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5 hours ago, Hard Prospector said:

I wonder how the GM1000 would compare to the White's GMT on  small gold/quartz specimen pieces?

Should be pretty close since they both run at nearly the same frequency....... I think there is only 3kHz difference.

Nice....

But as far as the looks of a coil....... I would use an old bent up clothes hanger if it performed well.

By the way I like the D2 coil and it has worked very well for me. So has the 6x10, and the 950, and the 4x6..... It's all about using the right tool for the job at hand...JMHO

Now your speaking my language........ Congrats on the new V3i.

I got mine at the factory also but that was several years ago. Also I am only a couple hours from Sweet Home and have been there several times just for the heck of it......

Great links Steve.... Thank's..

LOL.... I prefer Blackberry humble pie....

I would just send everything into White's.

They will take care of you without taking an arm and a leg to get things fixed up for you.

With the versatility of the V3i I was wondering what settings I would have to make to set it up to emulate the MX Sport....

There are settings for the V3i to emulate the MXT, I have used them out of curiosity and found they work pretty well but my mode of choice is still stereo mixed mode.

9 hours ago, tboykin said:

Too bad you don't have dealers/distributors selling anymore .

They do their best but many of them are opposed to having any kind of online presence.

It wasn't too long ago that white's put a lot of restrictions on the dealers and their online presence if I remember correctly............. I might be wrong but I seem to remember hearing that.

5 hours ago, Mark Gillespie said:

Found out one thing, every coil I got with the v3i are not V rated. All failed the test.

Now I must admit the main reason I wanted the V3i was to use the high frequency to jewelry hunt.  Now I'll have to find a v rated coil and maybe sell the others.

Ever learning and never learning any lessons.

 

How high can you get the RX gain before you start getting instability?

Chances are those coils will still work just fine and the likelyhood that you would be running at 15 is slim.... Running that hot will usually cause all kinds of instability in mineralized ground. 

The V3i does not require you to max all the settings to get best performance......

Remember........ Mo hotter is NOT always mo better.

You may also find this helpful.... http://www.metaldetectingintheusa.com/files/v3i-sensitivity.pdf

While air tests are kinda fun and they help you familiarize yourself with the machine settings the chances of you finding a dime or nickel at 11" in the ground are slim ..... So many variables and depending on the level of mineralization in your particular ground will have the biggest effect on overall performance.... 

Concentrate on getting a good ground balance for best performance... 

WOW...... What great find... Congrats...

I don't know..... The striped shirt and plaid shorts kinda ruin it for me......

One of the things I have noticed is that most of the parks we goto the tot lot's are pretty barren. We still find a little but they are pretty clean.

Now when I goto a park I always hit the tot lot first ... Just a quick hit and run type thing.

Then I get into the grass. This is where I find a surprising amount of things.... I think people have gotten lazy, because of the amount of finds I make in the grass near the tot lot. 

Also my recovery methods show very minor evidence if any of my ever being there.

I agree with you Steve.

I hunt just to get out and get a little exercise these days and I still find a really good target on occasion.

I have been fortunate that all of my machines have paid for themselves +.

Also the area I currently live in is pretty bleak. I have to drive at least an hour to get to anyplace that may have something worth hunting.

But I do still enjoy the hunt and my V3i is always a pleasure to use as well as learning more about it.

Amazing isn't it........ 

Yup.... I'm a belt and suspenders kinda guy .... tones and visuals.

Once gain Steve you have gone above and beyond expectations.....

This is without a doubt the best forum on the net.... Kudos'.

Works for me......

Sorry Steve....

I was just kinda skimming and didn't notice the post links above mine. You can remove my post since it is redundant if you want to.

Carl has a little to say about LRLs also.

http://www.geotech1.com/cgi-bin/pages/common/index.pl?page=lrl&file=main.dat

I really need to get out more........

I am still getting it dialed in and getting used to all the info it provides but I do prefer it now to the other modes.

Using it with correlate is very powerful.

I was using stereo MM when I found this ugly 10k mens ring in a very trashy park....

Steve...

Have you spent much time working with the V3i stereo mixed mode?

I pretty much use it all the time now that I have gotten used to it.

Great thread here Steve..... Kudos.. 

On 4/30/2017 at 10:47 AM, Lunk said:

Aside from having fully automatic operation, it looks like the thing that makes the GM 1000 unique in the gold nugget VLF market is it's sensitivity to a much wider range of nugget sizes and depths than any other single frequency VLF gold machine. 

Except the gm 1000 is not unique.

White's GMT operates at 48kHz so it is in the same range.