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Listening Safely: Do not listen at extremely high volume levels. Extended high volume listening can lead to
permanent hearing loss. Do not wear earphones while operating your detector near high-traffic areas. For
safety, always be aware of your surrounding.
OPERATION: This Metal Detector distinguishes between ferrous and nonferrous metals. Ferrous metals
included iron, while non-ferrous metals are gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, lead, and zinc.
1. TURN ON THE DETECTOR: Hold the detector in a comfortable position, rotate the VOLUME knob clockwise.
2. TUNING: Rotate VOLUME to the 11 o'clock position. Set DISC to the min. position. Hold the search coil about
1 foot away from the ground, hold down the RED button on the handle until the pointer on the view meter
rests at or near 0, then release the RED button. NOTE: Press the RED button on the handle at any time during
operation and the pointer will return to 0 automatically.
3. USING THE DETECTOR: Remove watches, rings, or other metal jewelry you are wearing. Hold the search coil
level and about 1/2-2 inches above the ground. Slowly move the search coil over the area where you placed
the sample, sweeping the search coil in a side-to-side motion. The distance of the movement path should be
around 4-6 inches. The smaller the target metal, the closer you should hold the detector to the ground.
• When the detector detects a ferrous metal, sound becomes lower or even disappears. Meanwhile the meter
pointer moves to left.. When the detector finds a non-ferrous metal, it makes louder sound and the meter
pointer goes to right. If the detector does not detect the material, check the battery power and verify if the
battery is properly connected. Use DISC to enable the detector to discriminate different metals.
Note: Each time after you adjust DISC, you have to press the RED button on the handle so that
the pointer will return to 0 position.
TESTING AND USING THE DETECTOR: To learn how the detector reacts to different metals, you should test it
before you use it the first time. You can test the detector indoors and outdoors.
1. INDOOR TESTING: Remove any watches, rings, or other metal jewelry you are wearing, then place the
detector on a wooden or plastic table. Adjust the search coil's angle so the flat part faces the ceiling.
Note: Never test the detector on a floor inside a building. Most buildings have metal of some kind in the floor,
which might interfere with the objects you are testing or mask the signal completely. Rotate VOLUME to 11
o'clock position. Set DISC to min. position. Press the RED button until the pointer on the view meter rests at or
near 0. Move a sample of the material you want the detector to find (such as a gold ring or a coin) about 2
inches above the search coil. If the detector detects the material, the pointer moves to left (ferrous), sound gets
down or even disappears. Or the meter pointer moves to right (non-ferrous) with loud sound. If the detector
does not detect the material, check the battery power and verify if the battery is properly connected.
Note: If you are using a coin, the detector detects it more easily if you hold it so a flat side is parallel with the
flat side of the search coil (not the edge).
2. OUTDOOR TESTING & USING: Find an area on the ground outside where there is no metal. Place a sample of
the material you want the detector to find (such as a gold ring or a coin) on the ground. If you are using a
valuable metal such as gold to test the detector, mark the area where you placed the item, to help you find
it later. Do not place it in tall grass or weeds. Rotate VOLUME about two-thirds clockwise. Set DISC to min.
position. Press and hold down the RED button until the pointer on the view meter rests at or near 0. While
holding the search coil about 1-2 inches above the ground, slowly move the search coil over the area where
you placed the sample, sweeping the search coil in a side-to-side motion. Note: Before trying to find other
metal in the area, press the RED button to return the meter pointer to "0".
Search Coil Sweeping Hints: Never sweep the search coil as if it were a pendulum. Raising the search coil
while sweeping or at the end of a sweep causes false readings. Sweep slowly – hurrying makes you miss
targets.
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If the detector detects the material, sound changes and the pointer moves to different directions according to
the types of metal it finds. If the detector does not detect the material, make sure you are moving the search
coil correctly.
Notes: The detector responds with a strong signal when it detects most valuable metal objects. If a signal
does not repeat after you sweep the search coil cover the target a few times, the target is probably junk metal.
False signals can be caused by trashy ground, electrical interference, or large irregular pieces of junk metal.
False signals are usually broken or unrepeatable.
3. USEFUL SKILLS:
How to use DISC: Discrimination is the detector's ability to differentiate between types of metal. The
detector's DISC setting determines whether the detector will distinguish between different types of ferrous and
non-ferrous metals. First you can set DISC to minimum (fully counterclockwise) to detect all kinds of metal. At
minimum position, the detector does not sound for ferrous metal and meter pointer moves to left. While for
non-ferrous metal(such as pull tabs, nickel, zinc, copper, silver), the meter pointer moves to right and detector
sounds. Then rotate DISC fully clockwise to max. position. In this case, the detector does not sound and the
meter pointer moves to left for iron, pull tabs, nickel, zinc, copper. Only for silver, the detector sounds and the
meter pointer moves to right. Note: Each time you use the detector in a different area, you must adjust the
DISC. Each search location presents new challenges.
About false signals: Because your detector is extremely sensitive, trash-induced signals and other sources of
interference might cause signals that seem confusing. The key to handling these types of signals is to dig for
only those targets that generate a strong, repeatable signal. As you sweep the search coil back and forth over
the ground, learn to recognize the difference between signals that occur at random and signals that are stable
and repeatable. The factors may affect detection: No detector is 100 percent accurate. Various conditions
influence metal detection. The detector's reaction depends on a number of things: the angle at which the
object rests in the ground, the depth of the object ,the amount of iron in the object, the size of the object.
4. PINPOINTING A TARGET: Accurately pinpointing a target makes digging it up easier. However, you need
practice to improve this skill, therefore, we suggest you practice finding and digging up small metal objects on
your own property before you search other locations. Sometimes targets are difficult to accurately locate due
to the sweep direction. Try changing your sweep direction to pinpoint a target.
Please follow these steps to pinpoint a target: When the detector detects a buried target, continue
sweeping the search coil over the target in a narrowing side-to-side motion. Make a visual note of the exact
spot on the ground where the detector beeps. • Stop the search coil directly over this spot on the ground.
Then move the search coil straight forward away from you and straight back toward you a couple of times.
• Make a visual note of the exact spot on the ground where the detector beeps. • Repeat Steps 1-2 at a right
angle to the original search line, making an "X" pattern. The target should be directly below the "X" at the
point of the loudest response.
Notes: If trash in an area is so heavy that you get false signals, slow your sweep speed and use shorter
sweeps. • Recently buried coins might not respond the same as coins buried for a long period of time
because of oxidation. • Some nails, nuts, bolts, and other iron objects (such as old bottle caps) oxidize and
create a "halo" effect. A halo effect is caused by a mixture of natural elements in the ground and the oxidation
created by different metals. Because of the metal mixtures, target signals might not be in a "fixed" position.
This effect makes these objects very hard to detect accurately.
TROUBLE SHOOTING: If your detector is not working as it should, follow the suggestions below to see if you
can eliminate the problem. Problem: The detector displays or sounds false signals. Suggestion: You might be
sweeping the detector's search coil too fast or at the wrong angle. Sweep the search coil more slowly and
hold the detector correctly. See "Testing and Using the Detector" and "Pinpointing a Target". • The detector
might sound a false signal if it detects heavily oxidized metals. Try pinpointing the target from several different
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