"Gain" and "Deep On"

[Nick A]

After reading some of Andy's book last night, I am left with the impression that a high "Gain" setting and "Deep On" do the same thing. I know this has been covered before. The function is that the machine amplifies sounds of quieter targets.

I prefer to not use gain, as I would like to hear the difference between shallow and deep targets. I have never heard this difference in target volume correlated with depth when using the Explorer SE Pro. Now I think I may know why. If this is what I want, it appears I should be hunting with "Deep Off" as well as my lower Gain setting. What do you think?

 

[dewcon4414]

Id encourage anyone to try different settings... just be aware it takes time to see a benefit. Its kind of like changing detectors, you may not see an inprovement in finds right off. I dont disagree that deep and gain amplify the weaker signals. Its just how they do it. I see deep as a filtering recovery, kind of like going from a 2 filter to 4. It gives the processor a bit longer to sample everything under the coil. Once the NOISE is filtered it can then break the threshold with a tone or AMPLYFY the target. Because of this, Deep on does give a little more sensitivity to weak targets and various metals. The gain takes what ever tone is received and modulates it for you so you can distinguish deep from shallow ... or not. Deep doesnt give you this modulation, you should be able to use deep on.... just turn your gain down to 6 if you really want to tell the difference from shallow and deep targets. Id recommend you use a test garden to set your machine up or a deep target found in the field. Personally, i hunt with deep and fast OFF most of the time unless i get in an area that just has so many targets im getting tones and no screen movement... then i reduce my sensitivity and turn fast on. On the beach i normally do run deep on.

 

[digitrich]

Find a target in an area you regularly hunt and don't dig it. Just sit on top of it changing your settings and see what works best and then dig it. Try this on different depth targets and see what you like. Realize that although those settings may be perfect for that site or parts of that site, they will need to be set different at other sites.