I would like to hear from anyone that uses the White's VX3. How long have you been using this machine, what setting do you use, and what are your plusses or minusis for this machine. I purchased mine this summer of 2012 and have been getting used to it. I've pretty much figured out when not to dig, but sometimes fooled.......not the machine's fault, but mine. ha Anyway, would like to hear from you VX3 people.
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White's VX3
- Thread starter VX3bee
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Well I love mine,had it since February made some awesome finds. The down side is its a battery hog, it likes old flat nails tells me they are quarter and they pinpoint good but I'm still learning. I use hi pro or one from whites forum for hi trash but modified for my ground. The deepest coin I found was a 1899 barber dime at 9 inches. All in all I'm very happy with the vx3,happy hunting
One time I also dug up a nail, but under it was a quarter, so that was good, but yes, it will detect nails in the good range. I have also had trouble with flat aluminum cans showing up as good quarters, hate that part, but White's says there are enough of the right metals in the cans to cause that, but I will always dig a quarter showing. I do like the depth also, but have yet to really get a good test, the most I've dug was about 5-6 inches so far. Thanks for the info.
Neil in West Jersey
New member
VX3bee said:
Like Rob says, you can tell the difference by the size of the pinpoint area. You can also lift the coil off the ground 6 inches and if the signal is still loud and you get a shallow depth reading (2 or 3 inches), it's a can.
Deep cans can really sound like coins, but if you get a 4-6 inch reading and you dig down 10 inches and still don't have your target, it's a can.
Rob, I thought I understood pinpointing and how it worked, but I'm thinking now I have no clue. If an object, such as a coin is detected, does the pinpoint bars go out a shorter distance than say an aluminum can? So if that is true, the bigger the object, the longer the bars stretch out. Also, if you have an object and the longest bar is RED, does this mean it's probably junk? What if it's BLUE? I was in the thought that the longer the GREEN bar, the better a chance of silver. I have read and re-read my manual and don't think the bars are explained well.......at least for my little mind. Can you explain it better?
VX3bee said:
First for V3i uses are bars can be any color we want. The VX3 bars are blue, red, green top to bottom.
In pin point the longer the bars the greater the signal. The longest bar indicates the frequency giving the greatest signal.
The first thing information in pin point is you get depth indication. This is read as a number. Next the longest bar helps to identify the target. For example a VDI 83 and a green bar is a quarter. A VDI 83 and a red bar is a bottle cap.
When pin pointing the coil will read only a short distance left and right and the same front and back for a coin. Shot and the same length in all directions. A 1x6 piece of metal would read long in one direction and short in one direction. You can trace the shape with practice.
Neils tip and other information can be found in pin point. I don't use the analyze modes because I get all i need from pin point.
triplehooked
Member
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First for V3i uses are bars can be any color we want. The VX3 bars are blue, red, green top to bottom.
In pin point the longer the bars the greater the signal. The longest bar indicates the frequency giving the greatest signal.
The first thing information in pin point is you get depth indication. This is read as a number. Next the longest bar helps to identify the target. For example a VDI 83 and a green bar is a quarter. A VDI 83 and a red bar is a bottle cap.
When pin pointing the coil will read only a short distance left and right and the same front and back for a coin. Shot and the same length in all directions. A 1x6 piece of metal would read long in one direction and short in one direction. You can trace the shape with practice.
Neils tip and other information can be found in pin point. I don't use the analyze modes because I get all i need from pin point.[/quote]
Great info. on pinpointing with the V. I use the VDI/Color comparison a lot to rule out non ferrous trash, it saves a lot of digging. I didn't trust it at first, but many pop tops later I now don't even think twice about moving on. I do think Rob is picking on us Vx3 users not being able to change the color tho...
First for V3i uses are bars can be any color we want. The VX3 bars are blue, red, green top to bottom.
In pin point the longer the bars the greater the signal. The longest bar indicates the frequency giving the greatest signal.
The first thing information in pin point is you get depth indication. This is read as a number. Next the longest bar helps to identify the target. For example a VDI 83 and a green bar is a quarter. A VDI 83 and a red bar is a bottle cap.
When pin pointing the coil will read only a short distance left and right and the same front and back for a coin. Shot and the same length in all directions. A 1x6 piece of metal would read long in one direction and short in one direction. You can trace the shape with practice.
Neils tip and other information can be found in pin point. I don't use the analyze modes because I get all i need from pin point.[/quote]
Great info. on pinpointing with the V. I use the VDI/Color comparison a lot to rule out non ferrous trash, it saves a lot of digging. I didn't trust it at first, but many pop tops later I now don't even think twice about moving on. I do think Rob is picking on us Vx3 users not being able to change the color tho...