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DFX vs V3i

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How much better is the V3i than the DFX in the pre set programs? Is the V3i better around iron? Or can it be made better around iron? The area that I hunt is full of old lumber camps, logging railroads, saw mills (steam and water wheel powered) and old homesteads from the early to mid 1800's through the 1920's. Trying to find good targets like coins is tough most of the time. Axe heads and horse/oxen shoes are everywhere. And of course large flat washers and other various large iron objects.. The DFX v.i.d.'s all of them, axe heads, horse shoes ect., like good targets. Most hunting, when I can, is done in a program that Larry from ILL. posted for the DFX a while back. I also use a 10'' DD coil on the DFX. I still find some good targets, but just reading your posts on the V3i makes me wonder if there would be an advantage in buying one. And of course, I do hunt the fields and wooded areas around these places.
 
The V3i is MUCH better than the DFX, those of us who moved up never looked back. The V can be made to accept or reject most iron and you can even assign different tones to to the entire VDI range including the iron. The program I did for the DFX was QUITE a while back......... 2007.........:biggrin: I use the Hi Pro on the V3i and it is very close to Larry's Program for the DFX in functionality BUT there is SO much more you can do with the V3i and it goes quite a bit deeper too. I think it would be a smart move for you.
 
I went from a DFX to a V3i and it is two different worlds. You can look around here and specifically look at the folks who are using it in Europe (Lot's of ground history there.) and iron can mostly all be seen for what it is (and with experience even most of those exceptions). There is a curve to learning the V3i, but even if you have moderate understanding of the DFX machine, the curve will be shorter for you than most.
 
I have never used a DFX but I have read quite a few posts from people who have had the DFX and now have the V3i and the vast majority said the V3i was easier to use and better. I almost bought a DFX way back when and read the manual a few times. I can say the V3i was quite easy for me to pick up on and I've never had a complicated machine before. The technology and programming is just so far ahead on the V3i. Interesting tidbit I read, the DFX was always in salt mode, no choice. With the V3i it's an option. I believe the same was true for correlate being locked at a specific setting with the DFX, someone correct me if I'm wrong here. Now, if you think of iron and correlate, right there is a potentially huge advantage for the V3i.

nw1886 - How do you run in iron? I am in N
 
Thanks for all the answers. Still haven't decided yet, but its eating at me pretty hard. I think you know what I mean.

Just got back from a spot ( 5 minutes from my house ) where a caboose jumped off a trestle in Nov.1890. Left the trestle and plunged twenty feet to the ground, caught fire and burned the trestle down. Lots of iron there also.

Again, thanks for the replies.
 
I saw a good deal on a VX3 in the classifieds.
 
I have no one way to run audio for iron. If I am in nasty stuff I run 5 tone, lower sensitivities as low as 7,8,9 (decent depth for me) and smaller coil. In the more open ground 0 tone with slightly higher threshold volume. Found a hearing aid awhile back all because of assigning tones, lowering sensitivities, and knowing it's signature....all in impossible iron. Used 0 tone for large iron and 5 tone with all other iron/quarter tone for the device itself (-93 and -94). It was quiet and crisp. Appreciate all your work EMS (as it has helped me already) and so glad you are learning this box so smoothly. I assure you....I'd be having a tough time in what you are hunting, and bet you'll learn the patterns Bro!
 
Go with the V3i and do not look back. :twodetecting::whites::thumbup:
 
I have a DFX and V3i, the DFX for me was not a very user friendly machine. I read Jeff Fosters book 50 times to learn the thing inside and out but just could not get any depth out of it. Now comes my V3, it was a snap to adapt to coming from the DFX. I am very pleased with the V. It is a lot more user friendly to operate and can do a lot more to make it fit your particular style and type of hunting. Plus, the DFX is old technology now... I would hands down recommend the V3i or VX3.
 
I moved from the DFX to the V3i and after getting settings to suit me have found it outshines the DFX in sensitivity and depth. Out last Sunday on farmland stubble and picked up 12 coins in one session.A record for me on farmland! (mostly copper and blank, but still coins!) Not getting rid of the DFX though. It will serve as a back up or loaner!!
 
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