Garrett ACE 350 Owner's Manual page 12

• CUSTOM Mode
The discrimination pattern for this mode can be
programmed by the operator. The factory preset for
the CUSTOM Mode is the same as the COINS Mode.
Once you have changed the discrimination pattern of
the CUSTOM Mode to your preferences, the ACE 350
will retain your CUSTOM discrimination pattern.
information on the use of the DISCRIM and Accept/Reject
pushbutton controls, see pages 15–17.)
• COINS Mode
The discrimination pattern for this mode is designed
to find all types of coins and eliminate trash items
such as iron and foil. Five pixels of ferrous targets and
two notches of non-ferrous have been excluded in the
COINS Mode.
This discrimination pattern is intended to elminate
iron trash, many pulltabs and pieces of tabs from
detection. Be aware that medium-sized gold rings may
be missed with the Coins Mode discrimination pattern.
Some digging of junk targets is to be expected, such
as aluminum cans.
For COINS Mode, the discrimination pattern will
appear as illustrated below.
In COINS Mode, 5 pixels under ferrous and 2 pixels of non-ferrous targets are
notched out.
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• RELICS Mode
The discrimination pattern for this mode is designed
to eliminate small iron pieces, while detecting good
targets in the lower conductivity range, such as lead,
brass and bronze. Two pixels of ferrous have been
removed and the pattern will appear as:
(For
• ZERO Mode
The discrimination pattern for this mode is designed
to detect every type of metal and should be used
when you want to find all metal items or when the
material of the desired object is unknown. As seen in
the illustration below, all 12 discrimination pixels are
switched on—indicating that no metal targets have
been notched out (eliminated).
when its signal is inconsistent. Such signals could
mean a trash target is close to a good target.
In ZERO Mode, the discrimination pattern shows all 12 pixels are on.
In RELICS Mode, the lowest 2 ferrous pixels are notched out.
Switch to the Zero Mode to aid in locating a target
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