Need help in setting metal detector

wjsobolewski

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Dec 25, 2012
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This particular area is mostly about coin collecting. You might get a better response if you post on one of the metal detecting areas on this site. FWIW
 

To keep it simple I would raise my RX gain up until the point of chatter then back it off a notch or two. On my V3i the stock setting was only 7. I now usually run 12-13.
I also turned my VDI tones off for most -VDI numbers in coin and jewelry (below -7) and changed the tones for my positive VDI numbers to be the same for every block of 10 (50-59 is one tone, 60 to 69 is another) which allows me to ID better by sound over stock.
If you are looking for coins use the spectrograph. I have found it to be very accurate in telling me what is a coin (or coin shape) and what is not.

Good luck.
 

Thanks for the information...I will do as you suggest and see how it goes. Bill S.
 

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