JohnApthorp
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Here's how I understand it - can someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Please forgive me for using a Minelab detector as an analogy - this is not a comparison between the machines but I also use a minelab & find it easier for this post. Thanks.
This query relates to the Slow, Lock & Fast automatic ground tracking switch.
On the minelab machines you have the Automatic & Fixed tracking modes. You start off by doing an Automatic ground balance & when the machine is running stable (The machine has tuned itself to all the small mineralisation signals found in the soil & is now running quiet) for that location/patch of soil, you can then "lock" your ground balance for that soil by flicking the switch over to 'FIXED" ground balance. By doing this, the machines computer will react to any small targets. If you had left the machine on Auto GB, the machines computer can treat these small targets as mineralisation & block them out after a couple of swings of the coil because you initially didn't get a loud response & will now treat them like normal mineralisation.
Enter the Infinium.
I fired up the PWR/Auto ground track button by going straight to "FAST" (Checking that I have 3 or preferably 4 battery beeps) After checking for interference, I pump the coil 3 - 4 inches above the ground to do a fast GB & then flick the switch over to "SLOW" where I do another 3 - 4 inch GB pump. When all is quiet, I then put the switch into the "Lock" position.
Is this the same as putting it into the "FIXED" position on a Minelab machine or is it putting it into the "AUTO" position as in Automatic tracking on a Minelab machine?
Thanks in advance.
Gary.
This query relates to the Slow, Lock & Fast automatic ground tracking switch.
On the minelab machines you have the Automatic & Fixed tracking modes. You start off by doing an Automatic ground balance & when the machine is running stable (The machine has tuned itself to all the small mineralisation signals found in the soil & is now running quiet) for that location/patch of soil, you can then "lock" your ground balance for that soil by flicking the switch over to 'FIXED" ground balance. By doing this, the machines computer will react to any small targets. If you had left the machine on Auto GB, the machines computer can treat these small targets as mineralisation & block them out after a couple of swings of the coil because you initially didn't get a loud response & will now treat them like normal mineralisation.
Enter the Infinium.
I fired up the PWR/Auto ground track button by going straight to "FAST" (Checking that I have 3 or preferably 4 battery beeps) After checking for interference, I pump the coil 3 - 4 inches above the ground to do a fast GB & then flick the switch over to "SLOW" where I do another 3 - 4 inch GB pump. When all is quiet, I then put the switch into the "Lock" position.
Is this the same as putting it into the "FIXED" position on a Minelab machine or is it putting it into the "AUTO" position as in Automatic tracking on a Minelab machine?
Thanks in advance.
Gary.