V80 Initial Testing In Hot Ground

[George Kinsey]

Three things that are paramount. Frequency selection, sensitivity setting and transmit power. To lose 90 percent of the ground noise I had to run low sensitivity and transmit power. Tried Hyper Q today with fair results. As time allows, I will go down the frequency ladder to see what the results will be. Never picked up any RF interference. More to follow. George.

[Fredneck]

My best success with any VLF in Culpeper involved a concentric coil, preferably a 12", it would turn heads. 😉 Shame most have done away with them. Good luck with the new Garrett.

[Fredneck]

Oops Quest... V 60- V-80,...Garretts VX5, VX7, VX9, all seem the same these days.

[George Kinsey]

21 hours ago, Fredneck said:

My best success with any VLF in Culpeper involved a concentric coil, preferably a 12", it would turn heads. 😉 Shame most have done away with them. Good luck with the new Garrett.

I have been hunting in the Culpeper area since the 80's. Hunted most of the DIV sites before they had them there. I used a Garrett ADS and later in the 90's a Whites Blue and Gray. I would only use a Ground balancing pulse now.

[Chase Goldman]

Blue and Gray a Classic.  I know someone who still occasionally uses it in hot dirt.

[Fredneck]

Oh, I assumed the hot ground you were testing the V80 was in that area. My toy from the 80's that's very similar, 5500D. 

[George Kinsey]

And from the early 90.s...........