Neil in West Jersey
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Yesterday I was told it was being shipped via FedEx, and I had it by 11AM this morning! It was hard to accomplish anything around the house knowing it was sitting there, so at around 4 PM I got out to test it for a little while. Not much going on as far as finds, but I did try some of the features:
Stereo Mixed Mode: I am not sure if I like this feature yet. It was a bit loud in the default settings. After trying it for a little while, I went back to the normal Mixed Mode.
Polar Plotting: I like this feature. Coins read nicely in the NE quadrant, while many trash signals (even those with high VDI numbers) gave squiggly circles. Hot Rocks that sometimes read like good targets also gave squiglies. I am not sure if I will replace the Analyze screen, but I will try it for a while and see which is more useful.
As performance goes, I used a modified relic program with RX around 10, Disc Sens around 89 and AM Sens around 74. Ground Filter was 7.5 Hz High Band. It ground balanced better than the V3, reaching a quieter balance then I was able to get before the upgrade. I did have a hard time keeping the ground balance from drifting, even though ground conditions seemed consistent. I lowered the track speed a bit, but it still did not keep the balance well. Eventually I had to switch to Lock Track.
I think it was a bit stabler than the V3 but there were no real deep targets to get. I did detect a clad quarter at 4 inched that gave a VDI of 84 which is a bit higher than the typical 83 VDI. I also detected a Merc at 4 inches and the VDI was around 76, which led me to think it was a Wheatie. This was in single frequency so the VDI may not have been as reliable.
I am looking forward to giving a real test when I have more time, so stay tuned.
Yesterday I was told it was being shipped via FedEx, and I had it by 11AM this morning! It was hard to accomplish anything around the house knowing it was sitting there, so at around 4 PM I got out to test it for a little while. Not much going on as far as finds, but I did try some of the features:
Stereo Mixed Mode: I am not sure if I like this feature yet. It was a bit loud in the default settings. After trying it for a little while, I went back to the normal Mixed Mode.
Polar Plotting: I like this feature. Coins read nicely in the NE quadrant, while many trash signals (even those with high VDI numbers) gave squiggly circles. Hot Rocks that sometimes read like good targets also gave squiglies. I am not sure if I will replace the Analyze screen, but I will try it for a while and see which is more useful.
As performance goes, I used a modified relic program with RX around 10, Disc Sens around 89 and AM Sens around 74. Ground Filter was 7.5 Hz High Band. It ground balanced better than the V3, reaching a quieter balance then I was able to get before the upgrade. I did have a hard time keeping the ground balance from drifting, even though ground conditions seemed consistent. I lowered the track speed a bit, but it still did not keep the balance well. Eventually I had to switch to Lock Track.
I think it was a bit stabler than the V3 but there were no real deep targets to get. I did detect a clad quarter at 4 inched that gave a VDI of 84 which is a bit higher than the typical 83 VDI. I also detected a Merc at 4 inches and the VDI was around 76, which led me to think it was a Wheatie. This was in single frequency so the VDI may not have been as reliable.
I am looking forward to giving a real test when I have more time, so stay tuned.