Low-Boy/LCPM
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Got hold of a V3i and I didn't think I was going to like it but a friend left it with me and said see if you can find out how this works. I tired a lot of forum programs to no avail. But I had a DFX a long time ago that I didn't like but learned it. So I started to read and watch videos and read more and some forum members helped me. I created a program using about half of what you can use on the V3i to program it.
Took it out to a school and started to see what the machine could do. I was very happy that I could run it a bit hot and fast not as fast as the G2 but good enough. It was very deep. I dug a small thin silver fan at about 9 inches and rings at 3-10 inches and in my ground that is really good. It did false from time to time but that is the trade off when running a detector hot. I did find after almost the end of the day that smaller silver runs at a lower VDI. Small silver was in the 60s and I did find a war nickle and it hit at about 59 because of the silver in the coin.
I had an easy time telling clad from crown caps and that made for over $15.00 in clad coins for about four hours of hunting. The more I tried to understand the expert menu the more I grew tired of trying to grasp what I was reading even with Carl's expert guide. I was more interested in the filters and used a 10 for mid to high minerals in the Calif ground. I also understand that can effect your depth along with your sweep speed or recovery speed. I think that is cool but I could not hunt in the lower filter because we don't have the best dirt in our area.
But when all is said and done I would have to learn how to assign VDI tones to the targets I wanted to be alerted to. So a great forum member is helping me to understand how to do that. And I am interested in mixed mood but don't know if that will be a bit deeper? There are a lot of things you can program but I also think there are not as many changes you need to make from a preset program to make it work better for you. I would guess some of the users don't dig really deep into this machine and I would think if you take your time then you can keep learning more. But thank God for the forum so can pick your brains for info!
I know this machine is a great school and park hunter but would have to see what it can do for relic hunting in high iron/trash. I guess the smaller coil would be better? But this machine is built like a tank and even no it is over 4lbs it is really balanced and I can swing it for hours with no soreness.
Took it out to a school and started to see what the machine could do. I was very happy that I could run it a bit hot and fast not as fast as the G2 but good enough. It was very deep. I dug a small thin silver fan at about 9 inches and rings at 3-10 inches and in my ground that is really good. It did false from time to time but that is the trade off when running a detector hot. I did find after almost the end of the day that smaller silver runs at a lower VDI. Small silver was in the 60s and I did find a war nickle and it hit at about 59 because of the silver in the coin.
I had an easy time telling clad from crown caps and that made for over $15.00 in clad coins for about four hours of hunting. The more I tried to understand the expert menu the more I grew tired of trying to grasp what I was reading even with Carl's expert guide. I was more interested in the filters and used a 10 for mid to high minerals in the Calif ground. I also understand that can effect your depth along with your sweep speed or recovery speed. I think that is cool but I could not hunt in the lower filter because we don't have the best dirt in our area.
But when all is said and done I would have to learn how to assign VDI tones to the targets I wanted to be alerted to. So a great forum member is helping me to understand how to do that. And I am interested in mixed mood but don't know if that will be a bit deeper? There are a lot of things you can program but I also think there are not as many changes you need to make from a preset program to make it work better for you. I would guess some of the users don't dig really deep into this machine and I would think if you take your time then you can keep learning more. But thank God for the forum so can pick your brains for info!
I know this machine is a great school and park hunter but would have to see what it can do for relic hunting in high iron/trash. I guess the smaller coil would be better? But this machine is built like a tank and even no it is over 4lbs it is really balanced and I can swing it for hours with no soreness.