Fisher F-75
Street Price $1000
Number of Reviews: 50
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Easily Finds Coins.
David Harper in Dinwiddie, VA -
My first outing with the F5 yielded a hand full of clad coins from the front yard. It is very easy to use, even for a beginner. It is very sensitive and has great depth. I think those who are not happy with their machine should learn a bit more about how it operates before jumping to negative conclusions. Look on E-bay and you will see that the only F-75's for sale are the new ones.
Aug 21, 2007
9 Yes
5 No
Deeper than my ace
loyd in rancho cordova CA -
This 75 is some machine. Up until now I have only used an ace 250 Garrett. But man o live this 75 is king of the sandlot it goes even deeper than my ace. Just yesterday I dug a hotwheels car at 9 inches wow! It don't i.d quite as good as the ace but the depth makes up for it. Man if you want to find deep pennys and nickles this is the detector for you.
Aug 17, 2007
7 Yes
3 No
serious quaulity issues
Terry in Anytown, AT 55555 -
Nothing but trouble since day one. Spends more time being repaired than in use.In the field.All kinds of noise. Jumping display.I think these things are being slapped together to fast down south of the border. And problems are not caught until you buy one.If you read around and check forums you will see many owners with problems. At least before they are deleted that is. I see most reviews here are not that favorable of the 75. With exception of that guy who lives close to the factory. Who is constantly pushing this machine. Not sure what his motive is. But i remember him trash talking all machines until this one. Anyway i would have to say buyer beware on this one. I would give it no stars but the ratings dont go that low.
Aug 15, 2007
12 Yes
10 No
The more I use it the more I like it.
Mike Hillis in Albuquerque NM -The more I use the F-75 the more I like it. I like jewelry hunting with it in city parks and athletic fields. I put it in JE mode, set the sensitivity to around 30-35, raise the disc to the max and then go back and notch in high iron and both the lower and upper foil notches and then add the lower nickel notch and use 2+ tone mode. FastGrab and go. Swwwweeeeetttt. The key is a good steady tone, watch the depth bar and dig it!
Sometimes I'll just clad hunt with it. DE mode, senstivity between 40-50 and 3 tone mode. Easy to tell coin from trash. Sometimes my nickel count will outdo my dime count. How often can a person say that? In the high trash spots I'll lower the sens another 10 points and use the notches to reduce how much audio I have to process. Works just as good as a 4" coil that way. Sometimes the bottle caps will get to me but most of them will either give a wide number variation or the deeper older ones will spike the FE meter. I can't say the steel bottle caps have really been a problem with my F-75 like they were with my T2.
In the iron sites, DE mode, 2+ tone, disc at 6 and just piddle around listening for that high tone. Use the pinpoint feature and see if you can seperate whats down there as well.
In the homesites/ghost towns, watch the FE meter. All those buried flattened cans and flat iron will give often give a high tone but the FE meter will give them away. When in doubt pull the pinpoint trigger and listen to that large response.
The hardest thing to learn about the F-75 is turning down the sensitivity setting. That and learning how to look at all the information displayed on the faceplate. But once you do, man, I am finding it to be a sweet machine.
The only draw back is the response speed will ruin you toward using some of the more traditionally engineered units.
I would have liked to see the notches go all the way into the high coin range.
I really like being able to choose if nickels will give a high tone or medium tone.
I rate it 5 stars.
( I also use the ExplorerII, Golden uMax and until just recently the DFX, Xterra 70, and CoinStike)
I am a Fisher shill :)
HH
Aug 14, 2007
11 Yes
5 No
Problematic
terry in anywhere -More time being repaired than in field. Goofy noises, numbers jumping, etc. I know electronics, I work in this field. And sorry to say, but I feel this detector is crap, and have had many to compare to.
Aug 13, 2007
4 Yes
17 No
What i like in a detector
Lars in Seattle WA -What i like in a detector. Is a machine i can turn on and not listen to what i would call excessive chatter. such as the 75. and not have to make excuses for the thing. such as it makes alot of noise because its so sensitive. and you cant turn the sensitivity past 10. in one area. you cant turn it on and use near cell phones. big buildings. radios. etc and on and on and on. its big selling point was how much better it would be than the t-2. interference wise. but the t-2 i had was much better than my 75. it did not have to be out in the boonies to operate. but it was another machine i did not care for. to sum up what i want to say is for a thousand dollars.it should be fantastic. but i get much better results from a x-terra 70 or a whites m-6 or a cz-3d and many others. what i like in a detector is one i turn on and it just works. and operates smooth no excuses. no build quality issues.
Jun 30, 2007
17 Yes
5 No
Not a good coin hunter
dave in pa -So many rave reviews. but not what i thought it would be. This thing is supposed to be working in the iron, but I don't see it. Static noise, crazy jumping display. I could not pull one decent target out of my stand by spots. Dug lots of iron + alum can slaw not one high tone until I switched to another detector. Some guys on the forums say this is the best detector out there, I wont use his real name [will fagg] must be paid by first texas or something, because this thing is not so good. Demo this machine before buying. In an area with some modern trash. Relic hunters seem to do better with this one. Not what one would want in a park. One thing I have noticed alot of 75s and t-2s for sale, so its not just me.
Jun 23, 2007
9 Yes
11 No
stinker
half dime king in NYC -lots of noise. likes bottle caps.seems very fragile especially thin plastic faceplate cover. and power supply box for batteries under cuff. this really takes away from its looks also should be inside control box like xterra. also it was so hyped up that i was expecting super depth that it did not seem to have. but this is only the new fishers. first machine.if they work on it maybe in a couple years they will have somthing. not the worst detector i have used but far from great.
Jun 22, 2007
3 Yes
6 No
Fisher F75 Thoughts
Roger in Norfolk uk -Over the last five years i've tried most top line machines, none of them managed to replace my old favourite the MXT based on "finds rate", well not until the Fisher F75 came along.
The F75 is a very powerful machine and the sensitivity needs setting carefully for best performance, the controls and setup of this machine are a pleasure to use, one of the best systems i've used on a detector, so far i've found the PF processing mode and 2F tones work best for the conditions on my sites (plenty of iron), in tests i did the Pf mode also gave me the best depth and stability, although JE mode is possibly better for the small finds but seems more prone to interference with it's high gain.
I found it a nicely balanced machine you could swing for long periods, one niggle is the "spokes" on the coil, when working wet ground they tended to gather and hold the mud on top of the coil making it hard work unless you cleaned it off every so often, obviously no problem on the dry ground.
I usually use the discim set to 0 as this gives the best depth for me, i noticed raising it to 6 you do lose several inches of depth, so i try to go no higher than 4 and only go to 6 if i'm picking up plenty of interference, amazing how a setting of 6 cuts any chatter to a minimum.
A top class machine if the sensitivity is set sensibly for the conditions, you do not lose a lot of depth by reducing it, a test i did showed the machine only lost two inches between a sens setting of 99 and 55, raising the discrim loses much more depth than lowering the sens i found.
Thanks to first texas for this well thought out machine, ideal for hunting those low conductive hammered coins here in the uk.
Good Hunting.....Roger
Jun 18, 2007
17 Yes
3 No
FISHER F75
scott in uk, lincolnshire -im sorry but this machine is a total waste of time ,just awful ...it seems all the hype on how good it is was is tosh,and i fell for it ,complete waste of money,discrim is just awful,and ive found the machine to be irratic at times.cant wait to unload this machine,so i can go buy something decent.should have stuck with my xp goldmaxx.
Jun 07, 2007
6 Yes
8 No