optimistic
New member
Hello. I purchased a spectra v3i this week. It looks like a great, but complicated machine. The battery charger or rechargeable pack is bad. My dealer is contacting White's Monday morning to get this resolved.
I consider myself a novice when it comes to md. I have used another brand and that was many years ago. Technology has changed a LOT from then to now. So, I wanted a detector that would be great for old home sites as well as the beach. I live in NC so the beach is a salt water beach and I know that the v3i has a salt beach program. But....I thought I would read the manual, watch the dvd and test it out. I am have trouble picking up coins in damp play sand in the back yard. If I had not had a white string tied to the coin in some cases, I would have never found it. I was using the cj program with this test. Then, I got some really good tones and the vdi numbers were 65 to 87 (+). I thought I had finally found a target. NO, a tree root at 6 inches. This seems to be a big problem for me, because I found several tree roots and they were at the approximate depth the machine projected the target to be.
1. What am I doing wrong?
2. I have been reading the forum for a while. I wanted to program Magic's suggested program in my v3i. I have most of the information entered, but I do not no how to set the tones, or band filter and recovery speed. What program should I start with to set this up or is there a template to enter information into?
I hope to learn a lot from you all, as I have already learned a great deal back reading posts from way back until now. Thanks for any help that you can offer.
I consider myself a novice when it comes to md. I have used another brand and that was many years ago. Technology has changed a LOT from then to now. So, I wanted a detector that would be great for old home sites as well as the beach. I live in NC so the beach is a salt water beach and I know that the v3i has a salt beach program. But....I thought I would read the manual, watch the dvd and test it out. I am have trouble picking up coins in damp play sand in the back yard. If I had not had a white string tied to the coin in some cases, I would have never found it. I was using the cj program with this test. Then, I got some really good tones and the vdi numbers were 65 to 87 (+). I thought I had finally found a target. NO, a tree root at 6 inches. This seems to be a big problem for me, because I found several tree roots and they were at the approximate depth the machine projected the target to be.
1. What am I doing wrong?
2. I have been reading the forum for a while. I wanted to program Magic's suggested program in my v3i. I have most of the information entered, but I do not no how to set the tones, or band filter and recovery speed. What program should I start with to set this up or is there a template to enter information into?
I hope to learn a lot from you all, as I have already learned a great deal back reading posts from way back until now. Thanks for any help that you can offer.