Fedex just got here and I opened the box. To my dismay there where coffee stains on the box. I thought this cant be good it must be a return.
Anyway I hooked it up and would you know? It overloads at 10 and falses all through the gain.
So fast forward 1 hour..... What do you know it works. I of course cant max out the gains without emi from the house and cars driving by. The coil is an emi magnet. However it seems to only false in the iron range and at gains of greater than 10. I am getting air tests in the etrac depth range running 3 frequency, around 10" on a silver dime. And a good deal of coverage at that depth which is nice compared to round coils.
I can theorize that the coil overloaded initially because the v3i was cold and resistance levels in components where very low at the time. Semi conductors like to operate within certain temperatures and the v3i may have been overworking the poor coil.
It no longer overloads and works well in 2.5 but any gain higher than 9 and the falsing starts to annoy. It only falses in the iron range and not consistent. I was able to pick up the silver dime at 10+ with the occasionally falsing. I will have to try farther into the hills and see if it disappears.
Target separation.... All I can say is wow. I found numerous coins that I had not seen both with the etrac and with the v3i using 2 different coils. The d2 and the 5.3 did not see the targets in my yard this coil did. Mostly zincolns but still repeatable targets that did not lock on before.
I have to get to work and will write a thorough review of the benefits that I find with the coil after I get some more swinging time in. I must say it is impressive to be seeing targets in my plowed field that are 10"+ in depth that where not seen before. This coil does appear to cut through the mineralization well.
Anyway I hooked it up and would you know? It overloads at 10 and falses all through the gain.
So fast forward 1 hour..... What do you know it works. I of course cant max out the gains without emi from the house and cars driving by. The coil is an emi magnet. However it seems to only false in the iron range and at gains of greater than 10. I am getting air tests in the etrac depth range running 3 frequency, around 10" on a silver dime. And a good deal of coverage at that depth which is nice compared to round coils.
I can theorize that the coil overloaded initially because the v3i was cold and resistance levels in components where very low at the time. Semi conductors like to operate within certain temperatures and the v3i may have been overworking the poor coil.
It no longer overloads and works well in 2.5 but any gain higher than 9 and the falsing starts to annoy. It only falses in the iron range and not consistent. I was able to pick up the silver dime at 10+ with the occasionally falsing. I will have to try farther into the hills and see if it disappears.
Target separation.... All I can say is wow. I found numerous coins that I had not seen both with the etrac and with the v3i using 2 different coils. The d2 and the 5.3 did not see the targets in my yard this coil did. Mostly zincolns but still repeatable targets that did not lock on before.
I have to get to work and will write a thorough review of the benefits that I find with the coil after I get some more swinging time in. I must say it is impressive to be seeing targets in my plowed field that are 10"+ in depth that where not seen before. This coil does appear to cut through the mineralization well.
Why don't you get your money back and take a chance buying off flea-bay from sef factory like me and brother did,the coils have two years warranty.. (LOVECH BULGARIA) .i know its a pain if you have to send it back to them i dont know anybody who has..reading his selling history...
even one of our top shops in the UK have started selling them (the white one) but are