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Hi, Ive been watching the site and trying to learn a little about my detector. I havent seen much on here about the VX3. Hopefully its a good machine because thats what I purchased. I had a DFX and a Minelab Explorer. Ive been out of detecting for awhile but decided to do it again so the VX3 was my choice. I went out with it for about an hour today to a local park in Factory settings Coin And Jewelry. I found out when the VDI reads +19 it is a nickle just about everytime. With the DFX I hardly ever found nickles. I think Im going to like this detector. My DX-1 sunray probe should be here next week.
 
Let us know how you get along with it. I'm still on the fence between a V3i and the Vx3. The nice thing is that the Vx3 is built off of a proven platform so you have none of the typical bugs of a new machine.

Good huntin'
Travis
 
The reason you don't see much is because in most cases all that is said applies to both. ROB
 
Good luck with the VX3 Steve, that is a really nice detector.
 
Congrat on your VX3 your going to like the detector.:twodetecting::cheers:
 
my only comment here is if you LIKED the DFX your are going to LOVE the VX3 you will see a big difference, enjoy it and find the good stuff..
 
Just got my V3I about 3 weeks ago. My main machine before was an explorer, since I made the switch my finds have tripled, whites seem to be a better turn on & go machine in my opinion! Good luck with your V3X
 
Thanks all for your response, I dont see anywhere in the manual where you can change the sweep speed, does anyone know if you can on the VX3?
 
No sweep speed on the V's but you can adjust the filters to your sweep speed.
 
Steve,I have had my VX3 for a couple of weeks now and really like it.The only way to alter the sweep speed
on the VX is to change the filters on it.The 5.0 band pass is for slower sweep speeds and the 12.5 is better
for faster sweep speeds.The explanation of it is on page 6-3 in the manual. Gary
 
Thanks Gary , I"ll check it out on my next hunt
 
"Sweep Speed" was old nomenclature that oversimplified to the point of not giving a full understanding of adjustments. This new way of naming things is much "truer" to what these adjustments do and how they interact with each other. Mo betta.
 
The "Sweep speed" on the DFX was a little misleading and actually had little to do with how fast you swing the coil. It was more of a filter fine tune adjustment which is covered in the V series by the broad selection of filters.
 
sopg1155 said:
Steve,I have had my VX3 for a couple of weeks now and really like it.The only way to alter the sweep speed
on the VX is to change the filters on it.The 5.0 band pass is for slower sweep speeds and the 12.5 is better
for faster sweep speeds.The explanation of it is on page 6-3 in the manual. Gary
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Not to disagree with you, but it seems the recovery delay is much more important regarding sweep speed. The manual simplifies that as mineralization is the most important thing imo regarding filters. I have heavily tested this (in low ground mineralization - so I can't speak for the higher filters). I'd first match my filters to the ground mineralization (but still try to use that 5 filter where I could as it's the deepest - even with moderate mineralization I have heard). You can swing pretty quick with the 5 filter and get great depth, just set your recovery delay correctly. But, I've heard (not tested) that swinging slower with a high filter won't work.

To do the above as effectively as possible, just bury a coin at 6" to 9" (depending on your mineralization, shallower for higher mineralization) and find which filter works best. Sometimes theory doesn't match what we find practically.

EMS
 
you are correct EMS. Setting the recovery delay in this dirt can make all the difference in a good hunt and a great hunt. The 5.0 filter is Steve's best choice for our dirt, we are in the same town! I generally run my V3i around 75-80 if I'm in clean ground. For park style hunting setting the RD to 45-55 will increase your finds. Our minerals are moderate and very low concentrations, not really a problem at all. I do like the 7.5 band filter as well, but Steve doesn't have that choice with the Vx3. Resetting will allow him to utilize a moderate swing speed and not worry about missing too much.

John London
Amarillo, Texas
 
jalon said:
you are correct EMS. Setting the recovery delay in this dirt can make all the difference in a good hunt and a great hunt. The 5.0 filter is Steve's best choice for our dirt, we are in the same town! I generally run my V3i around 75-80 if I'm in clean ground. For park style hunting setting the RD to 45-55 will increase your finds. Our minerals are moderate and very low concentrations, not really a problem at all. I do like the 7.5 band filter as well, but Steve doesn't have that choice with the Vx3. Resetting will allow him to utilize a moderate swing speed and not worry about missing too much.

John London
Amarillo, Texas
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John, thanks for the confirmation.

I'm curious, what is the strength and the VDI of your ground and do you have much iron? I'm asking because I'm trying to understand correlate better and wonder if you might have tried running it? (It seems correlate is for mineralized ground and ground with iron contamination - the latter of which I have lots of.) I can't really say yet, but I was leaning towards using higher recovery delays when running correlate but I really wonder if that is necessary. I run the stock coil at around 90 RD and the 6X10 at 45 ish. I have run both much lower with success though. My ground VDI is around -92 to -93.

Thx,
EMS
 
EMS, My vdi is -91 to -93 aand the percentages are around 2.5 to 3.0. The three frequency's have a phase angle of around 172 or 173 degrees with very little deviation. Yes, we do have a fair amount of iron, but not like yours. we don't have big iron junk so much as leached iron from fill dirt. I use Majic's program with my own settings for sensitivity and RD. The #5 tone is super for letting you know how much small iron is in the soil. Our's clicks constantly, but it's not a real bother. In residential yards, I run the RD at 75-85 if the yard is clean. If heavy trash, I will drop down to 55 or less and adjust my speed accordingly. I like to run the 7.5 filter, but do use the 5.0 as well. Usually it's a toss up on depth between the two.
John London
 
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