steve herschbach
New member
This is getting to be a big problem, one that basically did not exist for me years ago. Cell phones, Bluetooth, wireless this and wireless that, EMI is everywhere and getting worse.
Detectors are radio receivers and so how to pick up that very faint target signal while excluding this blizzard of EMI is a chore for the engineers. Some detectors seem very resistant, others not so much.
I let three detectors I very much liked go away because of EMI issues. The Fisher F75, Garrett Infinium, and White's V3i. The Infinium was less an issue as it is not so much intended for urban use. The F75 I did use a lot out of town, but finally the fact it was useless in town made me let it go. The V3i in particular irritates me as I love the detector and really want to own one and use it, but I just got tired of turning it in, trying all the tuning tricks, then putting it back in the truck. It just is not worth the battle when I can just grab another detector that works just fine where the others will not.
From now on the ability to ignore or easily tune out EMI is tops on my list of requirements. I do not care how great a detector is in theory - if it will not operate in my own front yard then the heck with it. The only detectors that I give a pass are those made and marketed solely for prospecting as extreme sensitivity and remote areas define that category. But even the prospectors know about EMI and the days when you may as well turn the detector off.
All machines have EMI issues in certain times and places. But what detectors were so bad you just gave up and got rid of a detector you would otherwise have kept? If you had a detector you liked, but let go solely because of EMI issues, please take this opportunity to let people know. My goal here is not to bash or otherwise beat up on any detector or brand. But this is a serious issue and time we start making notes on it. Telling people they are not tuning their detectors right is not the answer either. I do not have to tune my cell phone properly to eliminate EMI and I am not going to fight detectors any more on this issue. They need to be designed with easy means for dealing with EMI or go back to the drawing board. At the very least, offer an anti-interference coil for models prone to EMI issues.
Detectors are radio receivers and so how to pick up that very faint target signal while excluding this blizzard of EMI is a chore for the engineers. Some detectors seem very resistant, others not so much.
I let three detectors I very much liked go away because of EMI issues. The Fisher F75, Garrett Infinium, and White's V3i. The Infinium was less an issue as it is not so much intended for urban use. The F75 I did use a lot out of town, but finally the fact it was useless in town made me let it go. The V3i in particular irritates me as I love the detector and really want to own one and use it, but I just got tired of turning it in, trying all the tuning tricks, then putting it back in the truck. It just is not worth the battle when I can just grab another detector that works just fine where the others will not.
From now on the ability to ignore or easily tune out EMI is tops on my list of requirements. I do not care how great a detector is in theory - if it will not operate in my own front yard then the heck with it. The only detectors that I give a pass are those made and marketed solely for prospecting as extreme sensitivity and remote areas define that category. But even the prospectors know about EMI and the days when you may as well turn the detector off.
All machines have EMI issues in certain times and places. But what detectors were so bad you just gave up and got rid of a detector you would otherwise have kept? If you had a detector you liked, but let go solely because of EMI issues, please take this opportunity to let people know. My goal here is not to bash or otherwise beat up on any detector or brand. But this is a serious issue and time we start making notes on it. Telling people they are not tuning their detectors right is not the answer either. I do not have to tune my cell phone properly to eliminate EMI and I am not going to fight detectors any more on this issue. They need to be designed with easy means for dealing with EMI or go back to the drawing board. At the very least, offer an anti-interference coil for models prone to EMI issues.
