ALZA TX-850 - Quick-start demonstration; Supplies Needed; Position the Detector

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Quick-start demonstration
1) Supplies Needed
• a Nail
• a U.S. Nickel
• a U.S. Zinc Penny (dated after 1982)
• a U.S. Quarter
2) Position the Detector
• Place the detector on a table, with the search coil hanging over the edge.
Or better, have a friend hold the detector, with the search coil off the ground.
• Keep the search coil away from walls, floors and metal objects.
• Remove watches, rings and jewellery.
• Turn off lights or appliances, whose electromagnetic emissions ma cause
interference.
• Pivot the search coil back.
3) Click on detector with the left knob. Set the Gain at the 12:00 position for this
demonstration.
4) Click the right knob to the left to the DISC setting.