V3i came in - I went out :twodetecting:

[ArnieTX]

First I must preface this by saying this is a brand new V3i and it acted much different than the one I had traded my Etrac for last year. It seemed a lot more stable. I still think the previous one had issues.

After UPS dropped it off at ~ 4pm, I only intended to play in my coin garden. However, I couldn't stand it and decided to go relic hunting. I arrived at my site, put it in relic mode, adjusted the rx gain to 11, ac to 75 and Disc to 87, GB'd and went hunting.

Observations:
- This thing is super sensitive to tiny lead. I found small led buckshot and other lead bullets that had been shot. Really small lead that was hard to find once out of the hole.
- When it calls out foil, it's foil. That's pretty handy since this area has a lot of foil that's been shredded over the years.
- I only dug two pieces if iron that sounded good but they were 7" down. I dug a lot of this type of iron with Etrac too.
- My Garrett pinpointer is useless around it. Just drives each other crazy. I need to figure that out. Maybe it's just a freq adjustment in the V.

Overall the machine seemed to work smooth. I dug around 20 targets and I'm happy with the first time out.

I put in the time to get really good with the Etrac, I'll do the same with this one. I look forward to comparing the two side by side when I'm competent.

Stay tuned.

 

[John (Ma)]

Congrats on the V3i Ernie, I look forward to hearing your comparison with the Etrac. I had an Etrac for two years and sold it and got a MXT and Tejon for simplicity. Now I have been thinking of the Etrac or the V3i again.

 

[grumpyjohn]

Hi Arnie. Great you are happy with your new V3i. As you stated your last one may have had issues !! With regard to your Garrett pro pointer and V3i having a "war" just press the menu button before pinpointing then when resuming your detecting pull the trigger to go back into search mode.

 

[ArnieTX]

Thanks for the tip on the PP.