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Ground balance

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wildbill!!

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I was hunting yesterday and ground balanced my machine, the reading were 5-9 , this didn't seem right to me. Anyone else had this issue?
 
Why doesn’t it seem correct to you?
Mine usually GB at 7. If I’m in multi-frequency mode I leave it at 0.
 
wildbill!! said:
I was hunting yesterday and ground balanced my machine, the reading were 5-9 , this didn't seem right to me. Anyone else had this issue?
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Really depends where you're detecting. I was out on an old rugby pitch 2 days ago and could tell by the chattery signals that the ground had more mineralization than most places I go. Did a ground grab and came up as 22 repeatable +/- a digit or so. I could tell that the soil was fill an inch or more below the surface. Most places around VT are in the low to mid single digits. A Gulf beach in FL I detect is pure 0 for GB. Cleanest, whitest sand one could hope for. I'd say you're fine.
 
JimmyCT said:
Why doesn’t it seem correct to you?
Mine usually GB at 7. If I’m in multi-frequency mode I leave it at 0.
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I always ground balance my detectors to get the optimum performance out of them and normally I get a lot higher numbers, these low numbers just didn't seem right . I just got to trust the machine that it is ground balancing correctly. I guess it all depends on the soil your hunting in.
 
Dirt Duke said:
Really depends where you're detecting. I was out on an old rugby pitch 2 days ago and could tell by the chattery signals that the ground had more mineralization than most places I go. Did a ground grab and came up as 22 repeatable +/- a digit or so. I could tell that the soil was fill an inch or more below the surface. Most places around VT are in the low to mid single digits. A Gulf beach in FL I detect is pure 0 for GB. Cleanest, whitest sand one could hope for. I'd say you're fine.
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I've seen YouTube videos of people not even ground balancing their machines, they are saying it doesn't matter. I have to disagree with this GB is important for your machine to perform at it's best. It sounds like you GB your detector as well.
 
wildbill!! said:
I always ground balance my detectors to get the optimum performance out of them and normally I get a lot higher numbers, these low numbers just didn't seem right . I just got to trust the machine that it is ground balancing correctly. I guess it all depends on the soil your hunting in.
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If in single frequency on the Equinox, it’s imperative to GB. When in SMF, Minelab recommends leaving it at 0 and that’s what I do. Having done this since I owned the Equinox, I have found tons of coins and deep too!
 
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