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Hi Guys, What are you guys using as lanyard for your pinpointer. Regards.

Thanks Raphis for your prompt reply. My soninlaw is waiting for the 800 and he has never detected before so i will be setting it up for him what i think i will do is let him use the factory preset for a while till he gets a bit familiar with it before i start using other settings. Thanks again.

Hi Guys, Can someone help me to understand with saving programs 800. I understand how to save one program but how many can you save in park 1 park 2 etc. Also when you want a certain program how do you seperate them to get the one you want. I am full bottle on the v3i but this is a total different layout.

Hi Phrunt, I have had mine over 2 years now. Actually Rick bought 2 after i posted about using mine. It cost me $388 ozzie dollars landed . The one i got is complete no broken bits. You can't go wrong with it as a beach detector. It is deeper than my whites dual field. I have Powerex rechargeables which last for ever. One little trick with it is the battery cap needs to be really tight when you put batteries in the chamber if its not real tight it just won't go. Regards.

Well Tony you say you have a Minelab i hope he don't leaky..... If i was you id have a little peeky...... before i went to deepy.......... 🥵🤓🤑🙃

Well Tony its down to 3 .....Nearly all WHITES bar one.😋😍

Well here you go spot the Whites.

Here, Here Steve, The capabilities of the v3i is just mind blowing. once you have a hold of the settings. I have an area which has been used for many years for festivals. My approach to detecting the area completely is to start on the boundry and string line one section to start with Starting off in a program in the high 80's with the vdi down to 53 vdi this is covering our ozzie $2 & $1 through to our copper coins pennies ,through to silver coins and knocking out 1 & 2 cents. After that i move over the same area again with another program covering from vdi of 53 down to 38 vdi which includes our 50cent coin and our 20 cent. I then have another program set for larger gold rings this is using correlate . After cleaning those targets i then go to another program which covers 38 vdi down to 20 vdi. After using that i have a program which is for gold rings from 20 down to 1 which covers smaller gold rings & our 5 and 10 cent coins, My final program using prospecting mode is for fine gold chains . With all these programs the silver coins and copper coins has a low buzz set about 70 tone our $1 & $2 coins has a high tone of 225 . And i alot a different tone to the gold rings and chains. After removing all these targets the same process moving through the area. You might say this is a lot of work but you can walk away with confidence that you have covered the area well. All these programs are set up one under the other & for aluminium screw caps which land on our $1 & $2 coins i have a seperate program to distinguish these caps from coins. Also gold rings i have tighter programs for seperation useing correlate. The v3i is just an incredible piece of technology and i only hope that someone moves to take it to the next stage, But if not the v3i is the ants pants in todays standards of of metal detecting.

Thanks Guys for the replys Regards Pinpointa.

Hi Guys, Has any members got or used the Radius Root Slayer coin hunting. Have noticed they have a very narrow one which tapers in which would give you a small hole. Regards .

Yes Tony, We have sure been taken to the cleaners in OZ with there rip off prices. But you know me well and to me the WHITES V3I is the ants pants of detectors even though its 10 years old. Every time a set up a new program it always has the advantages of working its way around to create mind blowing capabilities. Once you learn how to program the v it will reward you with some outstanding results. I have had many many detectors since 1977 and the v3i will stay with me to the end. Thanks WHITES. I hope the name can continue on with a little bit of luck.

Thats an amazing total for a day. My very best back in the early 1980's was 9 gold in 1 day using Eric Fosters Aquasport. Thats when it was just so exciting cause there was no competition. It's a lot harder today. https://youtu.be/4ji0ghpsId0 Originally Allan Hassell started off with a Garrett deep Seeker sealed in plastic tube before going to the Aquasport Which only 3 come into oz as far as i know. Allan had one i bought the second one on a friday night took it home and it went bang and the electronics was stuffed. I took it back to Ian Aiken this is before ian went to Minelab and got the third one which was on the wall as a demo but i had no other options as the other one would have to go back to Eric Foster at Protovale U.K. I still have both copies of Bob Trevillian & Frank Carters books Diamonds In The Surf printed in 1982 & Diamonds In The Surf Second Adventure 1983. We did make reference to these as our bible. In every lifetime, there must be an adventure.........A quest to far off lands, an encounter with danger, the chance to explore the unknown,.......The search for treasure is one such adventure. One of there great finds in Chesapeake Bay was a diamond ring weighing 2,35 cts . It was appraised at &13,000 and was the only ring found that day by Bob in 1982.

Well i started water detecting back in 1977 used plenty of Whites, 1000, all the way through to Whites Dual Field which i still have now, Also Eric Fosters Aquasport. & Vallon . I am very savvy on keeping the detectors right up to scratch . I have never had one leak yet & i always test them by leaving in the bath for 48 hours and always hose them down check there is no sand. The Dual Field has a complete different o ring which does not need any silicone grease . As the other ones do. Its really crappy that the Equinox has all these failures I would not touch one with a forty foot pole because its like playing Russian Roulet it could last out and spit the dummy just after the warranty runs out. And i have had quite a few of there detectors over the years .But i will stick with my V3I its just so far ahead even though its 10 years old i bought mine in 2009. Its just a shame Whites is closing.

How lucky can you be. To find it in the first place is just so great. There is still some honest people on the planet.

Well lets hope that the Nokta / Makro multi has the capabilities of the Whites v3i in correlate to help to master the Jewellery range of targets. Not complaining about the v3i its right up there but it would be good to have some other technology that attacked the problem of bling & all the other things that go with it to get the results that count.

Well for me i would not sell my v3i . It is an absolute dream of a detector once you master to program it to your liking. Mine is the original v3 updated to the v3i. bought in 2009.

I know that spot up in the hills and far away we have been their toghether. Regards.

Could there be an early book on the horizon?

Hi Guys, Here is a test with the v3 on gold rings. I tried 25 rings with vdi starting at 9,10,11,13,14,15,17,18,19,23,25,27,28,32,34,35,39,41,51,52,62,75, Pull tabs were 18,21,22,28,30,35,36,38,39,41. These were the only pull tabs i had so there is sure to be more which is close to the gold. Regards Pinpointa.

I use panasonic Eneloop Pro in my Whites v3i, My Whites Surf P.I Dual Field. They are outstanding even for cameras. Ni- Mh 2450 mAh. They are available world wide. I have been using them for many years and the Whites v3i is heavy on batteries. There is a cheaper Eneloop which is 1900mAh both batteries are 1.2 v .

Well done Tony. Excellent find. Keep it up.

Welcome to the forum from another Tassie Detectorist . I am up in the Devenport area of the island. I use the Whites V3i. whites Dual Field P.i. Vallon VMH3CS which is the deepest for beach work. It will be interesting to see the capabilities of the Simplex as Nokta Macro have some very interesting beepers. Best of luck with what ever you choose. Regards Pinpointa

Hi Guys, How many detector brands have Mixed Mode. Thanks in advance.