Neil in West Jersey
New member
I was one of the first to own a V3i when it was first released and was very happy with no complaints. Last year I was wooed away by another brand with even more bells and whistles. I was never that thrilled with the new detector. I didn't think I got anymore depth than with the V3i, never used the included GPS feature, and I was afraid to really submerse it in the ocean. Additionally I did not find the target ID to be as accurate and most importantly I started developing shoulder problems. In the end, I ended up selling that detector. It took my shoulder more than 6 months to improve, using a lightweight Teknetics T2 Special Edition.
Let me say first that I really like the T2. It's a deep seeking, lightweight detector and a good deal for under $1000. But it lacks a lot of the features that I liked on the V3i. The T2 does not have any memory so it needs to be set up at each use. It also lacks the target ID capabilities of higher priced detectors like the V3i. The T2 is also very chattery which makes it hard to use in areas with homes and other sources of EMI. This really affected me earlier this week when I was asked to recover a diamond stud platinum earring. As you can see in the photo, the earring is tiny so in order to pick up the signal I had to lower the discrimination on the T2 and raise the sensitivity way up. This made it almost unbearably noisy as I was searching next to a detached garage. I eventually found the earring, but I'm not sure if the detector picked it up first or my eagle eyes. The whole time searching I was wishing I still had my V3i.
That afternoon I made a decision and now my new V3i is on its way! I'm sure I'll need to read the manual again from cover to cover and look back at some of my own posts here!
Let me say first that I really like the T2. It's a deep seeking, lightweight detector and a good deal for under $1000. But it lacks a lot of the features that I liked on the V3i. The T2 does not have any memory so it needs to be set up at each use. It also lacks the target ID capabilities of higher priced detectors like the V3i. The T2 is also very chattery which makes it hard to use in areas with homes and other sources of EMI. This really affected me earlier this week when I was asked to recover a diamond stud platinum earring. As you can see in the photo, the earring is tiny so in order to pick up the signal I had to lower the discrimination on the T2 and raise the sensitivity way up. This made it almost unbearably noisy as I was searching next to a detached garage. I eventually found the earring, but I'm not sure if the detector picked it up first or my eagle eyes. The whole time searching I was wishing I still had my V3i.
That afternoon I made a decision and now my new V3i is on its way! I'm sure I'll need to read the manual again from cover to cover and look back at some of my own posts here!
