1st Silver with V3i

[Sataro]

Decided to sneak a little hunt time in before dark. Luckily there is an old community center about a mile from me. My main reason that I wanted to hunt was to figure out how to change the settings on the V3i. I had hunted this past weekend & I was not used to the way this detector was configured. I bought it used so it had the program's modified already. I was not used to hearing the different tones going off. I decided I wanted to set the coin & jewelry program back to the factory setting. It would have been easier if I had read the instructions first but I'm bad about not reading, just trial & error method. Got the detector reprogrammed & started hunting. Only had about 20 minutes before it got dark. Dug a few trash items & then I got a nice bip. VDI & icon locked on quarter signal. Each way I turned, signal stayed locked on. Depth read 6 1/2". Started digging & out came my first silver for 2016. I'm probably loosing some depth by taking off the hot modifications but I feel I need to take time to learn this machine & gradually add my own mods as I learn what works for me.

 

[msareborn]

Great find! I like to take the sensitivity setting on the factory coin and jewelry program and crank it up a bit. Probably at about 10 on factory settings, and I like it up at about 13. Easy change. I t will all depend on what kind of EMI your experiencing at the time.

 

[Sataro]

Great find! I like to take the sensitivity setting on the factory coin and jewelry program and crank it up a bit. Probably at about 10 on factory settings, and I like it up at about 13. Easy change. I t will all depend on what kind of EMI your experiencing at the time.

Thanks for the tip. I will look into that.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Congrats on the standing liberty....

 

[JNimons]

Congratulations on the SLQ....one of my favorite coins to dig

 

[CBAILEY IN GA]

sweet looking quarter, congrats.

 

[shafer44]

Great find. You will like the V3i, it has so many bells and whistles that it is very confusing, but once you get the basics down, and load your live menu with all the frequent things that you want to change for each site, then it becomes easier to use. I have had mine for 2-1/2 yrs now and I am still learning things about it, but it is a very good detector and it gives me a lot of confidence in finding targets. Now, if I only had good places to find those targets.

 

[Sataro]

Great find. You will like the V3i, it has so many bells and whistles that it is very confusing, but once you get the basics down, and load your live menu with all the frequent things that you want to change for each site, then it becomes easier to use. I have had mine for 2-1/2 yrs now and I am still learning things about it, but it is a very good detector and it gives me a lot of confidence in finding targets. Now, if I only had good places to find those targets.

Thanks shaver44 for this info. Reading everything that I can. Did not realize that I could load the live menu. Thought what was there was what I was stuck with.