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    Display screen?

    Why is my display screen a dark redish brown color in some of the search modes?.....Coach C
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    All metal mode?

    I was wondering since prospecting was put with the rest of the discrimination modes that it might be merely zero discrimination and not a true all metal mode. I could not find the all metal mode in my menus.
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    All metal mode?

    Is prospecting a true all metal mode? If not, how do you get to the all metal mode?......Coach C
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    Two questions-(1) Bench testing (2) analysis

    Got my new V3 today. Had read all manuals previous week and looked at videos. First thing I tried was bench testing. Could not get it to quieten down. Second thing, went to test plot and tried to find items. Analysis screen did not give me any humps, only long curved lines with no width...
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    Batteries for the V3?

    Got my new V3 coming. Question - Are you able to take the batteries out of the rechargeable pack and charge them separately or do you have to use the charger that comes with the pack? Or can you use rechargeable batteries in the unit where the alkaline batteries go. I have found with my old...
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    V3 or DFX decision

    Thanks, Men.....I do appreciate all the input and that was the reason my posts were stated the way they were. I have no doubt the V3 is the machine for me. I have done a ton of reading, but today was the first time I actually turned one on to see how it works. Truly amazing machine. I'm not...
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    V3 or DFX decision

    Thanks, David.......I find by being retired and doing nothing, you don't know what time to quit. I have read over and over the manuals and the more I do, the more confused I get. I am very sure about which detector has the best features and is the best detector. I'm not so sure as to my...
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    V3 or DFX decision

    RacerX......I have been using a metal detector for over 35 years, but never had much time to devote to detecting. I am now retired and don't mind studying and learning about a detector. I never used a detector like the DFX or V3 that required so many settings and adjustments. I have had the...
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    V3 or DFX decision

    I am posting here because many of you have previously owned the DFX. I have never used a Whites detector, but am definitely going to purchase one. I have a strong hankering for the V3, but can get DFX's for half the price, which I can afford at this time. Should I wait and buy the V3 and why...
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    dig everything detector users

    When you say you dig everything, do you mean in all situations, or is this just in lower trash areas? In highly trashy areas, is it best to use the super sniper and discriminate or is it still better to dig everything?.....Coach
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    How slow can you move the coil?

    I like to search really slow, but I seem to lose depth. How slow can you move the coil in the all metal mode and still get good depth?.....Coach
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    Something new for tot lots and volleyball courts

    Starting thinking today about the depth of the sand on volleyball courts and wood chips in tot lots. The one I was at today has wood about 8 inches in most areas and the sand on the volleyball court was also this deep. Both worked out completely. Thought I would see if all metal mode might...
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    A case for cancelling out pennies and one for digging them

    Tonight I counted my clads and pennies for the past few months. I had 678 pennies. This almost 700 times I had to stop hunting and dig. What a waste of time. Today I hunted a tot lot and cancelled out pennies. Several times I got a one way bell tone that would disappear or continue one way...
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    Tried hunting for only gold rings today.

    Today I set my machine to descriminate everything below foil and everything from below pennies up. Hunted four hours and dug more pull tabs, foil and bottle caps than I have total all year. The only thing I found worth five cents were nickels. Going to keep trying at other locations until I...
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    Hunting in the pin pointing mode

    I noticed that someone mentioned hunting around metal posts in the pin point mode. When I push and hold the pin point button on my 2500, it always shows the object to be what ever was the last target identification. That is, if I hit a coin before searching around the pole, it will show...
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    Is it time to get out of the DFW immediate area?

    The way I figure it, all the old picnic groves and rural areas where coins were lost are now engulfed by the suburbs that have become large cities. Every thing I research seems to be under concrete or residential housing. Tired of searching the same parks and schools that everyone else has and...
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    Pinpointing question

    2500 machine. When I pin point, the find always seems to be a couple of inches lower or to the lower right side of where I think it should be. Question 1 - Do you place the coil on the ground or try to keep it at the same height as detecting? Question 2 - Is there a way to detune the 2500...
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    Coin hunter frustration.

    I have always considered myself purely a coin hunter with a infrequent ring find. Back in the day when you found silver at any hunting site, you could get a good coin collection and build on it. Now I am an infrequent coin finder and an infrequent ring finder. Advice please on the best...
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    Question on learning sounds

    Several posts in this forum talk about learning the sounds on your detector. I could destinquish sounds in the old days on TR's but since I started using Garrett machines I can't tell one sound from another. Question - Garrett users, can you destinquish sounds? Explain.
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    Iron bottle caps

    On my GTI 2500, old flattened bottle caps give a bell tone and read as dimes. Why would something made out of iron read as silver?
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