3 Frequencies, 2.5kHz, 7.5kHz, and 22.5kHz
Color screen, new display housing
Oscilloscope like display (this tickles my inner geek)
Same shaft and electronics box as the DFX
D2 coil
Has internal Bluetooth audio/data transceiver
White's is selling bluetooth headphones, or you could use your own
You can exchange programs with other detectors over bluetooth
Retail price is going to be around $1500 with the headphones
Will be in stock at a dealer near you within a months time.
Get your reading glasses on... there's a lot to look at! This thing looks awexome!
Ok, after reading the field guide, here are some interesting observations:
1) Support of multiple wireless headphones connected at the same time. Great for training purposes, or group hunting with one detector. Ability to change headphone channel just in case of interference.
2) Transmit Boost is a feature that amplifies the transmit circuit to help penetrate deep in the ground… very interesting. This seems much different than your typical sensitivity adjustment, which would seem to make the receiver end of things more or less sensitive. This Tx Boost is kind of like NOS for your detector… you wouldn’t use it all of the time, but when you needed it… it would be great to have it.
3) New high and low frequencies making the detector even more sensitive to GOLD and SILVER respectively. Deep silver, here we come. Oh boy, I wanna nugget hunt today… and can!
4) Frequency offset - +5/-5 which tunes the detector to the type of target you are seeking, or just to cancel out crosstalk between two Vision machines or nearby EMI. Too bad it wasn’t automatic for the crosstalk portion, but hey… it’s there!
5) Page 3 shows a depth of 13 inches on the display , and the depth meter shows fractions down to ¼”
6) Really cool Active Analyze screen, for the geek in all of us.
7) Deep Silver, Meterorite, Hi Pro preset modes sound like “the business”.
Cool LIVE CONTROLS! You can now adjust all kinds of parameters while the detector is operating in a recovery mode. Fine tuning couldn’t be easier now… experimentation will be fun instead of a chore!
9) Included is a SMART CHARGER that will charge your NiMH battery pack in 2-3 hours. Runtime is about 6-12 hours even despite the new display and wireless headphones!
10) Ability to change menu color schemes and menu sounds.
11) Help balloons activated by pushing trigger forward makes learning and REMEMBERING easy!
Ian
The field guide on this machine makes it look VERY appealing to me. I want one.
ashlie_conway
new md
But will your ginormous coil work with it?
Tn Dirt Digger
Re: new md
ashlie_conway wrote:
But will your ginormous coil work with it?
Excellent question Ashlie!....I think the freqs are different...Too bad if they won't....I got too much invested to change horses now....
George
Ian
Re: new md
Tn Dirt Digger wrote:
ashlie_conway wrote:
But will your ginormous coil work with it?
Excellent question Ashlie!....I think the freqs are different...Too bad if they won't....I got too much invested to change horses now....
George
Hmmmmmmmmm....
That is a good question. Now being this hasn't been released yet, and going strictly by the picture, I would have to say that all MXT, M6, and DFX coils and accessories would work.
In the picture, it uses the new 10"DD Coil that is made by White's and is available for those models.
Don't hold me to it, just going based off of looks.
CenterHit
I've been looking for some info on this detector. Glad you posted it!
This might keep me from buying that minelab I've been looking over.
I've got to see one of these in person first. If I hit the lotto this weekend
I'll have one shipped to you Ian.
I would think all coils would work with it also. The DFX already can run on two freq. so one more shouldn't be a problem. I've heard rumors about a relic hunting machine Whites had it the works this must be it.
Tn Dirt Digger
Re: new md
Ian wrote:
Tn Dirt Digger wrote:
ashlie_conway wrote:
But will your ginormous coil work with it?
Excellent question Ashlie!....I think the freqs are different...Too bad if they won't....I got too much invested to change horses now....
George
Hmmmmmmmmm....
That is a good question. Now being this hasn't been released yet, and going strictly by the picture, I would have to say that all MXT, M6, and DFX coils and accessories would work.
In the picture, it uses the new 10"DD Coil that is made by White's and is available for those models.
Don't hold me to it, just going based off of looks.
If the coils work....I will be a player for the new toy....for sure...for sure!
All coils for the dfx,mxt,m6 will work. the new ones, special calibrated to the v3's boost mode will also work in boost mode which the older ones won't.
@centerhit - I'd go for the minelab. Less problems in coils and programming.
Ian
Vito wrote:
All coils for the dfx,mxt,m6 will work. the new ones, special calibrated to the v3's boost mode will also work in boost mode which the older ones won't.
@centerhit - I'd go for the minelab. Less problems in coils and programming.
Thanks Vito,
I was wondering about which coils would work or not..
-Ian
Vito
Ian wrote:
Vito wrote:
All coils for the dfx,mxt,m6 will work. the new ones, special calibrated to the v3's boost mode will also work in boost mode which the older ones won't.
@centerhit - I'd go for the minelab. Less problems in coils and programming.
Thanks Vito,
I was wondering about which coils would work or not..
-Ian
Hello Ian. TNX for the reply.
The new coils, made to work in the boost mode also are marked (stamped) with a "V" in the serial on the coils ears. (this is only for the whites ones.)
All the Best and legal hunting
mark h
If given the chance to test drive one of theses machines, I would give it all the same treatment as I give my " MXT " and " IDX ", with that being said. It's a White's, with all the changing tech on the market. There is one you can't beat, and that's white's dependible reputation. 60 plus years, and still able to keep up with " Minelab ". And now they have a true " Hot Rod " of a metal detector. Just my thought....
