Problem with AT Gold after sitting for over a year

[1ringedingy]

Hi All:

This may sound like a stupid question but I thought I would ask it anyway.
I removed the batteries and put my AT Gold away for a little over a year. Earlier this summer I put new Duracells in it and messsed with it in the yard. It does not seem to ground balance like it used to. As I recall when I used to ground balance it I would press the ground balance and bob the detector up and down until it quieted down. Now it just continues to make that ground balance and does not stop. Tried several locations and that changes nothing. Trying to detect with the detector is just annoying regardless of how I set it and it just does not seem like it used to be

Right now it seems to be a better noise maker then it does a detector. Any ideas?

Ray

 

[John-Edmonton]

Try resetting the machine. Turn it on and continue to hold the on button until it switches back to factory mode. That sometimes fixes the glitches.

 

[1ringedingy]

Thanks, I already tried the reset.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Well, try this. Put a coin on the ground and try ground balancing on the coin and see if you numbers change?

 

[detectin4fun]

If you have a coil cover remove it and wipe the dirt off the coil. Try powering it on and let it remain ON for a time an hour or so before you try the ground balance and reset again. If it is still stuck try removing the batteries for a day, reinstall and try the reset and GB again. Any device with a processor can get a glitch in the system and become stuck in a start up mode and not properly react to the controls. Sometimes power on and no power times move a processor out of the hang up point. Good luck

 

[tarajudy]

MINE WILL NOT GB IN MY BACKYARD EITHER. TOO MANY UNDER GROUND WIRES ALL DIRECTIONS, TV CABLE. PHONE LINE. UNDER GROUND ELECT WIRES.
TRY A SCHOOL YARD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS

 

[ohiochris]

The sound it makes as it ground balances shouldnt make a difference. Just watch the numbers on the screen ,......manually set the ground balance way low , then auto ground balance while watching the numbers on the screen , make sure they are changing , ....once they settle on a value and dont change any more it should be balanced.