Factory Preset Mode; Tone Audio System - Fisher ID EXCEL Operating Manual

FACTORY PRESET MODE

Fisher recommends that for a quick start setup and while you are
learning to hunt with your ID Excel that you use the factory preset
mode. Factory preset mode can be set by pressing the MENU button
until the FP icon flashes on the LCD display. When the FP appears,
press and hold the P/P (Pinpoint) button until you hear a brief tone.
This activates the factory preset setting of discrimination at +5 to
reject ferrous targets and Sensitivity at 6 in the disc mode.

4 TONE AUDIO SYSTEM

The four-tone audio system provides you with more information
per sweep, acting as a target I.D. system in the "discrimination"
mode. While sweeping the ID Excel search coil over a target, you
will hear one of four tones:
LOW TONE = Iron objects (ferrous)
LOW/MID TONE = Foil, Nickel, Round Tabs
MID/HIGH TONE = Square Tabs, Zinc Pennies
HIGH TONE = Copper, Clad, Silver Coins
If a bell tone audio is heard, accompanied by an "OL" on the
LCD, the coil has encountered a larger or shallow target and the
search coil must be lifted to avoid overload and inaccurate I.D.
When hunting in the ALL Metal mode, a single tone will be heard
for any metal object the coil is swept over. This mode responds
much like the "auto tune"mode of previous detectors.
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PINPOINTING
When the P/P (Pinpoint) button is pushed and held, the non-motion
pinpoint mode is activated. This pinpoint mode may be familiar in
some ways (when the target is approached, the audio intensity
increases), but different in others (the digital numeric indicator). The
two digit (0-99) LCD will help you to accurately pinpoint your target
by increasing in value as the center of the target is approached.
This gives you much more resolution in pinpointing than a "depth
estimation" system, and allows you to characterize size, shape,
and location of your target better.
LCD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
The LCD will also show you an indication of the type of target you
have found, in conjunction with the audio tones, by showing you
a number preceded by a "-" or "+" sign. The target identification
system works as follows:
When in either search mode (ALL METAL or DISC), a target will
produce a number between 0 and 36 indicating target type.
In addition, the - or + sign in front of the number indicates whether
the target is ferrous in nature (an iron target) "-" / or nonferrous (a
non-iron target) "+".
The target I.D. numbers correspond to the following target types:
All negative (-) numbers:
+0 to +8:
+9 to +11:
+17 to +18:
+20 to +22:
+28 to +30:
+30 to +34:
+34 to +36
Remember, this Numeric I.D. system is activated in either
the All-Metal or Disc. modes (although the 4-tone audio
I.D. is only active in the Disc. mode).
Also, the discriminator can silence the audio for certain
targets, but the two-digit I.D. will always reveal the target
identity.
Iron
Foil
Nickel
Square Tab/Brass
Zinc Pennies
Copper pennies, dimes
Quarters
Silver
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