Traffic Safety; Outdoor Testing And Use - Velleman CS100 User Manual

f. Traffic Safety
Do not wear earphones while operating your detector near high-traffic areas.
Even though some earphones are designed to let you hear some outside sounds when listening at normal volume
levels, they still can present a traffic hazard.

4. Outdoor Testing and Use

1. Find an area on the ground outside where there is no metal.
2. Place a sample of the material you want the detector to find (such as a gold ring or a coin) on the ground. (If you
are using a valuable metal such as gold to test the detector, mark the area where you placed the item, to help
you find it later. Do not place it in tall grass or weeds).
3. Rotate VOLUME about two-thirds clockwise.
4. Press and release the red button on the handle. Slowly rotate TUNE until
the pointer is at or near 0. You should barely hear a tone.
5. While holding the search coil level and about 1-2 inches above the
ground, slowly move the search coil over the area where you place the
sample, sweeping the search coil in a side-to-side motion.
6. Try finding other metal in the area.
When you find a metal item, wait a few seconds after the tone stops before continuing, to allow the detector time
to reset (or, press the red button on the handle to return the pointer to the centre of the vu-meter.
a. Search Coil Sweeping Hints:
• Never sweep the search coil as if it were a pendulum.
Raising the search coil while sweeping or at the end of
a sweep causes false readings.
• Sweep slowly - hurrying makes you miss targets.
If the detector detects the material, it sounds a tone and
the pointer moves to the type of material if found.
If the detector does not detect the material, make sure you
are moving the search coil correctly.
Notes:
• The detector responds with a strong signal when it detects most valuable metal objects. If a signal does not
repeat after you sweep the search coil over the target a few times, the target is probably junk metal.
• False signals can be caused by trashy ground, electrical interference or large irregular pieces of junk metal. False
signals are usually broken or non-repeatable.
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