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OK, it was a goof I didn't know that I made. I was bored so I thought I'd go practice in the yard, began swinging the 10 coil as soon as I hit grass, a mere 15' from the front door. Well, there was a good hit, says a penny in all respects on the V3i, but looked too large. I thought. I've hit...

It seems logical to me that larger coils would impact battery runtime hours, versus a very small coil would. Anybody measured this? Am I totally wrong in my assumptions? I know some detectors have boost power, but what does coil size have to do with standard operations while using the smallest...

I did a lot of hunting on a visit, mostly cruddy pennies, but had one really green and crusty coin that I later found to be an IH, my first I got anxious to see the date and make it clean so I went to hydrogen peroxide, and made some progress, but not much, except the date came through, 1898. I...

I made what appears to be a nice, simple mod to the Garretts Pro Pointer which has so far basically eliminated the falsing from bouncng/bumping the wand into something, such as the hole. You know those sponge washer-like things that the CDR and DVD bulk packs come with to aid in dampening the...

Sorry if I've asked this before but what set of good HPs is fool proof for those exxperiencing pain with ear lobes and hearing aids? The Sunrays Golds are insufficient. martin

I've been tweaking the V with the 6x10DD coil today after doing months of here on test coins with the 10&quot:grin:2. I was shocked just now that on my go-to 6 quarter, that I could trickle down the gain all the way to 2 and still get rather good tone and an 83 Vdi report! North Texas is about...

A few questions before pulling the trigger on getting a rock tumbler. If I were to get a single barrel unit and intend on doing my pennies in one run, and dimes and all the rest of the coins in a second run, do you change the gravel between runs or do you just rinse it after the pennies? Is it a...

Will there be a second indicator besides the 22.5 line? Does gold jewelry give 7.5 and/or 2.5 indicators in tandem with the 22.5? So far the low Vdi numbers(0 to 13) have given mostly just the blue, 22.5 khz line, and it was can slaw. What do you see different on a polar chart when you've...

Not a question about if you carry a shovel and a digger...do you carry other than the choice hand digger. I've only packed the Lesche so far, but it does lack features in scooping deep hole dirt. Is it wise to maybe get the Sawtooth Gator along with the Lesche? martin

I just recently had a Pro Pointer repaired, some of the concern was the depth sensitivity. I also bought a brand new one in the short term, and the new one still beats the one from last year by half an inch on air tests. It is being a pita to readdress the issue with Garretts? Tia Martin

I read somewhere that there is a setup from Radio Shack for a recommended wireless headphone option for the detectors. Anyone have suggestions? martin

Many here may know that here that I've sorta lived a reclusive detecting career since getting into the hobby last year, totally draining my own property but still pop a surprice coin or two once in a great while, but nothing in recent history. I took the holidays and visited my brother in NW...

Does anyone here use the Sunray Gold headphones with their V3i? martin

I had a Pro Pointer which was about 14 months old which was giving me concerns that the tip sensitivity was weak. Well, I broke the rules(don't do this) and thought I'd save a trip to Garland, and I removed the guts to clean it. I had read that you could get sensitivity back with this effort...

My brother bought a 126:blackeye: off Ebay and it has problems. It chatters and makes noise like the speaker is shorting or something is cutting out, yet the headphones still have this noise. You can't get rid og the noise unless you turn it off. It is basically useless like it is, even though...

I've never posted any pics here, so why not. I spent part of yesterday and today in my back 2.5 acres, which was freshly turned under with a disc, shallow but nice digging without all the stubble. Here's the loot with about 80% left to walk off and hunt. Check the size of the small airgun...

I should maybe write this in general discussions, oh well, here it goes anyway. My neighbor used about 2 1/2 of my back property for his horses, and a few days ago he had the land disc-d up with a tractor and disk. It was a small rig, but it still turned under most all of the stubble, so I've...

I decided just a while ago to test my V3i for the feature of Auto Balance, so I first thought that I would need to de-balance it. Well, I first balanced it over my buried 5 quarter, then went to the clean spot I knew about close by to see how much of it was. Mind you now, the Auto feature was...

Sorry, double post. martin

Do you bury a practice coin when you go to a new location and then optimize your detector? martin