GARRETT VORTEX VDI ON SILVER DOLLAR...WE NEED AN UPDATE!

[@metaldetectingOK]

I love just hanging out with you while you test these detectors

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@DiggingCanuck]

That Peace Dollar ought to be blowing your ears off in the 90s. I dug one in 2019 in NY with an AT Pro. Something is amiss.

[@MD-NWWI]

Hey calabash. I emailed you. I have found a partial reason the VDI is screwy. The non ferrous is not really 40 to 99. The center non ferrous bar is missing numbers. It skips. The big problem with that is it makes it really hard to cherry pick silver coins etc.

[@MD-NWWI]

Also max vdi is 89.

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

Call me ...Check email

[@agateidest]

💯 on the Manticore, I get hits in the upper and lower iron bars all through the spectrum from 0-99. I noticed that about the non-ferrous and wondered why it started at 40. A nickel on my Manti hits between 25-27, how does that work on the Vortex?

[@ohiofredl]

Thanks for posting. Hope Garrett is watching.

[@BlastedKat]

Oh they are. They have a meeting every day where they play all the Calabasas videos on the big screen. You know you are watching.

[@treasurefinder66]

I guess the release date really didn't matter that much, may or November. Still isn't close to usable

[@bryanolier6775]

Garrett needs fix the VDI scale no if and buts

[@luisvillarreal5262]

I think Garrett got too excited and called it complete, too soon. Obviously, it wasn’t put under a thorough test. If Charles Garrett was still with us, I think things would be much different. Just saying. I own a couple of Garrett detectors, that I will not part with, that are considered vintage. (Hey C.B., have you tried a honking silver ring that should come up in the same range, as well?)

[@zzzzzzzzzzaper]

WOW! I have no words for that poor excuse for a metal detector. I take back the lemon deal that is just junk right there IF they don't fix the problem quick. No excuse for that.

[@mike-jc4wm]

The reason the IDS are wrong is because your holding the coin in your right hand and not the left .

[@historyhuntsman6950]

Hahaha! That Vortex just always has a standard 2 bars on Battery.

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

I am running it all the way down to see how long it takes to charge.

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

That’s a problem!

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

Yep...

[@Detect-Oregon]

Too bad the control box isn’t detachable………..

[@BobPop-n2r]

What we need Calabash is the Vortex MK 2!!! 😂

[@AngelsandStrangers]

👍👊

[@tnsharpshooter8517]

You need a big mirror so you can see ID in your Labratory. Keep plugging away CD. Wonder what that thing does on a big silver bracelet in multit salt say 7-8” away a from coil? Hmm

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

hmmm

[@bladepack6784]

Send your Vortex in for a repair or replacement, then do more testing You have been having issues with the VX9, get a good one before asking Garrett to make changes

[@LyleClark-c6x]

Mine is getting the same 67 VDI on a silver dollar in an area with no emi. I have had no problems with charging or lockups. There is a definite problem, hopefully it can be fixed with firmware.

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

I'm waiting on a software update.

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

Others are acting the same...

[@Buttondigger]

Do a hammered coin or Roman. I bet those read right?

[@calabashdiggeradventures]

I would not know what they are supposed to read..