Fisher Metal Detector Lineup Fall 2018

[Ridge Runner]

Phrunt

 I think it’s like you said 2018 is a wake up call for a lot of detector companies. The trouble being if your product is not selling and no money coming in you could be another lost .

   I’d like to see all detector companies healthy . It’s good for them and us the buyer .

 Chuck 

 

[Steve Herschbach]

23 hours ago, phrunt said:

Detectors like the Gold Bug Pro still being sold now so many years after it's release without a volume control is just nuts.

The Fisher F19 is basically an upgraded Gold Bug Pro and it does include a volume control. It can still be found for as low a price as any of the Gold Bugs at a couple vendors. There was a clearance special a while back with a dramatic price drop from $699 to $449. The F19 is easily the better buy for people who can find them at the $449 price.

F19 Owner's Manual page 19:

Volume
Use or to adjust the volume setting when the VOLUME menu option is highlighted. The default volume setting is 7. Press to increase speaker volume. Maximum volume is at setting 20. Press to lower speaker volume. The minimum volume setting is 0, no sound.

With volume set to 0, the Target-ID and Depth Bar Graph will function as normal, but the detector will not emit a sound when targets are detected. The overload volume signal will always sound off in the event of signal overload, even with the volume set to 0.

Because the F19™ is so sensitive to even the smallest iron targets, the detector incorporates FeTone™, Adjustable Iron Audio, a feature to reduce the volume of iron targets to minimize user fatigue. Volume settings 10 - 20 are available to control the volume level of iron targets. As you increase volume from 10 to 20, iron-volume changes from silent to maximum. Note that, depending on the V-BREAK® setting, iron targets may induce V.C.O. tones; in this case, the V.C.O. tones in the iron range (ID 1 - 39) will also have the same reduced volume.

At each of the 10 - 20 volume settings, nonferrous target response is maximum volume. Volume control applies only to motion target detection. Volume changes do not affect Pinpoint volume.

Fisher F19 Information Page

[Rick K - First Member]

Tell it to Frito-Lay/PepsiCo.  

How many different corn chip and potato chip flavor and shape variants can you name?

Choice is good.

Otherwise cow-kissing wouldn’t be a thing!

[Cal_Cobra]

Yawn....someone wake me up when they actually have something new 

[Rivers rat]

If only the F75 could work on the wetsand..........................................

 

 

RR

[GB_Amateur]

On 11/24/2018 at 10:15 AM, Jeff McClendon said:

The Fisher latest version of the Gold Bug Pro and the F19 are the only semi-modern detectors in their line-up.

Don't know how you define 'semi-modern', but the F44 is their newest product (still a few years old...) and possibly their best competitive model -- comparing with the competition's price and its features relative to that competition.

Unfortunately you can only rest on your laurels for so long (just ask Tesoro..., oh, wait, there might not be anyone there to answer).  In terms of engineering effort, I doubt anyone has put as much muscle (and total salary compensation) into creating new detectors as First Texas has done in the past few years.  Yet so far, nothing to market.  That has to be a much bigger concern in El Paso than on this forum (or for that matter, all forums, Facebook pages, etc. combined).

The positive spin on this is that, contrary to their recent marketing style, the engineers (and apparently their superiors) aren't willing to put out a disappointing (for example, repainted pre-existing) model just to try and save face in a competitive marketplace.  And some of us are still optimistic they will produce before it's too late.

[Jackpine]

Trading in a detector for the Nox was a toss up between the F75 and X-T 705.  Both being equally deep in my ground on coins.  The 705 stayed only because the control pod is removable and I had invested in a coil cable extension which makes a nice back up detector for my fresh water hunting.

Tom

 

[Steve Herschbach]

The CZ-3D and CZ-21 have always puzzled me. I figured job one after getting Dave Johnson on board would have been a digital redesign of the CZ into a waterproof housing that more resembles the F44. Replace the CZ3D and CZ21 with one lighter weight model waterproof to ten feet. Dave designed the original, so you would think this would be a reasonable goal, especially with the CZ being an old analog design both expensive and difficult to manufacture. I always liked the CZ. Details here

Fisher CZ-3D metal detector

Fisher CZ-21 metal detector

[Cabin Fever]

Yes! A new modern CZ with a good DD coil selection would have been a big hit.

Bryan