Custom Coin Program

[craigV3]

I am new to the sport and new to the V3. I have a V3 vision and use the coin program exclusively! I have found over 150 coins in 5 days and really enjoy using the V3. The reason for this post is....I tried the deep silver program andjust about lost my hearing from all the different tones and volumes...is there a custom program out there that will avoid detecting trash and pick up more metals and rings other than just coins....please help

 

[RacerX]

Being a beginner avoid the deep silver program for now. I'd also avoid any "custom" programs right now. Most are too noisy for a beginner. Ease into the hotter programs by using coin and jewelry and when you are getting used to that start cranking up the sensitivity (not RX gain unless your hearing is bad). The move onto hi-pro. Once you've mastered that - then start thinking custom programs.

Side note: In my opinion simple coin is too mild even for the beginner. Reserve that program for hunting places where you're only trying to get modern coins and lots of them.

 

[craigV3]

Excellent! Coin and jewelry it is!! I am off work in 3 hours and I'll be heading out again tonight....snow is in the forecast so I have to take advantage of the thawed ground for now...Thanks for your help!! SEMPER FI

 

[njgreg]

or try the high pro

 

[Jason in TN]

Coin and jewlery program is what you want. If you are after gold rings you are going to have to dig pulltabs and foil.

Jason

 

[nw1886]

Doing a jewelry hunt can be a lot of work but it twends to be the one type of hunting that actually can stay fairly consistent in producing for you. Dig tight VDI's and pay attention to what each kind of trash target's info is. Dig volumes of the stuff and you will be rewarded with the good finds. The biggest thing you can do to cut back on volume of junk is to hunt "secondary" areas and learn to enjoy predicting what type of garbage stuff you are about to dig. Odds get a lot better eventually. There is a lot of jewelry out there and a big percentage of detectorists are way too coin oriented. Fun days ahead to ya'! The V is a monster with jewelry.

 

[craigV3]

Thanks for all of the help! I still have not found any rings, but I have been working alot lately as well.....I can understand how the "coin" attraction can be so addictive...I have found over $20.00 in under three days and the majority of those have been pennies and dimes... my g/f is hoping I will fond something more valuable than the average U.S. modern coin...I am too!! You guys be safe and have fun out there! Thanks again! If you ever venture to Michigan, give me a hollar.

 

[Larry (IL)]

I have to agree 100% with you on that nw. I'm one of those that are addicted to the "old silver syndrome". My goal is to work on a gold ring program this winter and spend more time hunting tabs and rings next year. I think the V3 would be fantastic in the gold range and with some experience, I hope to find a way to better my trash to ring ratio.

 

[RacerX]

I think the V3 would be fantastic in the gold range and with some experience, I hope to find a way to better my trash to ring ratio.

Me too! I'm digging more gold range targets when 22.5 is the dominant freq on pinpoint but no gold rings yet. I will say in my short time with the V, I've found more silver rings than I have in 10 years with the XLT. I can't figure out why??? Maybe just some kind of weird fluke but I get a silver ring more often than not when I go out.

 

[Captain Leno]

I'm playing with a 22.5 normalize off VDI accept +1 to +25 program just for the sake of finding gold jewelry.. when and if I get real comfortable with it I will post my results and method to my madness....
I too believe that there is LOTS of jewelry out there being walked over due to Fear of Alluminum Slaw...
Wish me luck


Carry on

 

[BHNugget]

Me too! I'm digging more gold range targets when 22.5 is the dominant freq on pinpoint but no gold rings yet.[/quote]

You might watch that a little bit.The only gold ring I found with my V so far came in at 48 VDI but the 7.5 was the dominant frequency when it was in the ground.Im thinking that 14K or lower might hit harder on the 7.5 frequency.
Of course I think I may have a coil problem too,but something to watch for.

 

[nw1886]

It just slays me that 7.5 is strongest on so many ring finds! I went through a huge batch of rings at work. Put them all under the coil and not one came in strongest on 7.5! I still dig VDI based anyway but just had so many scrap rings to "get solid info" and it just didn't hold up.

 

[Larry (IL)]

That is not good news on my idea. Have any idea why the rings would air test at 22.5 but in the ground finds were 7.5 being the strongest?

 

[Taterhead]

I have found this when testing gold rings on the ground over fairly highly mineralized ground. The dominant 7.5 frequency appeared in pinpoint mode, I did not use analyze mode in search frequency but can try that when my V3 comes back from whites. Additionally, I noticed that the the same ring, a small ring which I would have expected to show in the low to mid teens on the VDI scale, showed up in the mid 20s. It was 14k gold. Of course, I know that gold can show up anywhere from the single digits to the 50s depending on a variety of factors, including size and composition.

I am wondering if ground mineralization or interference from other objects nearby could impact frequency response? It seems to be able to cause VDI shift, maybe it could impact frequency response as well?

The village idiot,

Nugget