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How does Spectra V3 compare to the DFX on depth penetration?

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Beepin Rick

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I would like to know how the Spectra V3 compares to the DFX on depth penetration. If someone could give me an honest comparison ( no fish stories) I would appreciate it. I will be honest if this machine does not go at least 40% deeper than the DFX I would not be the least bit interested in buying one for that price.
 
You won't get 40% better depth over a well tuned (and understood) DFX. Having said that....I'd never go back to a DFX (as primary) because the V has proven to be way more versatile and easier for me least (TX boost would probably get you closer to that 40% mark but you can't use it 100% of the time.)

No machine will gain you 40% over a "well oiled" DFX though. JMHO
 
I have found my V3 to be just as deep as my Explorer on the Items the Explorer is good at ( mainly higher conductors ) The V3 kicks explorer butt on lower conductors though. No comparison what so ever.

The DFX can be adjusted many ways as the V3. With a badly adjusted V3 against a perfectly adjusted DFX maybe you lose depth. The other way around, Yes 40% can be obtained, no question about it.
 
Very interesting, I have theorized for a while now that the Explorer was missing a lot of deep low conductive objects based on a very low number of recovered Liberty and Buffalo nickels compared to the number of Barber coins and IH cents. I thought to myself 'Wow if White's could develop a machine that could go this deep with the way it's set up I could clean up on those low conductive targets'. My question now is do you have to make all kinds of adjustments and experimenting with different programs to get the depth ( been down that road with the DFX) or are the adjustments more simplified and straight forward with the V3? Thanks!
 
The V3 can be set up find deep higher conductors as deep as explorer, and it can be set up to find lower conductors deeper then Explorer. All in the same detector. But to get the best of both You may need to use two different programs. However it will be deeper then explorer on low conductors in any program that has the 22.5 in use.

The explorer is not very good on low conductors. That is obvious to the most people that have used them and atleast one detector that is good on low conductors.

As You have noticed and many before you. However, few bring it to the forums.
 
Stock coils?
v3 is 2 or so inches better. I buried a quarter at 9 inches on its side. Couldn't hit it with the dfx and stock coil. V3 hits pretty good.
Used a 10x14" Accelerator on the dfx and it goes as deep as the v3 with using the d2 on the v3 and was very stable
One thing with the v3 is being able to tell the difference between targets and good targets vs. bad ones better.
Tried the new DD excelerator 15x12 butterfly coil on the v3 and never noticed enough difference to justify it.

You get what you pay for. I would rather spend the valuable time detecting with something I know is giving me any edge I can have.
DFX did great for me but the Spectra is overall a better machine.
So if you want 40% gain. don't get the v3.
If you have a dfx, look into the 10x14" coil. I really liked that coil with that machine.
 
It is always a challenge trying to guess if a detector is not detecting deep. You can try to simulate buried coins, but a freshly buried coin will not respond the same way as an old coin beneath the surface. This was the case with my V3 after "trading up" from a DFX. I was not really sure if the V3 was detecting as deep as my DFX had been. My DFX had found coins more than a foot deep, with dimes being detected at 10 inches.

I finally figured it out for sure one day in my own yard. The V3 detected a dime that I had missed with the DFX. It was about 8 inches, possibly on edge. Maybe that is why the DFX missed it, but the V3 nailed it loud and clear using the 950 coil.

For more details check out the post from a few weeks back: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1177219,1177219#msg-1177219
 
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