Fisher GOLD BUG Owner's Manual page 24

GROUND BALANCING
The goal of the Ground Balancing procedure is to eliminate the sound as the
searchcoil is being pumped over the ground. In some soils, the sound is not
completely eliminated.
If the ground balance adjustment is incorrect, there will be a difference in the
sound as the searchcoil is either moving toward or away from the ground. It
sounds like you are either pulling the sound out of the ground, or pushing the
sound into the ground. If either of these conditions exits, repeat the ground
balancing procedure.
POSITIVE ND NEG TIVE RESPONSE
The purpose of ground balancing is to adjust the metal detector to ignore ground
minerals. If the setting is incorrect, ground minerals will give either a positive or a
negative response, depending on which direction the adjustment is off.
If the GND BAL setting is too high a number, the response of minerals will be
Positive Response
positive. This means that when the searchcoil is lowered to the ground in
PinPoint or All Metal Mode, the sound will get louder as the searchcoil
approaches the ground. The sound will grow quieter as the searchcoil is raised.
What, if anything, you will hear in Discrimination Mode depends on the
discrimination setting.
When searching in an All Metal Mode, if ground balance is properly set to cancel
the ground, and you sweep over a positive hot rock, the rock will give a "zip"
sound similar to that of a metal object.
If the GND BAL setting is too low a number, the response of minerals will be
Negative Response
negative. When the searchcoil is lowered to the ground in PinPoint or All Metal
Mode, the machine will be silent. The machine will sound off as the searchcoil is
lifted away from the ground. What, if anything, you hear in Discrimination Mode
depends on the Discrimination setting.
When searching in All Metal Mode a negative hot rock will produce a "boing"
sound after passing over it, making it difficult to know where it is located. It will
not have the sound and "feel" of a metal object.
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