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A friend I play pool with told me his son collects coins, and recently found a '47 or something(date might be off) indian head coin, and in casual conversation he said that his kid found the value to be $3500. Is this realistic? martin

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Heirs-Lose-Fight-With-Government-to-Keep-Dads-Rare-1933-Gold-Coins-125908579.html Maybe there is some logic in this but all it tells me is, &quot:grin:shocked04:n't tell the government nothing when you find valuables. martin

Just curious if holidays like this gets you to thinking. martin

OK here in Texas, intersections everywhere out where I live are covered up with 4t Of July firework stands, as predictable as death and taxes each year. My question is about getting to detect those ASAP after the fireworks stands go away. Most all of these stands are crammed in basically useless...

I have enjoyed reading the explanations for hunting, such as Jack's on curb hunting. I also would enjoy someone with total knowledge of the V3 and V3i to address the literal numbers on what constitutes lower and higher settings rates in the menus. What I mean is this: Say you are told to run the...

I got home in the wee hours of the morning last night, hit the refrigerator for a drink and when I rounded the corned to the LR, there was a very young possum near my cat's dish, frozen in it's tracks staring at me. I wondered why the cat was laying under the dining table like it was, that was...

(CNN) -- Most people heading to the seashore bring along sunscreen, colorful towels and a big umbrella. For others, the ultimate beach accessory is a metal detector. You've probably seen them during your trips to any coast -- sweeping the gadget back and forth along the water, ears covered by...

OK, I've been reading responses, and watching videos over on that other board about a test garden. It is pretty cool how the OP made test cylinders out of PVC and clay dirt, then exhibited the results with readable tones on a mercury dime @ 10. Then the OP hit a quarter at 12, TX Boost on, and...

I was digging today, found a sliver of aluminum siding, and the Pro Pointer won't read it on the tip of the PP. The sides do, yet I have to physically contact it onto the sides, but it sings nicely. I did a good job of cleaning the tip off, installed a new battery, and it still tested the same...

...automatically balance in auto-balance mode? I've read where people say that the V3i can be balanced in just a few swings when in auto mode, so if that is true, then what is the stern advice always given about Must get a good GB! Is manually ground balancing redundant? Sure, it can't hurt to...

I asked one of the gurus a question a long while back(another discussion board) about losing sound during pinpoint while still having activity in the three color bars along with varying depth responses on the display...Is this possible? I asked. His answer was, If you are running settings...

I learned something today. My Pro Pointer is prone to get caked up with wet dirt/mud, and I mostly just figured that the power would shoot through that new barrier, so I never made it a priority to clean it off on each hunt. Well, I was testing a telephone wire for detection of the internal...

Would a buried phone line to a residential home be detected by a metal detector, or does the shielding of the cable isolate that from the detection? I would think the cable would be at a reasonable depth and not too deep. martin

I've been using a Leche which has the notches in the right side of the blade. Does that make it a digger for a right handed person? If it is for right handed people, then I find it awkward to use the serrated side of the blade to cut roots. Have I been wrong all this time and mine is for left...

I was hunting last night in the dark, had a hole dug and was using the Pro Pointer using the nickel/double the depth trick when I let the nickel slip to the ground. OK I said, I'll just find it with the detector or the PP. Danged! the thing is still lost. I went back today in the daylight(My own...

OK, you are setting up on a site to hunt. The advice is to adjust the gain until it gets chattery and then lowering the gain a notch or so. Exactly what is used to benchmark the chattery condition? Is chattery on ground sweeps? Exactly what is chattery? Gibberish and beeps, bleeps and...

I bought 8 of these NiZN batteries and a charger, and wanted to know about the safety of running these in my V3i. Each battery charges to 1.8v, so 8 x 1.8 makes for 14.4v. Will that be a safe voltage level for the detector? martin I found the answer on another board. Carl himself says the MXT...

What suggestions are there for a holster or tool belt for when I go to the public to hunt? I presume a carpenter's type belt, but is there ones you can suggest that will save me going all over town looking? I see pics of people with back packs and waist belts. I don't think I'll jump into a...

I have a question. If the V3i is supposed to auto GB on it's own, given time and assuming the Lock Trac isn't engaged, why is an intricate GB so absolutely necessary? I read on another board way back when I got my V3i, that the V3i will self balance on it's own with time. Now do NOT think I am...

Quick question. When the manual says a slower delay, or a longer delay...would a setting of 30 be slower than a setting of 100? Seems that the 1/t calculation enters into the V3i on at least one setting, can't remember which. Thanks. martin