button, because it has the same function. Once a year the machine had some problems with a type of red-alga on the seabed of the western Baltic Sea. The cells of these algas are full of iron, so the machine runs very instable. The machine is not so effective or easy to handle on high mineralized seabed.
My judgement:
It is a great machine and I would buy it again. The shaft is very stabile in comparison to other detectors like Tesoros or Minelabs. Its a turn on and go machine, easy to handle and high efficient. After a year of experience you will find much more in shorter times. I dont know why Fisher stops the production of the CZ-20! It is much more powerful than the weaker 1280.
May 28, 2007
9 people found this review helpful.
Awesome!
Karl in Sarasota in Sarasota, FL (USA) -I've had the CZ 20 10 1/2 coil for 2 months and still learning it, dug a penny at 20 inches couple weeks ago, been hitting the same beach and others in Sarasota but they are out of the way, learning curve showing results as I dug 80 or 90 coins today all low denominations, micro pennies, nickel and dimes mostly and have heavily worked this beach and mostly stuff I've missed, competition I just don't think they have the right stuff, talked to a couple guys hitting the water using Excalibur 1000's and they said they were hitting stuff at a foot deep... a Bounty Hunter can almost do that?!? I just won a 8 inch CZ 20 on E-bay today to add to the 10 and the Pulse 8 (its to deep to play with on the beach,only water)next will be the 5 1/2 CZ if I can find it! Wanting to find a Salvage crew on the east coast next year to ply the experience!
Dec 10, 2006
10 people found this review helpful.
Wish I had two CZ 20s
John Mulder in At the bottom tip of South Africa -Have used CZ20 for more than 4 years and found uncountable coins and heavy metal jewelry, mostly in the white water. Dec/Jan 2005 found 52 rings in 60 days.
Nov 21, 2006
8 people found this review helpful.