Has anyone tried the V3i at the beach?

[Sonny1965]

I never do any shallow wading but was wondering how the V3i handled the wet sand? Was there any setting that helped other than the factory preset ? As always thanks in advance for your answers ! Sonny

 

[Rob (IL)]

The beach program works fine. You should use one of the concentric coils, either the 9.5 or 12".

 

[Sonny1965]

Can you give me any insight as to why that coil(s) would work better?
Thanks Sonny

 

[Rob (IL)]

All I know is they do better. Why? You would have to ask the engineers. Notice that both the BHID 950 and BHID 300 both are produced with the concentric coil.

 

[Bromly]

Hello , I'm at the beach house all this week.I just got my V3i last Friday so I can tell you it works better then expected imho. At first I was really struggling , But after watching alot of videos and reading the forums, I'm very happy with the V3i. I'm up to 147 coins and 1, 14k/9.3gram ring. That's pretty good for this vacant beach, Corolla NC... BTW I'm a regular beach hunter back in VB Va. I use the Excal,SovGT,and 3 Diff PI machines.This past summer I collected not less then 20 gold rings. I'm not gonna say just how deep this V3i is hitting the targets, But I will say I'm trying to think of a way to put her in an otter-box and still keep her cool.If you get a chance watch all of earthmansurfer's vids, really good stuff.Also check out Fox's V3i programs, great beach settings to start with, then just fine tune........ I'm using the D2 coil , works great!

 

[SandPhantom]

I use the 5.3 coil and it works awesome.

 

[Sonny1965]

Where do I find the Fox settings

 

[Bromly]

Sent you a PM sonny

 

[hershey1]

My son uses his with the stock 10 DD in beach setting and does very well. He hunts both the dry and wet sand. He also puts a baggy on the control head to keep the mist off. HH