Newby V3'r in Fountain Inn, SC - need help!

[Krueger1010]

Anybody in the greater Greenville, SC area, I will pay for tutoring on the V3 [std coil] . I am digging up Pulltabs in "Coins" program, with narrow three color arch on the scope, with Blue on top - Red on bottom??? What am I doing wrong? I only dig about one of ten hits because of junk dips and long line arches. call: 888 666-5564

 

[Rob (IL)]

Nothing. If you don't want to dig that pull tab notch out that VDI number. If a gold ring has the same number you will just miss it. No one has shown me a way to tell a tab from a ring using the analysis screen yet. There were some posts earlier but I think they have given up. I tried a bunch of rings and tabs with Larry and I didn't see a way to do it.

Can I tell it is a nickel, dime, etc., you bet. Can I tell it's a ring or tab, No. Rob

 

[Krueger1010]

ThanX. Dig the tabs to get the rings! Simple!

 

[Rob (IL)]

Yes, if somebody can tell a ring from a tab please let me know. I could get the V3 paid off real fast. If you have certain tabs that make up most of your trash you can Disc out that number and save time. Could you miss rings, yes. At several of my sites 2 tabs make up 90% of my tabs. To save time I can disc them out. With those VDI's gone then dig the rest. Rob

 

[Krueger1010]

Ok Rob, what do you do when you get a Pulltab on a VDI 0f 93???

 

[Rob (IL)]

I can't tell you because I never did get a 93 tab? I guess I would put it in my pouch and keep detecting. Seriously you probably had multiple targets in play. A coin and a piece of junk will sound and VDI different then the coin. Two or three coins together will sound and ID differently. I wasn't there so I can't say for sure. Rob

 

[RacerX]

I get tabs that VDI really high like that when they are deep. Where do you live? High mineralization?

Best way to discriminate out those high ringing tabs is to see which line is longest in pinpoint. i.e. if green - dig. If blue or red consider leaving it. (warning, you may miss a coin or two - for me on rare occasion a coin will show red/blue)

As a side note - on really deep targets sometimes all 3 frequencies will show pretty much equal lines in pinpoint. DIG!

 

[RacerX]

p.s. The stock D2 coil is notorious for tabs and bottle caps to sound great. Depending on your soil you may consider a concentric coil.

 

[Krueger1010]

OK, I am in generally Red Clay - no minerals that I know of.... I thought Red is crap and Green is Silver and Blue is Gold. What's wrong with this?

 

[Rob (IL)]

I agree my VDI numbers shift higher on deeper targets. I can have dimes read in the low 90's but only at 8" or deeper. In my soil I don't find many tabs that deep. That's another problem with rings and tabs. For me they are both usually shallow and give the same signal. For me a 5", 21 reading would probably be a nickel because even though a 21 is usually a tab they usually aren't deep.

 

[BHNugget]

None of the colors (frequencies) are crap.Ive dug 14K with red (7.5) dominant.

 

[Aaron]

Thanks for the tip, didnt know that. I just ordered a 950 coil today. I have found DD coils hard to use in areas around my town, too much emi maybe.

 

[nw1886]

That is the first I've heard of deeper "good" targets bouncing up to the higher VDI's with a V3? (Happened with my DFX and it was a great tool to use.) Am going to have to stay aware of that as being a possible consistent "tell". Just haven't seen it yet.... but haven't had time to travel to some deeper detecting spots either.

 

[Rob (IL)]

I was talking to Anne at Whites. I asked her;
I've been working to get my V to see deeper. Is it normal to have the VDI numbers shift higher as the targets get deeper?

Her answer;
Hi Rob,
That's what I've seen.

 

[Krueger1010]

Well, I've seen the "thebeepgoeson.com" photo towards the bottom of February 2006 finds page, where he dug ["digged"] a ton of tabs.... so I guess I better be willing to do it. I'm 69 with two Titanium knees and a bad ticker, so I get fatigued easily! I'll just have to tough it out! Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig............. Or as the saying used to go > "I can dig it man!"


Photo by "thebeepgoeson.com"