Relic Hunting - Bounty Hunter Time Ranger Owner's Manual

Time Ranger Manual
You may also narrow your discrimination further if you find that you're detecting many "5¢" indications that
turn out to be pull-tabs or foil. This can especially occur in heavily trashed areas. Some pull-tabs and many
"beaver tails" (pull-tabs broken in half) have the same detection properties of nickels.
To narrow your discrimination to strictly silver and copper coins (and other metals including trash that may
fall under the "SILVER RANGE" indication), either push the DISC TARGET touchpad from the PRESET
mode you were operating in or, if just turning the unit on, hold the searchcoil waist-high and wait for the
blinking arrow under "IRON/FOIL". Push the REJECT touchpad four times until "Ir 4" comes up in the
center of the LCD display under "TARGET".
Now push the ACCEPT touchpad; the blinking arrow will now fall under "5¢". From here, push the REJECT
touchpad until the "R" indications fall under "5¢", "PULL TAB" and "Z-1¢/S-CAP". When the blinking
arrow reaches "1¢/10¢" push the DISC TARGET touchpad. You are now in a mode of operation that
eliminates most trash metal along with nickels.
Note: This mode of operation will also eliminate gold items.
Once you've gained a little practice, you may want to fine tune your Time Ranger to not eliminate zinc
pennies or 5¢ . Indian Head pennies may identify as zinc pennies and gold coins may identify as 5¢.

RELIC HUNTING

What is a relic? Something that has survived the passage of time is a limited definition. A relic can be
anything of historical value especially reflecting another age. Relics are time capsules of history since every
relic has a story to tell. Relics have historical value that cannot be put into monetary terms. Certainly, there
are instances where collectors have paid substantially for a relic. Usually relics have much more value to the
local museum where the community's history is held in reverence. Where are relics found? The best place to
start is researching in your local library. Look up the old newspapers and find out more about your
community's history. Discover what historical events may have taken place in your locality. Where the
historical landmarks are hidden from present-day progress. Try to pinpoint these locations on a map. Many
times there are new buildings and pavement over where the historical event took place or where once stood
the historical landmark. Hopefully, you will find an empty lot or a farmer's field where once a historical
landmark was located. Remember, have respect for private property and gain permission from the owner of
the land before detecting.
When relic hunting, you'll want to detect iron along with precious metals. To do this, you may either hunt in
the ALL METAL mode or in the DISC mode. Both modes have advantages and disadvantages.
ALL METAL: After first turning the unit on with the searchcoil held up about waist-high, you will see an
arrow blinking under IRON/FOIL. To go into the ALL METAL mode, lower the searchcoil to the ground,
then push the ALL METAL SMART TRAC touchpad. Allow the SMART TRAC to measure the ground
conditions by waiting for the "rY" indication under "TARGET". You may or may not hear a slight threshold
hum; adjust the hum by pushing the minus (-) or plus (+) under SENSITIVITY if the unit seems to be too
quiet or too loud after 10-20 seconds. If the searchcoil is held still a while longer on the ground, the threshold
hum may start to come on.
This procedure allows the unit to measure the air against the ground so that it may properly balance itself for
the ground conditions you're preparing to hunt in. The unit will then respond to all types of metal without any
discrimination. No movement is required to detect a target. The level of sensitivity may also be adjusted by
using the LOW and HIGH touchpads under SENSITIVITY. The detector will not require motion to detect a
target in this mode.
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