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Only with the v3i..... 1946 Silver half in nails

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burlbark

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I was taken to a local out of the way hunting spot by a gracious friend of mine. He had hunted this place 4 time in the past with I assume his mxt. It had been detected hard over the years. I was swinging low and slow and got a hi vdi that broke up. My discrimination is at 79 and all metal at 80 running the gain at 15. I was running three frequency, with locktrac. 5.0hz on the band pass and recovery delay set at 40. SAT is at 2.

It gave me me a broken vdi because of the nails next to it, I was however able to use the pinpoint feature and see that the 2.5 frequency was hitting strong and that there where 2 targets. It ranged from 79-85 and then the iron would jump it around. At a depth of 4".
 
That is the way it is done. Congratulations, she is a beauty.
 
Excellent ID on the coin, I had a similar situation with a copper wire covering a clad 50 cent piece the V3 is really exceptional at helping find those really hard targets. I almost walked away, but curiosity got the best of me and I dug it. I think this is a good lesson in what digging those iffies can turn out to be.
 
[size=large]Great find[/size]. I have a question.

What's your reason for SAT=2?

Also why the higher RX and lower Disc?

You didn't say what program you were running.
 
I'll alway's remember finding a Franklin Half amongst an array of sprinkler heads.....not as it first seemed! What is that mintmark?
 
rcasio44 said:
[size=large]Great find[/size]. I have a question.

What's your reason for SAT=2?

Also why the higher RX and lower Disc?

You didn't say what program you were running.
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I have the sat set at 2 because of trial and error. This has been the best setting for me, I have gotten quite used to all the noise. I shouldnt have included this setting as it had no bearing on the find. Generally it is set lower when you have less mineralization and are in all metal mode or mixed metal.

I was using my own version of coin and jewelery.

I find my detector is more stable with my disc set where I have it. If I crank it up to 90 (like in deep silver)I will hit to many positive signals in high trash environments. My rx is turned up that high to allow deeper pinpointing. i use this feature allot when searching signals around known iron targets.

Disc is not discriminate. It is a measure of intensity when identifying/separation of targets. So if it is to high it can lead to falsing in square nail environments. I spent months digging square nails before I changed and lowered this setting. Where my detector is set may not be the optimum for depth but it is very good at separation and has found quarters at 10" in a bed of nails.
 
WTG Man with that 1/2 with the nail???? Say what dos the SAT do???? Mickfin
 
nw1886 said:
I'll alway's remember finding a Franklin Half amongst an array of sprinkler heads.....not as it first seemed! What is that mintmark?
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It is a San Francisco mint mark.
 
mickfin said:
WTG Man with that 1/2 with the nail???? Say what dos the SAT do???? Mickfin
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Sat is self adjusting threshold. It is for all metal modes and allows the detector to recognize small and large targets nearby each other. It can also help immensely in highly mineralized ground when in all metal mode.
 
What works for you is what is important. The reason I asked what program you where using was to see if you were running a mixed mode program. I understand the faster RD 40 in trash and I understand the AM 80 for deeper pinpointing. I also understand that the Disc 79 would also make the detector less sensitive to the small foil etc. When I'm in heavy trash I usually turn my RX lower.

I would like you to explain your Sat=2 theory. What do you think it is doing to work the best for you? SAT isn't working in pinpoint and you aren't hunting in AM in the C/J program. I'm always trying to learn more.
 
rcasio44 said:
What works for you is what is important. The reason I asked what program you where using was to see if you were running a mixed mode program. I understand the faster RD 40 in trash and I understand the AM 80 for deeper pinpointing. I also understand that the Disc 79 would also make the detector less sensitive to the small foil etc. When I'm in heavy trash I usually turn my RX lower.

I would like you to explain your Sat=2 theory. What do you think it is doing to work the best for you? SAT isn't working in pinpoint and you aren't hunting in AM in the C/J program. I'm always trying to learn more.
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As you stated and I mentioned above I should not have included SAT but I had planned on providing my whole program and that is just not necessary as most people have a good idea as to what they should set their detector at.

But if you are running in all metal the lower you can run the SAT the better. Slower settings allow you to swing slower and really scrub out the targets of value....Swing slow and low

I was also not running in the stock coin and jewelery program but one of my own liking with my own tones and accepted values. I have my threshold volume at zero. I want to hear targets and nothing else. The areas I hunt are full of square nails and pull tabs. Quite literally one every 6", it makes for a very frustrating time. But where there are large amounts of trash there is also silver. It seemed to be such a promising area but only a wheat and the half. I will have to go back:bouncy:
 
That is what is so misunderstood about the V3i, you can design your own detector to run the way YOU want it for your hunting conditions. The people who complain that there are too many adjustments and get frustrated just don't get it.
 
Congratulations on the half and your methods used in an obviously trashy area.:clapping:

Wow, wish I could see green grass right now! Got the tectin bug bad right now.
 
Beauty of a coin - great job detecting. Thanks for the pics and story.


Rich -
 
Thank you Burlbark, Mickfin
 
Great find WTG!!!:thumbup:
Thanks for the pics.
 
Nothing like the look of a beautiful Walker.

:thumbup:

Rich -
 
Good job Burlbank, Was the nail next to the coin how big was the nail?? I think it was the Recovery that helped you with the find, Mickfin
 
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