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Cibola vs VID machines? Video test.

atomicscott said:
I use a Vaquero and an F2. I mostly dig by the tones, but if you learn your machine you will find the good stuff, whether you have a display or not. I like my Vaquero. One thing I really like though, is no-motion pinpoint & a digital depth gauge. It helps alot when you can pinpoint and stick the Lesche in 6" and not have to guess like a beep & dig machine. Having used both back to back, I can say the F2 has a much better pinpoint feature and really helps to narrow down the target. They both have their place
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I agree somewhat to this but I also have used TID detectors with depth guages and have yet found one that is accurate on depth as well close but not completely accurate Listening to the tone and the sharpness of it usually will tell me a good depth of the target but like you say they both have their place
 
Monte said:
To me, VID would be short for Video.

I believe the term you want is VDI. We have TID, for Target ID, and that refers to an icon or typical target most USA Coin Hunters encounter, such as Iron, Foil, Nickel, Pull Tab, Screw Cap, Zinc 1
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I for one do believe the test has some validity. Set both machines up how you would hunt with them and see how they perform on the same target. Simple as that.I ain't no rocket scientist but it looks like you would be walking over that dime if you were using that Teknetic.
 
The notch segment has nothing really to do with it. If the discrimination was identical on both machines, the results would be nearly the same. The simple truth is, VDI numbers are not accurate when iron or other trash is near the target. A VDI machine preforms its best when it's being air tested. I like both types of detectors.:)

I have set the discrimination on both types of detectors using a sports foil drink cap to make sure the discrimination on the detectors being tested were the same.

Then I threw a coin in the middle of a heap of trash and iron to see how each detector preformed. I came to the same conclusion as Left4Dead did.

tabman
 
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