FISHER F2

Sadly, the ground balance on an F2 is not operator adjustable.
When I get a high tone, I make multiple sweeps in that area to make sure that the target is false or just outside the threshold of the machine and the coil needs to be on top of it.
It boils down to there are no faint signals.
the only reason to use headphones is to not attract attention and increase battery life.
The f2 does not have a volume control, and does let everyone in the park know you are there.  Although I am 61, I am not deaf and the pinpoint mode is sort of a siren going off in a otherwise quiet park.   This ghost chasing gets old.

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Having gone to a different area of the park, the F2 DID act better.
The area did have many false positive hits, but the F2 did act better.
It is clear that the F2 is a good detector, there are too many people reporting favorable results for me to claim otherwise.  It is an exceedingly good bargain.  On the downside is that it is, evidently, set up for generic soil conditions.  Perhaps my soil conditions were outside the parameters of the norm.   As for me, I going upgrade to F5 with more control-ability.
JrsMetalDetectors is working with me and will take the F2 back as in their money back guarantee.
He wants me to get a new detector from WalMart so I can take that back if/when I don't like it.
I, assume, he does not want my business further for fear of another return. 
I see his point, but the only way I can make up his loss it to buy another machine.
He was real nice in recommending I buy another machine elsewhere.
Anyway, Jrsmetaldetectors are nice folks  and want happy customers, so 2 thumbs up for them.
Now, where to get an F5?......?

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Having spent Sunday in the park,  and seeing how the F2 was performing- I came to the conclusion that- for the money,  and in spite of the 10 or  20 to 1 ratio of false  targets to real ones that it was a keeper.
The pinpointer that came with the deal, really made my mind up, as returning the unit would return the pinpointer too.   I hated to see that go.  Misty has the tendency to assume the F2 has hit on a false target and move on.  Several times I made her re-investigate a signal and it proved to be an actual hit.
I it also hits in the high coin range and is only a very rusty nail.  The depth indicator is not particularly accurate either.  Nothing in this world is perfect and for the money, the F2 is hard to beat.

I will post a picture of Misty's finds in the park, yesterday.
This area of the park was part of a labor day festival.
We searched about a 50 foot square area.
We strung a string from one side to the other, searched along beside it, and moved the string after each pass. 
Misty stumbled across a small cache of rings and found 2 hematite. one all agate, and one copper/brass? with a gold solder joint.  Of course the agate would not have been found, if it had not been for the hematite.  Some Spanish coin, 5 clad quarters, some dimes, nickles , and pennies.
I will post a picture of that day's finds when I remember not to forget my camera.  She also found a toy car about 1" long.. 

 

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Hey It's a good detector, NO DETECTOR=NO DETECTOR=  will ID everything as to what it is, but they do a fine job, GREAT  job for a  $200.00 detector

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Dustyr, nobody has to try to make you out to be an idiot. Your machine doesn't appear to have a ground balance but that wouldn't account for false positives. Now, about what can cause that.

1. Do you have metal eyelets in your shoes or does your granddaughter have them? Buckles? Steel toes? Metal shoe lace tips? You'd be amazed at how many seasoned professionals forget that the metal in their shoes can set the detector off from the side of the coil. The field is a torroid, after all.

2. The wire from the coil to the control box can accidentally move in the coil field and be sensed by the detector.  Make sure the coil wire is as perpendicular to the coil as it can be. Taping it or using a wire tie to clamp it near to the shaft is the best way to do that. Again, you would be quite surprised at how many people forget that the coil wire is metal.

Don't take offense at these suggestions. The only person who can make you out to be an idiot is you.

The next time you are in a place where you can make an absolute mess of the hole, dig until you have that false signal on the surface of the ground. Surprisingly enough, a good number of those are actually small pieces of wire which take on the color of the dirt and don't become solid targets until you expose them on the surface. Gold and silver chains can often appear to be false targets as well as earrings, which are very tiny and very hard to pinpoint.

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