Nexus Standard MP V3 'Two Modes'

In this blog I'd like to explain about what I call the "Two Modes" on the Nexus Standard MP V3, this is an angle that I came up with myself. You have one mode that I will call the "fast" mode and then you have a second mode that I'll call "deep". There are a number of ways to use the V3 and obviously you have to spend time with it and get comfortable before you find yourself actually metal detecting. In the early stages I found myself guessing as opposed to freely metal detecting without a worry in the world. When you reach the point where you've fully connected with the machine, that's when the fun really starts.

I understand there are a number of disciplines amongst Nexus users worldwide and this alone actually demonstrates how versatile the units are. You've got your professional treasure hunters that want to exploit the raw power using large dual coils to fire deep into the ground looking for larger targets. You then have the type of detectorist that doesn't have the terrain or the need for the high frequency coils so they opt for the low frequency double D or dual coils for a general/deep scan search. Then you have those like me who hunt pasture fields and ploughed land for anything that comes along, it's my style of detecting that requires both high and low frequency coils because I tend to come across terrain that's littered with iron and heavy trash and I need to use a set of coils that can deal with these types of environments.

If you're using Nexus for general metal detecting it's recommended to get at least one high frequency coil along side a low frequency coil. This means you have all bases covered, if you're hunting iron littered sites, a low frequency DD coil just isn't going to perform as well as a high frequency concentric. This is obviously common sense, it's about using the right coil for the job. For example, if you've got quiet pasture then the lack of shallow targets is going to allow you to hunt for the potential deeper items because they're not being masked. It's a no brainer that a larger low frequency coil is best suited on these types of terrain. One point I'd like to add, do not underestimate the low frequency coils and their ability to isolate and detect nonferrous targets close to ferrous items, they do a very good job. They're just not in the same league as the silver scout coils. Below is a video showing the 13' inch DD coil picking up a small piece of nonferrous metal attached to iron.

Below Is A Video Demonstrating The Ability Of The 13' Inch DD 6 KHZ Coil At Unmasking Coins Under Iron

What Is The Fast Mode?

This is an audio based mode as opposed to audio & visual, the coil that needs to be used is the high frequency silver scout, it's best used on really trashy sites like parks and land that contains lots of iron or is littered with trash targets that are dense and close together. On these types of terrain there's simply no point looking at the meter due to the sheer amount of signals. These hunting environments are all about the audio so you'll be using the VCO exclusively, setting the unit up is simple and the video below demonstrates the steps to go through. 

What Is The Deep Mode?

This is an audio visual based mode and it's designed to use when you are wanting to hunt for deeper targets. When I say "audio visual", you're going to be listening to the audio and looking at the meter, the unit will be run with standard audio and the VCO will only be used to help identify targets. I recommend you use this mode on ground where signals aren't so dense and close together, or on land that you've started to clear all the shallow stuff out of to enable you to hit on the 'potential' deeper targets. The key to this mode is the raised threshold, below is a video demonstrating the steps you go through to set the unit up.

Obviously to use both these modes successfully you need to be familiar with both the language and the operation of the V3 and this can take a long time to master. However, once you're comfortable with the machine, running both these modes in the environments explained above, you're giving yourself the highest chance at finding some treasures. It also goes without saying that these modes aren't "set in stone", they're just suggesting a couple of different ways to use the machine, obviously you can run it any way that you see fit and find comfortable.