Added Depth

[Who's your Daddy]

Real helpful......njgreg.

I did what you asked ak_1234. I hit zero and the "Phase VDI" on the ground probe screen went from (+92) to (-93) and the three frequency readings with the coil on the ground were:

2.5 KHz = 177.1
7.5 KHz = 176.9
22.5 KHz = 175.8

 

[Larry (IL)]

Those numbers sound a lot better Anthony.

 

[hang7575]

Try hunting with single frequency 22.5 more stable and more depth

 

[RacerX]

Notes from a fellow highly mineralized soil hunter......

Turn that bottle cap reject off completely. Deep coins break up and will be rejected.

The hot rock setting - I'm thinking that is effecting you too? Deep coins in mineralized soil VDI really high on the V. Even deep copper pennies will VDI over 90 for me until I dig the hole. Then (with the penny still in the hole) the VDI will drop dramatically once I get that hot soil off the top of them. Nature of the beast in hot soil - get a sharper shovel to reduce dig time.

 

[Monte]

I know that when I bury a quarter for testing my machine can pick it up easily at a foot, though under normal hunt circumstances I'm generally not getting anything over 6-8", That tells me that it just isn't there. On rare occasions I find targets that deep, but when I do, the V3 picks them up quite well.

How is the ground around Salt Lake City? High mineralization will have an adverse effect on depth also.

It would be great if people would state where they are located as well when making comments about how deep they can detect a fresh-buried 25

 

[Downdeep]

Monte,
South central PA. No idea about the ground. Should mention TX boost was on, thinking back, and had gain at 12, discrim probably at 85 and using the 5kz filter. Figure ground must be pretty good to run it so hot.
Thats at my house up in the "hills" Down in the valley where I hunt near Gettysburg, the ground isn't nearly as "good."

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

I know that when I bury a quarter for testing my machine can pick it up easily at a foot, though under normal hunt circumstances I'm generally not getting anything over 6-8", That tells me that it just isn't there. On rare occasions I find targets that deep, but when I do, the V3 picks them up quite well.

How is the ground around Salt Lake City? High mineralization will have an adverse effect on depth also.

It would be great if people would state where they are located as well when making comments about how deep they can detect a fresh-buried 25

 

[Silverblooded]

Someone was saying that their V3 was okay one day and not the next. Believe it or not, even with my XLT, the weather, the humidity, lightning off in the distance, even solar flares can affect the performance of these machines.

One day last summer I was out with a friend (who had a DFX) and we couldn't for the life of us, get our machines to stop chattering. The next day we found out that there were some strong solar flares hitting earth, and hence the chattering. Another day I was out and it was humid as all hell, and a train had started going by about 1/2 mile away and I had to stop until it had fully passed because my XLT wouldn't stop jumping all over the place.

Things that you wouldn't even think about will affect the V3. Just my .02 cents worth folks.

Silver

 

[Larry (IL)]

I can see both examples being big EMI generators. Most of us are familiar with solar flares affecting communications systems, but some might not be aware that the Diesel engines in locomotives drive huge generators, not the wheels.

 

[jim tn]

Such emi producers can affect any machine. I happen to swing a F 75 and seldom experience emi problems on the sites I typically hunt, except one, which happens to be my favorite. It is near a Navy base and frequently their take off and landing patterns often puts the planes flight path right over the site and this will drive my F 75 nuts for a few seconds. Usually the problem is short, but some mornings the planes come and go every 3 or 4 minutes. HH jim tn