Neil in West Jersey
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I wanted to check out some more of the settings on the V3 this morning, but I did not have time to detect. I decided to go into my yard, which I Have hit very hard, finding more than 20 pre-1964 silver coins over the years. At this point I know where every bit of trash is so I got to try the V3 in a very controlled environment.
I took a few coins and buried one and got the expected results at different depths. Then I decided to take another coin and inserted it into the soft ground on edge. I took the V3 and swept it over the coin and got the expected jumpy VDI one would expect from a coin that is on edge. Then, I pushed the trigger forward to analysis mode and swept the coil left to right, the coin aligned horizontally with my sweep. This gave me a nice thin hump one would expect from a coin, but it was inverted.
I then moved 90 degrees and swept the coil from the other direction. This time the coin was aligned vertically against the coin. The hump was normal. I tried this from a few different angles and the results were consistent. When the coil is swept over a coin that is on edge in the soil, you will get an inverted hump if the coin is aligned horizontally with your coil sweep.
I then decided to try the V3 around some trees that I Have detected before with my DFX. I got a jumpy, but high VDI at a fairly deep 6 inches, telling me it may be a deep coin on edge. This one was out of range for the DFX. I Dug a large round plug down about 3 inches and hit a large sold tree root. After clearing the soil I swept the V3 over the root and all the bars lined up evenly. The VDI locked in at 78 at 3.5 inches, and the analysis screen screamed coin. The problem is that the root is a thick one, impossible to dig through, even with my Lesche. At this point I gave up on the recovery, but just for kicks I ran upstairs to get my DFX. Oddly enough, the VDI on the DFX is jumping from the high 60's to the high 70's and reads 4 inches. Does anyone want to make a guess if it is a penny or a dime? I may have to break out the old axe to see what lies beneath. The DFX is saying penny, the V3 seems to be saying dime.
I took a few coins and buried one and got the expected results at different depths. Then I decided to take another coin and inserted it into the soft ground on edge. I took the V3 and swept it over the coin and got the expected jumpy VDI one would expect from a coin that is on edge. Then, I pushed the trigger forward to analysis mode and swept the coil left to right, the coin aligned horizontally with my sweep. This gave me a nice thin hump one would expect from a coin, but it was inverted.
I then moved 90 degrees and swept the coil from the other direction. This time the coin was aligned vertically against the coin. The hump was normal. I tried this from a few different angles and the results were consistent. When the coil is swept over a coin that is on edge in the soil, you will get an inverted hump if the coin is aligned horizontally with your coil sweep.
I then decided to try the V3 around some trees that I Have detected before with my DFX. I got a jumpy, but high VDI at a fairly deep 6 inches, telling me it may be a deep coin on edge. This one was out of range for the DFX. I Dug a large round plug down about 3 inches and hit a large sold tree root. After clearing the soil I swept the V3 over the root and all the bars lined up evenly. The VDI locked in at 78 at 3.5 inches, and the analysis screen screamed coin. The problem is that the root is a thick one, impossible to dig through, even with my Lesche. At this point I gave up on the recovery, but just for kicks I ran upstairs to get my DFX. Oddly enough, the VDI on the DFX is jumping from the high 60's to the high 70's and reads 4 inches. Does anyone want to make a guess if it is a penny or a dime? I may have to break out the old axe to see what lies beneath. The DFX is saying penny, the V3 seems to be saying dime.
