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ChrisMD
I have a CTX, and just traded an Etrac for the F75 LTD2. In my Maryland soil the F75 is deeper, by a long shot. Last hunt took both out and marked targets with the F75 with surveyor flags, then checked them with the CTX. A lot of them were 12" + down and the CTX just flat out didn't see it, even wide open in manual 30. One was a Great Seal cufflink at 14", tiny little button and was amazed that the F75 got it, as were several members of my local MD club. CTX is still my main squeeze, but the F75 made me a believer.
Chris,
Thanks for the suggestion...alas, I've already tried the F75, but our severe mineralization pretty much cuts most single freq VLF detectors off at the knees, and the 13k F75 is no exception.
Don't get me wrong, it still compares very, very well with the others...it just doesn't cut through mineralization as well as the multi-freqs like the CZs and CTX.
I'd definitely go for it if I were in your ground though. :) (I do like the ergonomics a lot.)
BTW, what seems to work well in our ground (in addition to the multi-freqs) are the lower freq machines, and the Deus running at the lower freqs.
I'm not sure most would be capable of seeing a small cufflink at 14" in our ground, though...I'm jealous. :)
(Well, in all fairness, my TDI PI probably would...but with almost no discrim, I'd be worn out from all the trash.)
It's why I constantly remind people to make a coin garden and test detectors and settings in their ground.
What works beautifully in one part of the world, might work horribly in another.
Thanks again, and best of luck.
HH,
mike