First of all I am so thankful for this forum. There is so much information here my mind is buzzing. I went all the way back to when the V3i 1st came out to see what others were saying and to see if they struggled at 1st. I didn't want to be the only dummy. I am so glad i bought the V3i even though it will cost me a cpl grand for what I have to spend on my wife, but a happy woman makes a happy man.
I took my new V3i a cpl times since the snow melted. I just had to try it in real time. I wasn't to successful the two times I took it out but wasn't expecting much. I only found $7.90 in the two days i took it out but I know there is a lot more there. This area is about 60 acres and I had only covered maybe 10 acres with my ATP and consistently had $8 to $12 per day. Anyway i was overwhelmed the 1st day and the more I tried the more I screwed things up. I will say I am amazed at the depth i was finding coins. Most were 6"-8" deep. I rarely dug an 8" target with my ATP because more than 99% of the time it was trash unless I was relic hunting on an old homestead. I have read about everything i could read and watch countless videos on the V3i but until I used it none of it meant anything. I read Robs links this morning and there is a wealth of info there.
This morning I was reading and watching videos and after each thing i read i went to my detector learned a bit more. So I went out and reset everything today and started from scratch. After learning how to ground balance correctly knowing the mineralization of my soil helps. I set my accept and reject vdi's and adjusted the tones to some degree. I have a long way to go in but I now feel confident that I can go out this afternoon do much better. After all the reading and videos the quick start guide now makes a lot more sense to me.
The V3i has so many possibilities and when I know how to tune it to my style of hunting and what i hunt for I know the rewards are endless. I did as well with my ATP as guy did with his eTrac and another guy with his CTX3030 so I can't wait to learn this one. I will say I am pretty confident I am as good as anyone with my ATP.
Hopefully i will learn my V3i well enough to add some input to this forum in the future.
I took my new V3i a cpl times since the snow melted. I just had to try it in real time. I wasn't to successful the two times I took it out but wasn't expecting much. I only found $7.90 in the two days i took it out but I know there is a lot more there. This area is about 60 acres and I had only covered maybe 10 acres with my ATP and consistently had $8 to $12 per day. Anyway i was overwhelmed the 1st day and the more I tried the more I screwed things up. I will say I am amazed at the depth i was finding coins. Most were 6"-8" deep. I rarely dug an 8" target with my ATP because more than 99% of the time it was trash unless I was relic hunting on an old homestead. I have read about everything i could read and watch countless videos on the V3i but until I used it none of it meant anything. I read Robs links this morning and there is a wealth of info there.
This morning I was reading and watching videos and after each thing i read i went to my detector learned a bit more. So I went out and reset everything today and started from scratch. After learning how to ground balance correctly knowing the mineralization of my soil helps. I set my accept and reject vdi's and adjusted the tones to some degree. I have a long way to go in but I now feel confident that I can go out this afternoon do much better. After all the reading and videos the quick start guide now makes a lot more sense to me.
The V3i has so many possibilities and when I know how to tune it to my style of hunting and what i hunt for I know the rewards are endless. I did as well with my ATP as guy did with his eTrac and another guy with his CTX3030 so I can't wait to learn this one. I will say I am pretty confident I am as good as anyone with my ATP.
Hopefully i will learn my V3i well enough to add some input to this forum in the future.
