Cherry Picker
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So how many have seen VDI numbers change as you dig your hole? Plenty of times I have seen a jumpy VDI of say 17 -18 firm up to a nice solid 20 after taking out a shovel full of soil?
What about targets that give different VDI at different sites? I have one sites were pistol balls come up at a consistent 16 but on other sites they are a 19?
This is with my Nox but have seen similar variations with my Racer 2 also...
I would love to be able to hunt primarily VDI only, but I know that I will miss a lot of good targets if I do, partly because our targets are so variable...
it *might* be a more practical approach for you folks who coin shoot for modern (post 1800) coins as the targets themselves are more consistent, but for people interested in older coins and relics, I can't see it working....
Again, you're describing the very problem with these new detectors with only 30-50 VDI target segments. You don't see that jumpy VDI with the higher resolution detectors, and that is my point. Everyone has grown so accustomed to a jumpy unreliable VDI, they think that is the norm. It didn't use to be.
On the DFX, yes on deep target the VDI could get jumpy and less reliable. The E-Trac CO numbers start jumping on deep targets, but the FE number gives a very good indication of good vs bad. The $250 Simplex does not have a jumpy VDI. As I said, if it says 18-21 it WILL be a piece of foil, If on any swing it gives a higher number, say a 22, it will not be foil 90% of the time. If you get a 04 on every swing, it will be a piece of iron such as a paperclip, hairpin, tack etc. If on any one of the swings you get a VDI above 04, it will not be iron 90% of the time. The exception there is a bolt will sometimes read above a 04. I recover a lot of those steel $0.25 bubblegum machine rings because they read a 04 most of the time, but will get a VDI of 05-06 telling you it isn't foil. The 30-50 VDI detector will call it iron junk.