Albert said:
Recieved the pro today. Was happy to recieve it after a two week mail delay. Anyway I'll skip all the packaging and assembly details. By the way , I also purchased the 5x10 coil for it , so that gives me three coils to test with. Tested it in my back yard were I have some EMI from electrical lines overhead. Turn frequency to 2 and she quieted down nicely. Turned the I'd filter up to 20 because of the iron pieces in the ground, quited down quite a bit. All other setting stock.I have a few coins scattered around the yard and so with stock coil proceeded to find them. Found all them with no overloads and some were on top of the ground. Worked fine.
How much distance between your coil and the coins and targets? The Overload audio is more apparent on larger-size targets, or if somewhat close to coins. The search coil, buy suggestion in the Owner's Manual, Page 6, Number 10, should be operated about 2" from the ground. If operated a reasonable distance away, like 1½" to 2" high, it will often not Overload on typical smaller-size coins. Big targets can cause it. It is a useful, functional feature.
Albert said:
Of course from what I have read, the overloads happen in cold weather. Here in southern California it doesn't get very cold.
I am in North Central Oregon and have hunted with my Racer in towns and ghost towns in Oregon, Utah and Idaho in temperatures from 62° to 74°. Not freezing weather but I do get the PROPER and ANTICIPATED 'Overload" audio with both my Racers.
Albert said:
Tried all the features on the detector and was pleasantly surprised that all worked so well , especially the back light. The vibrating handle was also a first for me. Anyways i hooked up the 5x10 coil and same results . Good separation of targets with both coils etc. And no overloads.
Check bigger-size targets or work the search coil close to coins, using the default settings, and you ought to hear the Overload audio.
Albert said:
The one thing i did notices was that the tones , either 2 or 3 , sounded muffled. Not crisp like on some of the other machines I own. Too much bass.
My audio responses are well defined, crisp and clear. I use White's Pro Star headphones and Killer B 'Wasp' headphones and always have the volume controls set to wide-open. I have the On/Off Volume control on the Racer turned fully clockwise to maximum Target Volume.
Was your Volume control fully turned up?
Were you using the default Gain Setting or increased a little and not decreased?
What headphones were you using?
I hear a muffled audio when I try most headphones that have 8 ohm, 16 ohm or even 32 ohm speakers. The optional wireless Bluetooth headphones are a 32 ohm speaker design and, for me, they were also a more muffled audio when I checked them out.
If you were using the supplied lightweight headphones with the Racer, those are a low-impedance design and the result is a muffled-sounding audio. Try a better quality headphone, such as those I mentioned or other type with maybe a 50 ohm, but especially a 100 ohm or 150 ohm Impedance speaker and the audio will be clean, clear, crisp and much better.
Albert said:
Also the volume on the detector seems low to me.
Make sure it is set to full Volume AND use a quality set of higher-impedance headphones.
Albert said:
Other than that, I hope to be able to take it hunting this weekend. HH . Al
Best of success this weekend. I'll be doing some detecting tomorrow, as well as Saturday afternoon when I get home from our meeting and, possibly, Sunday afternoon
Monte