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Fisher ID Edge

Price: $800
Avg. Score: 5 stars! 4.64
Based on 14 reviews

Avg. Durability: 5 stars!5.00
Avg. Ease of use: 5 stars!5.00
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5 inch coil for ID-Edge

July 16, 2006
Would be 5 stars if you could get a 5 inch coil.

I've all but given up trying to get a 5 inch coil for my Edge. I spoke to Fisher about it about 6 months ago and was told that it would be out this spring. Well, spring has come and gone and still no 5 inch coil. I don't think they even intend in making one so why would they tell me that they were?

Before I bought it, I asked Fisher if they were going to offer one. The answer was yes. If I had known at the time that it would never happen, I may have changed my mind about the purchase.

Don't get me wrong about the Edge...I love the detector, just the fact that I can't use it in the extremely trashy areas that I usually hunt.

Overall Rating 4 stars

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Another look at the edge

June 25, 2006
This is just a follow up to the last review. I gave an honest opinion of what I thought of the detector. It had some good points and some bad.

I am not a garrett employee, I have owned and used the Edge metal detector, and yes I have read the manual. I don't believe the ace 250 is anymore of a toy than the Edge. I was just offering my experiences with the detector.

The edge DOES NOT have customizable notches. Yes it does have some preset ones but you can not modify them. It does let you choose your own sensitivity and discriminiation levels but it does not have to ability to pick and choose which targets to notch out.

In my soil conditions it was not able to correctly identify a penny at 4 inches. The nubmers on the id jumped around in the iron range. It was barley audible on a dime. I can run the sensitivity at max with no problems so I know the problem was not with that. I tried the the different modes with no better depth. Maybe someone else will get all togather different results in other parts of the country, it just didn't happen here.

It seems like a well built detector with some good feature but it just didn't work for me.

Overall Rating 3 stars

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Light weight + nice in iron trash!!

June 21, 2006
i was surprised to see only 1 review on this fine new detector. I use the word *review* loosely as reading it its apparent it was all staged by a Garrett shill whos never try it. Sadly others use this forum as a means to sway U to another brand like the much cheaper built Aces. You really can't compare a toy-like ace to an ID edge. First off, if he *really* had a edge-ID or read the manual and learned it he would have seen it indeed has separate notching called CP for tabs* zincs * foil + the presets plus a disc system you can adjust numbers up to hear only what you choose. I *Do* own one and love it's lightweight, iron handeling, depth, mid price, + speed and accuracy of the ID. Some say its just as deep as Fishers top of the line coin strike at like half the weight + price. Dont believe some Garret ace dealer who never tried one saying its only a 4" deep detector. N0 way! read the manual! My edge is stable on 9 or 10 and i can nail a foot deep quarter. My 10 inch coil goes even deeper and my pal just sell his coinstrike just too get an edge. It take more than a toy to replace a coinstrike. its lighter + he hated to hear +51 all the time and the Edge fixed this. I sold my ID Excel to get one. I liked the excel but this go deeper and have notching. Cant beat this mashine for the price. Once the 5 inch coil come out it it will just rock n roll for iron huntin'
dig it,
AL.

Overall Rating 5 stars!

392

Just ok at best

June 09, 2006
I tried the edge detector and in my soil conditions (low mineralization) it does not seem any better than the ace 250. Compared head to head it actually did not seem to id targets nearly as well as the ace. It was OK on a quarter at 4 inches, could not really even see the nickel, barely able to detect a dime and had trouble with the zinc penny.

The pros:

1. The pinpoint/depth feature seemed to work pretty good.

2. Seems to be quality made.

3. Lifetime warranty

4. Preset modes

Cons:

1. Does not seem to have very good depth.

2. The target ID is not very good beyond 4 inches on a coin other than a quarter.

3. No notch discrimination other than the factory preset ones. Not customizable.

4. Still sounded off on a pull tab even though it was supposed to be notched out.

5. Without headphones the volume is pretty low.

I am starting to see that you can not rely on reviews by people affiliated with the company or on the companies website. This metal detector to me was just another mediocre detector that would get 4 inches on a coin. The ace is a much better buy at $200 and can be customized.

Overall Rating 3 stars

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