Got my new VAQ today and....

[Hopskippy]

It was in the mail today, I was so excited! I've been having bad ground balancing dreams all week. I followed the manual, went through the air tests ( could not believe 20" on a silver dollar). Headed outside, started the ground balance, I had to go positive a long ways, but it finally came, a steady tone. I bout crapped, it was so easy! Put it in disc mode, went 3', hit on a penny, I'M IN LOVE !!!
Had to stop and come post about it.
When weather gets better, I'm outta here, I will post how things go.....

 

[jabbo]

Sounds good. The Vaq goes deep and ground balancing is easier than people think. I dug a wheatie at a measured 8" with the Vaq I had. Dug a girls 1972 gold HS ring 9" deep in a well hunted park. Good luck with your new toy.

 

[amcjavelin]

you will love that vaq! for sure!

 

[petersv]

nice smooth machine and a very hard worker.

 

[Hopskippy]

Was a pretty day today. I took the Vaq out for a little practice in the yard. I happen to know the ground is very trashy here. I dug the first hit, it was foil. I put it back @ 4", covered it. disc it out, tossed down a penny to hear the tone on it and continued my search. I could tell I was passing over junk, it gave a distorted signal at times, not at all as clear and pronounced as the signal on the penny. My next 6 digs were all pennies, not old, deepest about 4".Then got a strong hit on an round aluminum cap, about 2" across at 4" deep.Next 3 digs were new pennies.
As I said, I could hear some of the trash as I passed over it. I kept the disc setting low enough to allow larger trash to give off a distorted signal. That is the best way for me to describe the sound.
I plan to make a test area when it dries up enough. It is so muddy outside around here.
I never marked any spots on my disc knob because I want to wait till I get a good test bed made for a more accurate feel of the signals with actual buried items.
I had a blast today and my grand kids were loving the heck out of it. They could not believe I was pulling pennies out of the ground and telling them it sounds like a penny before we dug.
I can hardly wait for better weather !

 

[cjruger]

Love mine, dug this in the 1st month i had it about 6 inches down

 

[Hopskippy]

Very nice!
I'm learning with my Vaq now. Warmed up some today, did some testing in the test bed.
Thanks for sharing the pic of your find.