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Quick-Start Demo
Try this quick way to demonstrate the basic features of your metal detector:
I. Supplies Needed
a. A nail
b. A zinc penny (pennies dated after 1982 are made of zinc)
c. A quarter
II. Position Your Detector
Keep the detector away from floors, walls, and metal objects.
One person holds the detector still, so that another can sweep
coins under the coil.
Sweep coins under the bottom of the search coil.
III.
Beginning Settings
a. Left Knob: At 6:00 position
b. Right Knob: Click on, but keep counterclockwise
IV. Detecting All Types of Metals
a. Wave each object over the search coil. Notice the tone is
loudest as the object passes over the center.
b. Pass each object at varying distances from the search coil.
Notice that the sound gets louder as the object moves closer to
the search coil. Also notice that beyond a certain distance, the
object is no longer detected.
V. Eliminating Some Metals
a. Wave the nail and slowly turn the right knob to the right.
• Notice where the nail is eliminated from detection
b. Wave the penny and keep turning the right knob until the
penny is eliminated from detection
c. Wave the quarter
• Notice that the quarter is never eliminated from detection.
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Pinpointing
Accurate pinpointing takes practice and is best accomplished by “X-ing” the sus-
pected target area.
1. Once a buried target is identified by a good tone response, continue
sweeping the coil over the target in a narrowing side to side pattern.
2. Take visual note of the place on the ground where the “beep” occurs
as you move the coil slowly from side to side.
3. Stop the coil directly over this spot on the ground.
4. Now move the coil straight forward and straight back towards you a
couple of times.
5. Again make visual note of the spot on the ground at which the “beep”
occurs.
6. If needed, “X” the target at different angles to “zero in” on the exact
spot on the ground at which the “beep” occurs.
REMEMBER: The detector will beep just as the search coil passes over the
buried object.
If you have difficulty pinpointing very strong signals, try lifting the coil higher
off the ground until a weaker, but more concise, signal is heard. For very
weak signals, try moving the coil in short quick sweeps, closer to the ground.
When pinpointing a target, try drawing an “X”, as illustrated, over where
the tone is induced.
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