V3i ground tracking in auto I used my V3i for 7.5 hours yesterday. I only ground balanced it one time, when I first started detecting-auto ground tracking speed 29, no offset. I hunted around in a 17 acre field. I noticed the tracking arrows appearing every now and then. I made frequent changes to either my filter, rx gain, or recovery delay on the fly several times and would stop walking and continue to sweep. I would see the tracking arrows appear for 2-4 short sweeps and go away. I even checked my ground balance every so often. Over clean ground, raised coil, pulled pinpoint button and lowered coil slowly and raised coil slowly and no static or noise. It seemed my ground balance was spot on. Something else too. I took four short breaks. I would turn the V3i off. Walk back to the truck come back and turn V3i on and start sweeping and no tracking arrows. Seemed machine retained its ground balance during power down and power up. I think the auto tracking system is dynamite. And I've seen some say the ground balance drifts in auto and they prefer lock trac. How would one ever know this? And isn't basically the same circuitry employed when using autotrack vs locktrac aside from lock trac not being updated with ground sensing changes? And this field had plenty of iron and nails too.http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649012#msg-1649012Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:28 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649870#msg-1649870 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649870#msg-1649870 Neil in West Jersey Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 21:46:11 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649833#msg-1649833 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649833#msg-1649833Use what works. For my ground, the V3 autotrac worked better. For some people especially the beach hunters the V3i auto tracking is better. Some people just prefer locktrac even though their ground will allow autotrac.[attachment 225018 cop.gif]]]> Rob (IL) Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 21:02:34 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649788#msg-1649788 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649788#msg-1649788
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Robert, first off, maybe I'm not a wise man. Second, I never did say in my post what kind of ground I have. So, a wise man such as yourself gave information without even asking or knowing "my ground". Can we stop the personal slurs? It would seem to me the more user information witnessed and posted using the V3i would only benefit the forum members/V3i users.

Actually, I think Rob was stating that a wise man double checks the information he has gained from the forum discussions as they apply differently to everyone due to varying soil conditions all across the nation. It was not meant as a poke towards you personally. I thought it was good advice. One reason one might use Loc-trac is if you would find soil conditions with a lot of deteriorating iron (ie rust) in the soil. The unit may track towards the iron end and cause you to lose/miss targets. Correct me if I am wrong, Rob.]]> Schultzie Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 20:06:05 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649393#msg-1649393 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649393#msg-1649393 Thound Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 11:00:03 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649386#msg-1649386 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649386#msg-1649386 Rob (IL) Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 10:42:24 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649253#msg-1649253 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649253#msg-1649253 squirrel1 Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumThu, 01 Mar 2012 05:19:45 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649085#msg-1649085 Re: V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649085#msg-1649085RD and Filter do not affect G/B. The drift doesn't occur in mild ground just in some high mineralized ground.

You know when the G/B drifts because the threshold gets noisy. To test if the V3 drifts just pull the pin point trigger and test it every so often and after digging. In much of the ground like yours the tracking works perfect.

When you read something on the forum the wise person checks to see if the information applies to their hunting conditions. At home in Illinois I run locktrac often, here in Texas the tracking works super.]]> Rob (IL) Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 20:34:42 -0600 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649012#msg-1649012 V3i ground tracking in autohttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?66,1649012,1649012#msg-1649012 squirrel1 Spectra V3 / V3i / VX3 ForumWed, 29 Feb 2012 19:33:22 -0600