andygold
New Member
I've read through all 14 pages but I'm still confused. I'm a total newbie with probably the cheapest metal detector that can be gotten. It has little to no discrimination (only one tone, and no digital display). My idea of a great detector would be one that gives me enough information so I can determine whether to dig a garbage item or not. This detector sounds like it will find tons more stuff than my current MD, which means I will be digging tons more garbage. By upgrading, I'm looking to dig less, not more. Right now, I have no choice but to dig everything.
Also, from looking at the VDI numbers posted (here and in other threads), it seems that coin readings, for example, are all over the place due to depth, type, how worn, etc. If the numbers are all over the place, then what good are they? They don't seem like they mean much to me if a deep, well worn-out coin might ring in totally different from a coin of the same value that is shallow and thicker. Again, I'm a newbie, and I'm trying to make sense of what I'm reading. I'm leaning towards getting a v3i Spectra, as it seems to me that it may allow me to dig less trash, as it can discern the difference between two targets with the same conductivity, yet that are made of two totally different metals. Is the 800 going to have me digging less holes filled will trash?
Also, from looking at the VDI numbers posted (here and in other threads), it seems that coin readings, for example, are all over the place due to depth, type, how worn, etc. If the numbers are all over the place, then what good are they? They don't seem like they mean much to me if a deep, well worn-out coin might ring in totally different from a coin of the same value that is shallow and thicker. Again, I'm a newbie, and I'm trying to make sense of what I'm reading. I'm leaning towards getting a v3i Spectra, as it seems to me that it may allow me to dig less trash, as it can discern the difference between two targets with the same conductivity, yet that are made of two totally different metals. Is the 800 going to have me digging less holes filled will trash?