mastereagle22
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Does anyone out there know where I can find a listing of the VDI numbers and what they indicte on an Explorer II?
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VDI on Explorer II
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John - Maryland
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See: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,526711,527276#msg-527276
mastereagle22
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Do you find the VDI numbers more useful or the graph?
My reasons for using the numbers it is more usefull for me. I found over the years that if the numbers are jumping around that the cross hairs are jumping around. It is easier for me to see the numbers in the bright sunlight. The numbers are not that hard to learn and it was easier for me. A lot of my other machines use numbers and I just like them better. One thing you really have to learn about the Explorers and that is listen to the tones first and then you narrow the targets down if you are in the trash and iron by seperating the tones then use your numbers for a better ID. I run all metal and that is all I have ever run. I want to hear it all as then I can do the seperating a lot easier without having to mess with the nulling. I always figuared when the machine is at a null and waiting for the threshold to return I am missing information I need to ID the target. Me, I just like the numbers better and I never saw a advantage to the cross hairs (cursor) over all the years using the Exp's. I hunt in ferrious due to the trash and iron. Also usually hunt in the iron trash and the trash as that is where the real good stuff is where I am at. I use the 4X7" excellerator coil 80% of the time. It is a very deep little coil and seperates the best of all of them I have ever used. It will really snake in and out of the trash once you learn how to use it. Excellent coil. Have got a Joey coil, a platypus coil and a 10X14" excellerator coil I use on the beach when I get to hunt them. I use the 7.5" M/L coil also once in a while. Just depends on where I am going to be and what kind of thrash I am in. Every one of us old guys got our different ways to hunt the Exp's so that is mine. OK back to Lurking. 
: : HH Jerry aka Tinfoil
: : HH Jerry aka TinfoilWell this sure makes good sense Tinfoil.. When I use the explorer I also use the numbers as the cursor didn't work as well for me. All metal and ferrous as the recovery time from null does seem to cause some targets to be missed. I always work slow and with the audio, then if the machine I am using has a screen, I use the screen secondary just for additional information.
I see Tinfoil brought up the 4X7" excellerator coil. I have heard good things about this coil from others as well. I ended up with the Sunray X-5 Stealth coil instead as it was available to me at the time locally.
As far as learning the numbers, I've printed charts and then cut them to size and use the Scotch Transparent duct tape on both sides. It has a matte finish to prevent excessive glare, and is flexible.
Another one is using label machines. The labels are UV resistance and I have not had one fade yet.
I just seem to never remember the numbers well, as memory don't serve like it used to, and using several machines is a different ballpark compared to just learning and using one or two machines.
I see Tinfoil brought up the 4X7" excellerator coil. I have heard good things about this coil from others as well. I ended up with the Sunray X-5 Stealth coil instead as it was available to me at the time locally.
As far as learning the numbers, I've printed charts and then cut them to size and use the Scotch Transparent duct tape on both sides. It has a matte finish to prevent excessive glare, and is flexible.
Another one is using label machines. The labels are UV resistance and I have not had one fade yet.
I just seem to never remember the numbers well, as memory don't serve like it used to, and using several machines is a different ballpark compared to just learning and using one or two machines.