Fisher F44 Owner's Manual
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ACCESSORIES
Fisher
Padded Carry Bag
®
Rugged double stitched construction. Includes handy
exterior pocket for extra batteries or small accessories.
– 103693000C
Fisher
®
Camo Pouch
Camo pouch with two inside pockets, belt included
Stereo Headphones
®
Use with Fisher
metal detectors. Lightweight and adjustable with
true stereo sound, adjustable volume, 1/4 jack with 1/8 adaptor,
4' cable. – 9720950000
Metal Sand Scoop
Large galvanized metal scoop with filtering holes. Strong Rubberized grip.
– SAND SCOOP
Lesche Knife
Made from high quality heat-treated tempered steel. The ultimate digging tool.
Comes with a durable sheath. 12" in length with a 7" serrated blade.
– LESCHE KNIFE
Fisher
Baseball Cap
®
One size fits all. – FCAP
Fisher
T-Shirt
®
®
100% cotton with Fisher
Logo. Sizes: S, M, LG, XL & XXL – FTSHIRT
Replacement/Accessory Search Coils
7" Round Elliptical Accessory Coil – 7COIL-RE-F
9" Triangulated Concentric Elliptical Accessory Coil – 9COIL-EE
11" Triangulated Concentric Elliptical Replacement Coil – 11COIL-EE
Coil Covers
Specially made to protect your coil from abrasion and damage.
9" Triangulated Concentric Elliptical Coil Cover– 9COVER-EE
11" Triangulated Concentric Elliptical Coil Cover– 11COVER-EE
Rain Cover
Neoprene protective cover specially made to protect your F11 from weather – COV-F11
Neoprene protective cover specially made to protect your F22 or F44 from weather – COV-F22
Gold
Prospecting Kits
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS VISIT WWW.FISHERLAB.COM • 1-800-685-5050
MF44
.
PCH-F
OWNER'S MANUAL
Uses two AA ALKALINE batteries only.
Do not use "Heavy Duty" batteries.
Do not use ordinary Zinc Carbon batteries.
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  • Page 1 11” Triangulated Concentric Elliptical Coil Cover– 11COVER-EE Rain Cover Neoprene protective cover specially made to protect your F11 from weather – COV-F11 Neoprene protective cover specially made to protect your F22 or F44 from weather – COV-F22 Gold Prospecting Kits Uses two AA ALKALINE batteries only.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    • lways check Federal, State, County and local laws before searching. target accuracy. The F44 can be used with its default modes, or use the Custom mode to create your • Respect private property and do not enter private property without the owner’s permission.
  • Page 3: Terminology

    TERMINOLOGY TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM CAUSE SOLUTION The following terms are used throughout the manual and are standard Detector chatters, • Using detector • Use detector terminology among detectorists. beeps erratically indoors outdoors only or has low • Using detector near •...
  • Page 4: Contents Of Box

    CONTENTS OF BOX NOTES The following detector components are in the box: Headphone 4. Middle Jack Cover Stem 1. Control Housing with 2 screws 5. Lower Stem with Bolt & Knurled Knob attachment and washers 2. Armrest Assembly with 6. S-Rod Screw and Lock-Nut 3.
  • Page 5: Assembly

    CHARACTERISTICS & LIMITATIONS ASSEMBLY 1. This detector comes with a waterproof searchcoil. The searchcoil can be Tool Required: #1 Phillips Screwdriver completely submerged into water. The control housing is weatherproof • Remove the Screw from the Armrest. but cannot be submerged in water. •...
  • Page 6 Continued) Continued) ASSEMBLY MANUAL GROUND ADJUSTMENT to be inaccurate. If you stop moving the searchcoil, the bar graph will go blank. INDICATION % Fe SUSCEPTIBILITY 4 Bars -High 0.4 - 1.6 1,000 - 4,000 LOCKING COLLAR 3 Bars -Medium 0.1 - 0.4 250 - 1,000 2 Bars -Low 0.025 - 0.1...
  • Page 7: Batteries (Use Alkaline Batteries)

    Continued) GROUND CANCELATION BATTERIES The detector requires two AA batteries. We recommend ALKALINE batteries When using a metal detector the Ground Balance Error Indicator (not included). Ground Phase conditions can change Do not use ordinary “Zinc from location to location and even within Carbon”...
  • Page 8: Quick-Start Demonstration

    WHAT IS GROUND CANCELATION? QUICK-START DEMONSTRATION GROUND CANCELATION I. Supplies Needed • Nail (made of iron) • U.S. Quarter (or silver coin) • U.S. Nickel • Gold Ring • U.S. Dime • U.S. Penny, dated after 1982 (post-1982 pennies are made of Zinc) (Most newer non-U.S.
  • Page 9: The Basics Of Metal Detecting

    Continued) DEPTH & TARGET DISPLAY THE BASICS OF METAL DETECTING areas outside the U.S., these This metal detector is intended for locating buried metal objects. When categories identify coins or metal searching for metals, underground or on the surface, you have the following US.
  • Page 10: Using The Detector

    F44 was designed to allow hunting in inclement GOLD TARGETS Gold objects will weather but it was not designed to withstand submersion in water.
  • Page 11: Operation And Controls

    Continued) TARGET IDENTIFICATION OPERATION and CONTROLS See chart below for description of tones induced by different metals in different modes: Iron Gold Silver Iron Foil Nickel Alum Dime Half Dollar Jewelry Bass High High High High Coin Bass Bass Bass High High High...
  • Page 12: The Display

    THE DISPLAY TARGET IDENTIFICATION This is a motion detector. The coil must be moving for the detector to sense Target-ID Target Category Icons metal except when in Pinpoint. If you stop the coil over a metal object it will Icons will turn from outlined to solid indicating a detected target. null-out and go silent.
  • Page 13: Menu

    3. Move the searchcoil slowly across the target. The F44 has FeTone™, adjustable Iron audio, a feature to reduce the volume The target is located directly under where the sound is loudest. of iron targets to minimize user fatigue.
  • Page 14: Notch

    The Ground menu option is only available in the All Metal (A/M) Mode. In all other modes, the Ground menu option will not appear on the screen, but the To reset your F44 to the default factory settings: manual Ground setting carries over into the Jewelry, Coin, Artifact and Custom F CTORY RESET 1.

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