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More importantly I learnt a lot about 'Tones' and the small, minor variations that you need to listen for and I have carried this knowledge with me up to this very day. In regards to the 1265x, it's a very capable detector that could easily hold its own compared to some of the modern detectors out on the market today - I have no doubt about that. Summing up, this machine allowed me to get started on my detecting journey, to me that's far more valuable than anything I'm ever going to find. Small items are picked up well and larger items are detected comfortably at a good depth. In regards to finds, the Fisher 1265x is a coin eater, it loves them and I have found literally hundreds of coins with this machine, along side buttons, buckles, lead tokens, all the items you'd expect to come across. Depth is another feature people seem to be totally obsessed with now, give me superb target separation over depth any day of the week.
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In regards to depth, I simply turned the machine on in the knowledge that when I walked over a target I'd be alerted to its presence. Now, due to the internet, there's far too many opinions and self proclaimed experts, I get the idea that some guys spend more time testing and comparing machines than actually just getting out there and enjoying the hobby. I had no idea just how the deep the 1265x could go, it was all pretty simple really, you purchased a detector, put it together and got out in the fields and enjoyed yourself.
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In regards to depth, back in those times I'd never heard of air tests, something till this day that I find pretty pointless. It's no surprise to me that Fisher have kept this feature on their flagship F75 machine. One feature I thought was outstanding was the pinpoint trigger, it was very intuitive to use and I personally think that this design is still far better than most of the pinpointing features on modern metal detectors. The key to optimum operation was to suss out exactly where the two Disc knobs had to be, I remember I did thorough testing to get this just right. However if you pushed the trigger forward and got a broken tone, that was the machine telling you that the target was mostly lightly trash. The basic approach was simple, if you went over a target and got a solid signal, you'd push the finger trigger forward, this would switch over to the 'Disc 2' setting, if you got a tone the same as 'Disc 1' then you dug the target. The discrimination on the 1265x is setup via two 'Disc' knobs numbered 0 - 10. Nowadays I think far too many people get fixated with the VDI numbers, I use them as a rough reference but I still go more on the tones of a target than anything else. I quickly sussed out that coins had very short and sharp signals, whilst aluminium had this smooth tone with a lot more treble, it almost sounded like the pitch was bending, other objects had their own 'tell-tale' bleeps and crackles. I came to understand at a very early age that understanding your detector inside and out is the key to being successful.Īll detectors have their own unique language and learning to understand this language is simply time spent in the field. Even if a detector only has one tone, s omething rather rare these days, you can still learn a lot from what the machine is telling you. I literally put thousands of hours of use into the detector so I started to understand what to listen for. The 1265x is a one tone machine, there's no screen displaying VDI numbers, you have to tune your ear to the subtle differences within the tone depending on what type of metal you'd detected. The handle was really comfortable, being a concentric shape it felt far better than the round handles you get on Fishers new 'F Series' detectors. The 1265x, being my first proper metal detector, felt expensive in the hands, it was sturdy, light and well balanced. I was out hunting literally hours after getting it, I had an old woodland not far from my house that I'd been given permission to search. We're going back 30 years here so I'll try to articulate my thoughts the best that I can. I'd like to start by pointing out that this isn't a review of the Fisher 1265x it's me briefly sharing my experience with the machine.