Coin Digger
Sr. Member
- Jul 13, 2008
- 328
- 47
- Detector(s) used
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Whites Classic 3 SL
Fisher F2
Bounty Hunter Platinum
Whites XLT
Nokta Legend
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Thereās a lot to say about the Whiteās V3i, Iāve owned mine for a year.
The V3i has got to be the king of settings, it has a setting for just about everything, and even the settings can be broken down to fine tune the setting.
After having said that, it really is a turn on and go machine. Just pick your program for your hunt and go.
I have 3 favorite programs, the Coin & Jewelry, High Trash and Deep Silver. With each of those programs I make a few simple adjustments for the area I hunt. Iām starting to like Mixed High Pro the more I use it.
If you just want to make basic adjustments itās easy to do on the fly or if you want to dig deep into the machineās settings and set it up to find coins only on Mars you could probable do that also.
One of the nice things is, if you get the machine way out of whack with wrong settings you can restore the program back to factory original and start tweaking all over again.
I havenāt found anything reel deep but I was impressed I found a zinc penny measured at 9 inches lying at a 45 degree angle. Iāve also found coins that I have passed over with other machines in the past because of nearby trash or trash in the same hole.
It really is a great machine and worth ever dollar paid, it sets the bar high for other machines to follow.
It has a few draw backs that I can see:
Itās a heavy machine, took me 2 weeks of swinging before I didnāt notice its weight.
Itās easy to get lost in the menus, I think Whiteās could of done a better job on itās lay out.
Last thing is, for the life of me I canāt figure out why they didnāt make it so you can plug it into yur computer. That would have been a cool feature. Design a program and upload it into the machine or share with others and everybody could tweak on it. Hint Hint Carl
The V3i has got to be the king of settings, it has a setting for just about everything, and even the settings can be broken down to fine tune the setting.
After having said that, it really is a turn on and go machine. Just pick your program for your hunt and go.
I have 3 favorite programs, the Coin & Jewelry, High Trash and Deep Silver. With each of those programs I make a few simple adjustments for the area I hunt. Iām starting to like Mixed High Pro the more I use it.
If you just want to make basic adjustments itās easy to do on the fly or if you want to dig deep into the machineās settings and set it up to find coins only on Mars you could probable do that also.
One of the nice things is, if you get the machine way out of whack with wrong settings you can restore the program back to factory original and start tweaking all over again.
I havenāt found anything reel deep but I was impressed I found a zinc penny measured at 9 inches lying at a 45 degree angle. Iāve also found coins that I have passed over with other machines in the past because of nearby trash or trash in the same hole.
It really is a great machine and worth ever dollar paid, it sets the bar high for other machines to follow.
It has a few draw backs that I can see:
Itās a heavy machine, took me 2 weeks of swinging before I didnāt notice its weight.
Itās easy to get lost in the menus, I think Whiteās could of done a better job on itās lay out.
Last thing is, for the life of me I canāt figure out why they didnāt make it so you can plug it into yur computer. That would have been a cool feature. Design a program and upload it into the machine or share with others and everybody could tweak on it. Hint Hint Carl