Searching - Garrett Scorpion gold stinger Owner's Manual

occasionally be necessary for you to turn
it several complete revolutions to achieve
proper ground balance.
As you search in the All Metal mode, you
should occasionally raise the searchcoil,
and then lower it. If your audio level
changes, readjust the ground balance,
according to the above instructions. Such
readjustment will sometimes be necessary
because of the changing concentrations
of ground minerals, which is fairly
common when you are prospecting in
gold country.


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Scan the searchcoil at a rate of about
one to two feet per second. Maintain a
one to two-inch searchcoil height above
the ground. When searching in either
Discriminate mode, detection of a metal
target within the range you have selected
with your Discrimination control will be
indicated by an increase in sound.
Searchcoil height
Because of the sensitivity of the Gold
Stinger and its searchcoil it is not
necessary or desirable to operate with
the searchcoil held to the ground. The
recommended operating height is two
inches from the surface.
In areas of heavy concentrations of
minerals and rocks it may be necessary
to operate with the searchcoil held
even higher above the surface. Still,
with your searchcoil held several inches
above the ground, your Gold Stinger
and its Crossfire searchcoil will continue