Tough finds

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Each of these targets were very hard to find...first I wanted the V3i to run as close to my G2 as I could and then try and go one more step. I was using the 8'' butterfly coil and was in CJ and blotched that up to where the V3i didn't make any sense. So then did a reload on CJ and started again...Do you know how many times I had to GB? Anyway this is why I was trying my friends V3 to see what it could do or not do...

After all of the reading and trying to understand, that more is not better, and even no this machine can be programed to the ends of the earth..Sometimes if you can set it up just the way you want it to work then it is best to leave it alone and say the money I spent is for the machine first, the programing is the icing on the cake. So I found it to be as close as the G2 as I could program it and then took both machines to the dirt and was my own caddy and checked out each target with each machine. Talk about taking the whole day to do this...but it had to be done?

So after each test I felt the V3 was able to see the same target as the G2 and that was a good thing...Now if I was turf hunting I would also be checking for depth and VDI readings to see what detector would hit the deepest and I know you can program the V3 to read the deeper targets but I thought it would be the G2 that would have the problem but I will save that testing for another day...

So the targets that I dug were real iffy and not nice sharp hits but buzzy, fuzzy, dirty tones...I would have to say it is due to masking even no I didn't find any iron in the same hole..I know it can be the the flakes you can't see unless you have a magnet. So it is not alot of great finds but the most silver in a long time. In the two days of testing I found six silver dimes all very iffy and about four wheat's and two buttons from WW2.

My next test would be at a school or big park in good turf and look for rings and silver and clad..I miss those hunts...

 

[Rob (IL)]

OK, now you lost me, why would I want my V to act like a G2? If I wanted a G2 I would get a G2. I could set the V to emulate a Radio Shack detector but what would that prove, how poor it can detect. If I want good signals then I set it up so it can run its best.

Maybe I'm just missing your point. ROB

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

It is not my V3 but a friends and in my area the G2 has turned out to be a fast relic hunter that unmasks very well. So why not see what a machine like the V3 can do to be programed to run like a machine you are use to and then see if you can program it beyond that machine..That makes sense to me and still does. Even no the machines are very different and run off different freq, or three at a time that is a good thing. Maybe it is the fact that I have been on chemo for over four months and my brain is melting and I needed something to do to take my mind off my cancer. But I think this is a real good way to test two machines. I am not trying to pit one against the other but see how one great machine can compete with another...Just like going hunting with the boys and they have their Etarc'a and ask you to compair a target. If you have the V3i I think you have the best chance of programing it to see the same target they are seeing. Now if that was the case I would say to myself "man this V3 can hunt with the best" and that may jusy be the case...and that is a good thing!

But I really like the V3 it is not mine to keep I am just testing it and so far so good...for me the test I am doing is for me and maybe I should have not shared that with the other hunters on this forum...

 

[Larry (IL)]

I guess I don't catch your drift on the testing. If I wanted a detector set up like a G2, I would just go buy a G2. I would optimize the V3 for your ground and hunting conditions and compare the V3 against the G2. I would also get the update to the V3i before doing too much testing.

The V3i has an MXT program but I haven't heard of one person that bought a V3i to work like an MXT. One could save $1000 and just buy a MXT. The same goes for the V3/G2.

Congratulations on the silver.

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Sorry you guys don't understand but the V3i is a great machine

 

[Rob (IL)]

As long as you are happy, forget it. Now if you have a V3 you don't even know how good a V3i is. The V3i is a quieter and more stable detector. ROB

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I am using the V3i and thanks again for all of your help to me and the forum...

 

[nw1886]

I think I know what you are saying" (That you want to set up the V3, like the G2, because of your established comfort zone with that machine and it will just be a starting point?) Hey, whatever gets you in a learning mode...and there is no right way if you gain something from it. I wish I could set up a program that would emulate the audio of my XL Pro, but that in know way suggests the XL Pro is better than a V3i or, do you see me using my XL Pro much?...I sold it! There is a place for simple programs that beep three tones at you, punches deep, hates iron (or loves it) and has a fast recovery. I have one and right or wrong, brings home the goods. (Use it in this huge bulldozed townsite where a portion is on a friends property. Less can be more sometimes....you go boy!

 

[earthmansurfer]

I totally see LowBoy's point of view as I'm essentially trying to do the same thing. I don't have a desire to have many machines. But to really know one machine well and program it the way I want would be the best - In steps the V3i. The G2, Xp's, etc. are excellent in (European) iron and so the question is, can we program the V3i to do essentially the same thing and if so, what are the settings/findings. I don't want to buy a V3i and a G2 as well (The G2 simply can't do as much). In part what LowBoy is saying is that the G2 appeared better in a specific way and he wanted the V3i to match it. I think it can be done and finding this out would make it so that we don't need a site specific machine, just program the V3i to do it!

What setting did you find best LowBoy? Any other correlations and findings to share. I've had my recovery down to 20 and even played with 10 but you are way beyond me with time and determination.

 

[Texas37]

Thumbs up on the silver!!!

 

[Hunt4Fun]

Hi Low-Boy,

Congratulations for the good keeper finds. You have learned a lot about the V3i and have done it very quickly. This great machine will keep you occupied learning new things for a long time.

I also spent some time fighting through chemo fog. Whatever keeps you going ... do it. Am pulling for you.

Bob

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

Thank you to the guys that understood my post about trying to compair two detectors and then tweaking the V3i to take it to the next step...It is the only way my brain works to have a testing board to start from not just a new machine.

 

[Schultzie]

Let me say this, at first Lowboy was a non-believer in the abilities of the V3 (V3i) when it first hit the market. Now, he is reading/seeing that it has capabilities that other detectors do not. In his soil the G2 works best for him and has proven itself many times over. That is why he wanted to get the V3i as close to the G2 settings (for his soil) and then see if the V could be pushed beyond the G2's performance level with its added adjust-ability. I fully understand what he is doing and why... and I appreciate his honesty in what he is doing here. For a naysayer (for lack of better words) to try it out and post that he likes what he is seeing and able to do with the machine, in m opinion, says wonders for the machine. Thanks Lawrenzo, for your time and efforts in testing this unit... and your honesty in saying what your findings are!