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Another Equinox VDI chart...
- Thread starter sgoss66
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Metal Dictator
New member
Does the modern square tab ring up at a 13 like a nickel or does it hit at least one vdi up at a 14? I know more vdi stability can be achieved through having fewer vdi's (40 I believe for the equinox) but I'd like to have enough vdi's to spread a square tab apart from a nickel by at least one digit. The CTX has its VDI's spread across 50 conductive VDI's and that is about as few as I'd like to see on a detector. Just wondering as I am interested in the equinox. Most things about it look appealing to me so far. Nice work on the VDI chart.
mrmetaldetector
New member
I wonder if the Equinox VDI numbers are the same on both the 600 and 800.
I also wonder if the VDI numbers will change according to the frequencies/combined frequencies used?
I wonder if Minelab has a vdi chart they put out?
Thanks for posting the chart.
Jessie
I also wonder if the VDI numbers will change according to the frequencies/combined frequencies used?
I wonder if Minelab has a vdi chart they put out?
Thanks for posting the chart.
Jessie
sgoss66
Well-known member
Metal Dictator,
There are SO many types of tabs out there; for me, whether it was with my Explorer, my CTX, or the new Equinox, the different types really span a wide range from just above nickel, to just below zinc cent. With that said, though, there are VERY FEW that hit RIGHT AT the nickel number, on my old Explorers or my CTX...though one VERY prevalent variety hits JUST above nickel. So far, a couple of short hunts with the Equinox reveal the same thing. VERY few of them dug right at the nickel "13" ID. I think I dug one or two that bounced between 13 and 14, but only ONE did I dig as a solid 13, and it was bent on one end, which is probably why. Otherwise, 14, and above, is where they hit. Lots of them at 14. FWIW, a moderate depth Jefferson I dug was a solid 13 in the dirt; the Buffalo nickel that was a tad deeper, 6-7", was a 13, with an occasional bounce down to 12. SO -- I think square/rectangular tabs can be generally said to hit just above the nickel "13" number. Likewise, beaver tails ring at 11 or 12, just below the nickel "13."
mrmetaldetector --
ID numbers are the same on the 600 and 800. And, while I haven't tested it personally (I've hunted exclusively in multi-frequency so far), others doing testing have noted that ID values are stable across all frequencies, including multi-freq, and across all modes.
Steve
There are SO many types of tabs out there; for me, whether it was with my Explorer, my CTX, or the new Equinox, the different types really span a wide range from just above nickel, to just below zinc cent. With that said, though, there are VERY FEW that hit RIGHT AT the nickel number, on my old Explorers or my CTX...though one VERY prevalent variety hits JUST above nickel. So far, a couple of short hunts with the Equinox reveal the same thing. VERY few of them dug right at the nickel "13" ID. I think I dug one or two that bounced between 13 and 14, but only ONE did I dig as a solid 13, and it was bent on one end, which is probably why. Otherwise, 14, and above, is where they hit. Lots of them at 14. FWIW, a moderate depth Jefferson I dug was a solid 13 in the dirt; the Buffalo nickel that was a tad deeper, 6-7", was a 13, with an occasional bounce down to 12. SO -- I think square/rectangular tabs can be generally said to hit just above the nickel "13" number. Likewise, beaver tails ring at 11 or 12, just below the nickel "13."
mrmetaldetector --
ID numbers are the same on the 600 and 800. And, while I haven't tested it personally (I've hunted exclusively in multi-frequency so far), others doing testing have noted that ID values are stable across all frequencies, including multi-freq, and across all modes.
Steve
Metal Dictator
New member
Thank you, that's the information I was looking for. That one very prevalent tab was the one I was speaking of. The rest of the tabs don't bother me too much. If there is one VDI number difference most of the time between it and the nickel on the equinox then that is good enough.
wisconsinwalter
New member
thanks for the chart