Tesoro De Leon Operator's Instruction Manual page 12

11 DELEÓN OPERATOR INSTRUCTION MANUAL
The Tesoro DeLeón is a Target Identification Detector or T.I.D. The
most important feature is the 1 by 8 character display found on the upper
half of the detector faceplate. At this time the only thing that should be
showing in your display is the word DISC.
Pass any target over the coil and read the display. The information
displayed is unimportant at this moment. After about 6 to 10 seconds, the
screen clears and the word DISC will appear again. The DeLeón will
clear the display screen after that amount of time so you will be able to
visually see a target even if you do not get an audio response. You may
want to take some time to try this out.
As you wave the targets, you will notice that the display has three key
areas that contain information: the Coin Depth indicator, the 5 segment
bar graph area and the 2 digit ID Number. All of the different areas will
be used together to determine the most likely identification of the target
while it is still in the ground. As you practice, please note that different
distances from the coil, orientation of the target and width of sweeps or
passes over the coil may produce a variety of slightly different but dis-
tinct display readings.
NOTE: A target identification detector is never 100% accurate. If
you get a strong positive audio signal when hunting, dig it, no matter
what the display shows. Digging the good audio/bad display target will
result in better finds over the long run than ignoring those signals.
Starting from the left-hand edge, you will find the COIN DEPTH
indicator. This section will let you know the approximate depth of the tar-
get. The next section is a 5 segment bar graph. It will show all of the
information that the detector saw during the entire coil sweep. Full sweep
information is helpful in determining possible treasure/trash masking and
odd-shaped iron. The last section is the ID NUMBER. The ID NUMBER
DISC
Iron
5¢
Coin
Foil
Depth
Tabs Zinc Silver
¢ Coins
ID
Num