I have been out 13 times so far with my new V3i. Only 2 times have I come home with less than $4. So far I have $59 in clad and one ring. I think that is pretty good for only being out 13 times. I am still using the pretty much stock programs and have experimented some but I will wait until I have at least 100 hours on it. I wish I could take my laptop or ipad with me when i am out so i can look up stuff but I am to darn cheap to pay extra for the service.
I hit one area today and plucked $4.97 in 35 mins but before that i had hunted in area i hunted 3 - 4 times with my ATP. I just wanted to see if the V3i could find more in the area. I did but it was only $2 in 3-1/2 hours. I was certain there wasn't anymore coins in the area the last time I hunted with my ATP because I did a very tight grid search. I hunted that area today knowing i had covered every inch with my ATP so I am convinced the V3i does a better job picking out the good stuff from trash than the ATP. The area had lots of trash and I did dig a few false signals. A cpl of the signals were my fault but i was getting mixed signals and I dug because of a gut feeling there was something else there. One signal was a solid 93 at 8" and I dug and couldn't find it at 1st but it turned out to be an old rusty square nail.
The only two complaints i have is the arm cuff is mounted very poorly and seems loose even though it is as tight as i can get it. It also needs two bolts through it instead of one. The other complaint with be the pinpoint feature. I can do + on a spot or even X a spot and the target is rarely under the center of the coil. Most often it is 45 degrees and 5" from the center of the coil. I have better luck just going by the depth shown on the VDI.
Again i am very happy with it and know the possibilities are endless once i master it.
I hit one area today and plucked $4.97 in 35 mins but before that i had hunted in area i hunted 3 - 4 times with my ATP. I just wanted to see if the V3i could find more in the area. I did but it was only $2 in 3-1/2 hours. I was certain there wasn't anymore coins in the area the last time I hunted with my ATP because I did a very tight grid search. I hunted that area today knowing i had covered every inch with my ATP so I am convinced the V3i does a better job picking out the good stuff from trash than the ATP. The area had lots of trash and I did dig a few false signals. A cpl of the signals were my fault but i was getting mixed signals and I dug because of a gut feeling there was something else there. One signal was a solid 93 at 8" and I dug and couldn't find it at 1st but it turned out to be an old rusty square nail.
The only two complaints i have is the arm cuff is mounted very poorly and seems loose even though it is as tight as i can get it. It also needs two bolts through it instead of one. The other complaint with be the pinpoint feature. I can do + on a spot or even X a spot and the target is rarely under the center of the coil. Most often it is 45 degrees and 5" from the center of the coil. I have better luck just going by the depth shown on the VDI.
Again i am very happy with it and know the possibilities are endless once i master it.
