SandPhantom
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Seen a lot of posts about falsing from new V users. As a new user myself who is getting used to the V and had this issue, here is something to check:
Coming from minelabs I thought the V was a chatter box. Well, to my suprise after going through and setting the custom settings to my liking I realized something. I realized that what I thought was falsing and chatter was real targets(just not silver and gold, lots of pulltabs that registered high on the 22.5 Khz or high on the 2.5khz). I realized this after setting my tones to an audible setting in groups to get my attention when I passed over a target. I also turned tones off on the VDI''s I dont want to hear instead of discriminating.
The targets were at different depths and sometimes due to the trashy areas I hunt, there was separate targets stacked at different depths. When I slowed down and dug,it became clear and I realized my issue. It wasn't my DD coil and it wasn't EMI. It was my V doing what it was designed to do, find stuff. It seen targets at depths that I wasn't used to but sounded on the first and sometimes the second but there where more stacked under the coil. After reading forums and taking notes and reading the manual and taking notes. I went through and made changes that helped me with my likes of detecting. Before I did this my Rx was at 1 or 2. Now I can turn the V on and detect at 10 or greater with a Disc at mid 80 and greater.
Another thing I noticed which may be good or bad, who knows? I don't ground balance as much during a hunt. Usually, once. I have this bad-boy now as a turn on and go detector. Now I begin to try new programs and see what small changes do.
I'm at this point due to the fact I stayed with one program and made small changes and tested until I understood what was going on. I dug the noise that I associated with being a faulty V or coil.
Every time I dug there was something there. You MUST decide to adjust the tones or turn off the VDI or turn the tone off for the item that is giving you hell! This can only be done by you and your preferences for what you are after....in my opinion. I still get a lot of targets registering. The beauty is that I have them set custom to what I want to hear when I get annoying VDI's but cant take them out due to being in the range of the prime targets I seek.
I'm not a pro or one to offer advice. But, I see a lot of posts on falsing and this is my experience and after some tweaking and digging I wanted to share what I found. It may be right or wrong, it works for me and may explain something to help you.
My thoughts on this were sparked by going from a trash area to an area with no trash and what became apparent was the V became quiet and had me checking to make sure my headphone batteries were good or if the machine was even on.
Coming from minelabs I thought the V was a chatter box. Well, to my suprise after going through and setting the custom settings to my liking I realized something. I realized that what I thought was falsing and chatter was real targets(just not silver and gold, lots of pulltabs that registered high on the 22.5 Khz or high on the 2.5khz). I realized this after setting my tones to an audible setting in groups to get my attention when I passed over a target. I also turned tones off on the VDI''s I dont want to hear instead of discriminating.
The targets were at different depths and sometimes due to the trashy areas I hunt, there was separate targets stacked at different depths. When I slowed down and dug,it became clear and I realized my issue. It wasn't my DD coil and it wasn't EMI. It was my V doing what it was designed to do, find stuff. It seen targets at depths that I wasn't used to but sounded on the first and sometimes the second but there where more stacked under the coil. After reading forums and taking notes and reading the manual and taking notes. I went through and made changes that helped me with my likes of detecting. Before I did this my Rx was at 1 or 2. Now I can turn the V on and detect at 10 or greater with a Disc at mid 80 and greater.
Another thing I noticed which may be good or bad, who knows? I don't ground balance as much during a hunt. Usually, once. I have this bad-boy now as a turn on and go detector. Now I begin to try new programs and see what small changes do.
I'm at this point due to the fact I stayed with one program and made small changes and tested until I understood what was going on. I dug the noise that I associated with being a faulty V or coil.
Every time I dug there was something there. You MUST decide to adjust the tones or turn off the VDI or turn the tone off for the item that is giving you hell! This can only be done by you and your preferences for what you are after....in my opinion. I still get a lot of targets registering. The beauty is that I have them set custom to what I want to hear when I get annoying VDI's but cant take them out due to being in the range of the prime targets I seek.
I'm not a pro or one to offer advice. But, I see a lot of posts on falsing and this is my experience and after some tweaking and digging I wanted to share what I found. It may be right or wrong, it works for me and may explain something to help you.
My thoughts on this were sparked by going from a trash area to an area with no trash and what became apparent was the V became quiet and had me checking to make sure my headphone batteries were good or if the machine was even on.
