Silver Sabre uMAX Threshold Setting

[berryman]

Can anyone explain the purpose of the threshold setting on the Silver Sabre uMAX?

Normally, the threshold setting is only found on machines with a conventional all metal hunting mode. However, the Silver Sabre uMAX is only in the all metal mode when the pin point button is depressed. As I doubt that anyone would hunt with this machine with the pin point button constantly depressed, I fail to see any useful purpose for having a threshold setting on the Silver Sabre.

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

Not sure if this helps, but on my cibola, if I'm getting a weak (quieter-deeper) signal in disc, I can turn up the threshold (gain) to make it hit harder and louder so I can x swing to locate better. Helps sometimes too to get a better idea without headphones where the signal falls out when thumbing. If it's too quiet (deep) I'll turn up the threshold to get louder signal, then thumb the disc to find where it falls out.

Again, not sure if it helps on that unit.

Edit: like supertuning, you can't use the pinpoint button with threshold up.
Can also let you supertune the detector to get deeper targets. Videos on YouTube about this.

 

[BarberBill]

Having had and used a SSumax for years, everything I've read (including the instruction book) mentions that a slight threshold hum in pinpoint (all metal) enhances the performance of the discrimination mode. Just a slightly audible hum is supposed to do.
BB

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

Very true. Supposed to be the most stable that way and best overall performance.
Supertune is for raw depth and power.

 

[Bleaver]

The setting of the threshold signals establishes the minimum sound for deep targets,
- so turning this setting up will greatly enhance the sound for deep targets, although the detector may become erratic,
- while adjusting the threshold too low will cause a loss of depth.

This information from the Toltec 100 manual but it applies to most (but not PI machines) if not all of the Tesoro family of detectors.

 

[amberjack]

yes I think its needs to be run as you would use it as if hunting in AM same range for best results.

AJ