v3ikid
03-12-2011, 11:08 PM
Went to the park today for a 4 hour hunt. This park has been hunted to death but it was time to be done with the home field training course. I have hunted around the house alot to get used to the V3i. Probably have about 40 hours on it and it was time to get away to see if i could do anything with what i've learned so far.
The first two hours produced a whopping two pennies and i was thinking you have got to be kidding me.
I have hit this park with the MXT and found over 200 coins in about twenty trips. Of these 200 coins there was 2 wheats and no silver. I thought back then that this park was going to be a tough hunt. So now with the V3i it was the perfect place to go to see if i'm learning anything. I hit areas that i had hit very well with the MXT and i'm thinking that I sure hope the MXT left something to find.
Now the next 2 hours went like this. I hit the oldest known part of the park that i have used everything the MXT had to throw at it. The first good signal i get in that area was solid and in the 50's range (wasn't paying much attention to the exact number) I was listening for a good signal and when it read 50's I thought OH GREAT another screw cap.
Only difference was this screw cap said 8 1/2 deep. Sure enough down at 8 1/2 was the intended target but it wasn't a screw cap it was an 1880 Indian Head Penny in very good shape. Now i'm thinking Very cool Now i slow down a bit and within twenty minutes I hit a good signal that was bouncing between 76 and 80. I dig down 3 and out pops a 1937 Merc. Now i'm feeling really good about the day.
Beings i was all the way across the park i figured i would walk a straight line back to the truck.
I get about 10 steps from where i found the silver and boom another Indian Head penny. Not as good of shape as the first but the date is readable and it's an 1891. I get ten yards from there and get a 1942 Wheat.
So all in all I ended up with 31 coins
Silver- 1
Indians- 2
Wheats- 1
Clad- 27 First two hours- 2 coins, Last two hours 29 coins
I don't have alot of experience with the V3i yet but one big thing i'm noticing about the difference between it and the MXT is it's ability to show you good targets around junk. I absolutely love that about the V3i. A week ago I would have picked the MXT with the 5.3 eclipse coil for a trashy area but now i'm not so sure. The ability of the V3i to quiet what you don't want to hear makes it real nice for parks. I seemed to have dug alot less trash today also. I still dug things i figured would be junk but it was minimal.
I almost forgot: I was running Yazoo's program with the filter set at 7.5 and sounds set to my liking. I really like this program and boy you can hear everything without it driving you nuts. Thanks Yazoo.
This detector is a definate learning curve but i think i'm going to like it a whole bunch. All i can say to anyone new to it is be determined and stick with it. If you do that you will start to learn. I know i have a long way to go to fully understand it but i'm having fun and that's what counts. I'll post pics when i can
The first two hours produced a whopping two pennies and i was thinking you have got to be kidding me.
I have hit this park with the MXT and found over 200 coins in about twenty trips. Of these 200 coins there was 2 wheats and no silver. I thought back then that this park was going to be a tough hunt. So now with the V3i it was the perfect place to go to see if i'm learning anything. I hit areas that i had hit very well with the MXT and i'm thinking that I sure hope the MXT left something to find.
Now the next 2 hours went like this. I hit the oldest known part of the park that i have used everything the MXT had to throw at it. The first good signal i get in that area was solid and in the 50's range (wasn't paying much attention to the exact number) I was listening for a good signal and when it read 50's I thought OH GREAT another screw cap.
Only difference was this screw cap said 8 1/2 deep. Sure enough down at 8 1/2 was the intended target but it wasn't a screw cap it was an 1880 Indian Head Penny in very good shape. Now i'm thinking Very cool Now i slow down a bit and within twenty minutes I hit a good signal that was bouncing between 76 and 80. I dig down 3 and out pops a 1937 Merc. Now i'm feeling really good about the day.
Beings i was all the way across the park i figured i would walk a straight line back to the truck.
I get about 10 steps from where i found the silver and boom another Indian Head penny. Not as good of shape as the first but the date is readable and it's an 1891. I get ten yards from there and get a 1942 Wheat.
So all in all I ended up with 31 coins
Silver- 1
Indians- 2
Wheats- 1
Clad- 27 First two hours- 2 coins, Last two hours 29 coins
I don't have alot of experience with the V3i yet but one big thing i'm noticing about the difference between it and the MXT is it's ability to show you good targets around junk. I absolutely love that about the V3i. A week ago I would have picked the MXT with the 5.3 eclipse coil for a trashy area but now i'm not so sure. The ability of the V3i to quiet what you don't want to hear makes it real nice for parks. I seemed to have dug alot less trash today also. I still dug things i figured would be junk but it was minimal.
I almost forgot: I was running Yazoo's program with the filter set at 7.5 and sounds set to my liking. I really like this program and boy you can hear everything without it driving you nuts. Thanks Yazoo.
This detector is a definate learning curve but i think i'm going to like it a whole bunch. All i can say to anyone new to it is be determined and stick with it. If you do that you will start to learn. I know i have a long way to go to fully understand it but i'm having fun and that's what counts. I'll post pics when i can