I have had my V3i for about 3 weeks now. It is acting really erratic. I am hunting in the same place I have been hunting for a while. Before it was somewhat quiet, and I knew when I hit a solid signal. The VDI would also be solid. Say a clad dime coming in at 74. Now with the same settings, it is bouncing all over the place. It is rarely quiet. And it starts grunting.. then beeping no matter where I swing it. The few clad dimes I find are now coming in at a VDI of around 83. Could the coil be bad? Its really hard to detect with it acting this way... Anyone have similar things happen that may explain?
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could my machine need repair?
- Thread starter Coinstar
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Larry (IL)
Well-known member
It could be the coil, do you have, or can get another one to try? It could also be a new source of EMI, have you tried hunting away from that same place? Also if you have your frequency in SALT or Correlate mode, you will have artificially high VDI's, but the noise is usually less in those modes. Also check your gain and Sensitivity settings that they did not get turned up by mistake. That is about all I can think of right now that might be the problem.
itsaawgood
New member
I have 2 myself and one seems to be acting up also. I have switched the coils around and still seems to be the same issue....I plan on sending mine in to get checked out.
There is always a chance of equipment problems, but human error as been the trouble in many cases. It is hard to diagnose problems long distance. If the suggestions we gave are followed, it is easy to tell if it is detector, coil, or operator mistake. If it was working in the beginning, is acting erratic, and the the coil tests good, and you have a freshly loaded library program you need to make a call. But first eliminate the possible causes.
propcarver
New member
Coinstar said:
Similar problems here.
Mine was stable for about six months and then began acting up. Thought it was me for quite awhile. The day it missed a surface target was the final straw. I sent it back to the factory for a checkup. It has been about a week now. If/when I hear anything I'll let you know.
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Neither one said they were new, could have been used or old new stock from a dealer or might not have been coil problems at all. I haven't heard of new coils going bad for quite some time. I think the new V3i's have a great record of good coils and many dealers will work with you on coil selection but I sure would not trade a D2 for a 6X10...... you would be giving up 2 to 3 inches of depth.
I didn't see where that was said about the D2 coil or if it even is a hardware problem. If I was looking for depth my choice wouldn't be a 6x10 on any Whites machine. It's still a DD coil with 6" coil depth.
I hunted a cornfield this Thursday. I hunted the field in the morning and all was fine. In the afternoon, at the same site, it started falsing and VDI's were jumpy, Solution, operator error. I don't hunt with TX boost but some how it got turned on. Once that day my detector started jumpy and throwing 83's, solution, turn off the DX1, DUH!! Larry was having falsing problems and just turned his sensitivity down, Same site, different time of day, different conditions, different solution.
IMHO, it seems like the machines get better with operator experience. Of course we don't know unless there is follow up posts. Check how many times a problem is stated, then no follow up post to state the solution.
Like I said you don't have to guess if you have a bad coil. Just run the coil test. I can't remember the last time I saw a bad 10D2 coil.
Erasing the program and loading a fresh program eliminates the chance the operator made some poor entries. If you make changes you should know why you are doing it. Another example of a resent trouble post was the problem of poor pinpointing. Solution, VCO was turned off.
I hunted a cornfield this Thursday. I hunted the field in the morning and all was fine. In the afternoon, at the same site, it started falsing and VDI's were jumpy, Solution, operator error. I don't hunt with TX boost but some how it got turned on. Once that day my detector started jumpy and throwing 83's, solution, turn off the DX1, DUH!! Larry was having falsing problems and just turned his sensitivity down, Same site, different time of day, different conditions, different solution.
IMHO, it seems like the machines get better with operator experience. Of course we don't know unless there is follow up posts. Check how many times a problem is stated, then no follow up post to state the solution.
Like I said you don't have to guess if you have a bad coil. Just run the coil test. I can't remember the last time I saw a bad 10D2 coil.
Erasing the program and loading a fresh program eliminates the chance the operator made some poor entries. If you make changes you should know why you are doing it. Another example of a resent trouble post was the problem of poor pinpointing. Solution, VCO was turned off.
Well i brought my machine back to the dealer. He tested it out and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. Using his test garden my machine found a half dollar at 10 inches in the standard C&J program and my stock D2 coil. Since he couldn't replicate it. He sent me home with a loaner 5.3 coil to try in the same area to see if It still has the same issues. I haven't had time to go out.. But will do so in the next couple of days. Thanks for all the great advice!