I have tried every V3i custom program listed on two boards, Fox's, Magics, Jacks, yada yada yada...and none test near as good on my small test garden. Last one I tried today was Magics(again) and like the others I have tried, I get a signal on a buried nickel, in only one direction, and there is an enormous amount of circus show noises all over. Yes, I did a good manual GB. Yes, I varied my sweep speed...I gave it the old college try. It's not just Magics program. I continue to get decent behavior ONLY with the factory programs. Jack's, Roberts salt compensation, Fox's,,,,there are more but I can't remember those by name, all have given the same eradic results. If I only use the factory programs, I have to wonder if I am missing lots of stuff, cuz you veterans didn't compose these programs, and get praise from others, without merit, plus I am still trying to break the barrier and actually dig a coin in the 7-10 range. I made progress on the PP and audio sound displaying deeper signals beyond 6, but the search mode with these custom programs has failed every time.
Thank God there wasn't a tree close to me today when I tested the garden. I never felt like smashing a detector, or hardly anything, as much as today after seeing and hearing a tone on my buried 4 nickel in ONLY one direction, never could produce the signal in both until I went to the factory C&J. This V3i has to be a female, never works the same two times in a row, and loves to see me unhappy :-(
I really must be missing something, but if it was a defective piece of equipment, then the factory program should be hosed up as well. Getting no tone on a l-r swing, yet a good tone r-l swing, using ultra slow swings, to fast and everything in-between, with the custom programs is dam'd irritating.
Maybe I can still find a tree! martin