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- Page 1 OWNER’S MANUAL Model #: ETEKPRO11DD-SKD comes standard with the 11” Biaxial DD searchcoil Use a 9-volt ALKALINE battery only. Do not use “Heavy Duty” batteries. Do not use ordinary Zinc Carbon batteries.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Congratulations! ® CongratulationsonyourpurchaseofthenewEurotek ProMetalDetector.Eurotekistheresult ofyearsofresearchanddevelopmenttobringyouadetectordesignedspecificallyforEuropean TreasureHuntingconditions.TreasureHuntingenthusiastsfromaroundtheworldwereinvolved in the development of this revolutionary new detector. The Eurotek has Target-ID resolution neverbeforeseeninadetectorinthispricerange.FeTone™:AdjustableIronAudioVolumeand V-Break™:VariableToneBreakpointfeaturesarealsoanindustryfirst.Thismanualhasbeen writtentohelpyougetoptimaluseofyourdetector,sowehopeyouwillreaditthoroughlybefore yourfirstouting. HappyHuntingfromFirstTexasProducts! TABLE OF CONTENTS Terminology ..........3 Assembly ..........4-5 Batteries .............6 Quick-StartDemo ..........7 BasicsofMetalDetecting GroundMinerals ........8 Trash ..........8 IdentifyingBuriedObjects .........8 SizeandDepthofObjects ........8 ElectromagneticInterference ......9... -
Page 3: Terminology
TERMINOLOGY The following terms are used throughout the manual, and are standard terminologyamongdetectorists. ELIMIN TION Referencetoametalbeing"eliminated"meansthatthedetectorwillnot emitatone,nordisplayaTarget-ID,whenametalobjectpassesthrough thesearchcoil’sdetectionfield. DISCRIMIN TION Whenthedetectoremitsdifferenttonesfordifferenttypesofmetals,and when the detector "eliminates" certain metals, we refer to this as the detector"discriminating"amongdifferenttypesofmetals. Discrimination is an important feature of professional metal detectors. Discriminationallowstheusertoignoretrashandotherwiseundesirable objects. -
Page 4: Assembly
PRE-ASSEMBLY Unpack your detector to find the following contents: 4. Middle Stem 1. ControlHousing 5.LowerStem withBolt& Knurled Knob attached 6. S-Rodwith 2. ArmrestAssemblywith 2Screws ScrewandLock-Nut (attached withtape) 3. Searchcoil ToolRequired:#1PhillipsScrewdriver 1. • RemovetheScrewfromtheArmrest. • SlidetheArmrestovertheendoftheS-Rod. • AttachwithScrewandLock-Nut. 2. AttachControlHousingwith2screws;installbackscrewfirst. NOTE: TheHand-gripfitsundertheControlHousing. PeelbackHand-griptoexposethefronthole. -
Page 5: Assembly
Caution: ASSEMBLY ForcinginMIDDLESTEMwithCAMLOCKraisedmayformaburron camlock.Ifthishappens,removeburrwithknifetoallowinsertion. PositionS-Rodupright. RotatetheLOCKINGCOLLARfullyinthe counterclockwisedirection. Insertyourfingerinsidethetubeandmakesurethe INTERNALCAMLOCKisflushwiththeinsideofthe tube. LOCKING COLLAR INTERNAL CAM LOCK SILVER BUTTON MIDDLE STEM S-ROD MIDDLE STEM S-ROD InserttheMIDDLESTEMintotheS-ROD, withtheSILVERBUTTONpointedupward Rotate the MIDDLE STEM until the SILVER BUTTONlocatesinthehole. TwisttheLOCKINGCOLLARfullyintheclockwise directionuntilitlocks. RepeatthisprocessontheLOWERSTEM. Using the BOLT and KNURLED KNOB, attach the SEARCHCOIL totheLOWERSTEM. -
Page 6: Batteries
BATTERIES Thedetectorrequiresasingle9-volt ALKALINE battery(batterynotincluded). DonotuseordinaryZincCarbonbatteries. Donotuse“HeavyDuty”batteries. Rechargeablebatteriescanalsobeused. Ifyouwishtouserechargeablebatteries,werecommendusinga NickelMetalHydriderechargeablebattery. The battery compartment is located on the back sideofthehousing. Slidethebatterydoortothesideandremoveitto exposethebatterycompartment. Foreasybatteryremoval,pushdownfirmlyonthe bottomofthebattery (seeillustration). B TTERY LIFE Expect20to25hoursoflifefroma9-voltalkalinebattery. Rechargeablebatteriesprovideabout8hoursofusagepercharge. B TTERY INDIC TOR Thebatteryiconatthetop-rightofthedisplayhasthreeverticalsegmentsand anoutlinesegment. TheamountofbatteryvoltageforanALKALINEbatteryisindicatedasfollows: 3verticalsegmentsilluminated: 8.1voltsormore 2verticalsegmentsilluminated: 7.1to8.0volts 1verticalsegmentilluminated: 6.5to7.0volts Noverticalsegmentsilluminated: 6.2to6.4volts OutlineFlashing:6.1voltsorless... -
Page 7: Quick-Startdemo
QUICK-START DEMONSTRATION I.SuppliesNeeded •aNail • aGoldRing(tryseveraldifferentsizegoldrings)•aLargeSilverCoin II.PositiontheDetector a. Placethedetectoronatable,withthesearchcoilhangingovertheedge. Orbetter,haveafriendholdthedetector,withthesearchcoilofftheground. b. Keepthesearchcoilawayfromwalls,floorsandmetalobjects. c. Removewatches,ringsandjewelry. d. Turn off lights or appliances, whose electromagnetic emissionsmaycauseinterference. e. Pivotthesearchcoilback. III.PowerUp Press IV.Waveeachobjectoverthesearchcoil a.NoticethetonesandTarget-IDsforeachobject(assumesdefaultDISC setting): OBJECT TARGET-ID TONE Nail lower(e.g.10-35) GoldRing medium(e.g.-Mid50’s) V.C.O. LargerGoldRing medium(buthigherthanIDforsmallergoldring) V.C.O. -
Page 8: 1. Ground Minerals
THE BASICS OF METAL DETECTING This metal detector is intended for locating buried metal objects. When searching for metals, underground or on the surface, you have the following challengesandobjectives: 1. Ignoringsignalscausedbygroundminerals. 2. Ignoringsignalscausedbymetalobjectsthatyoudonotwanttofind,like nails. 3. Identifyingaburiedmetalobjectbeforeyoudigitup. 4. Estimatingthesizeanddepthofobjects,tofacilitatediggingthemup. 5. Eliminatingtheeffectsofelectromagneticinterferencefromother electronicdevices. -
Page 9: Electromagneticinterference
THE BASICS OF METAL DETECTING 5. EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) Thesearchcoilproducesamagneticfieldandthendetectschangesinthat magneticfieldcausedbythepresenceofmetalobjects.Thismagneticfield thatthedetectorcreatesisalsosusceptibletotheelectromagneticenergy produced by other electronic devices. Cell phones, cell phone towers, power lines, microwave ovens, lighting fixtures, TVs, computers, motors, etc…allproduceEMIwhichcaninterferewiththedetectorandcauseitto beepwhennometalispresent,andsometimestobeeperratically. TheSENSITIVITYcontrolletsyoureducethestrengthofthismagneticfield, andthereforelessenitssusceptibilitytoEMI.Youmaywanttooperateat maximumstrength,butthepresenceofEMImaymakethisimpossible,soif youexperienceerraticbehavioror“false”signals, reducethesensitivity. HEADPHONE JACK Pushthetabupandlockintoplaceto exposetheheadphonejack. -
Page 10: Operationandcontrols
OPERATION and CONTROLS POWERING UP NOTE: Immediatelyafterpoweringon,yourdetector'sunique10-digitserial numberisdisplayedonceontheLCD.Twodigitsaredisplayedatatime;five 2-digitnumbersaredisplayedinsequence.This10-digitserialnumberisthe sameserialnumberimprintedonthelabelinsidethebatterycompartment. Press Thedetectorpowerson. A “ ” appears momentarily, indicating that the detector is in the DiscriminationModeofoperation. Alltargetsaredetected.Motionisrequired. Defaultsensitivityis7,onscaleof1to10. Defaultvolumeis7,70%ofmaximum. HOW TO WORK THE CONTROLS Press Press and hold Press MENU to CHANGE POWER to select the THE SETTING of the... -
Page 11: Menuselections
MENU SELECTIONS Operational Overview Press toactivatethemenusystem:SENS,DISCorVOL. Atfirstactivationofthemenusystem,theSENSmenuselectionappears. Successivepressesof willtogglethroughthemenuselections. Withamenuselectionvisible,press tochangesettingsforthat menuselection. Whenyoureachthedesiredsetting,asindicatedbythe2-digitvalueonthe display,nofurtheractionisnecessary. •4secondsafterthelast key-press,themenuiconwilltime- outandthelastdisplayedsettingwillbeprogrammedin. •Orpress againbeforethedisplaytimesout,andadvancetothenext menuselection;thelastdisplayedsettingwillbeprogrammedin. During operation, recall the last menu selection by pressing MENU at any time;thelastmenuselectionadjustedwillagainbedisplayed. WhiletheMENUdisplayisactive,theLCDdisplaywillnotrespondtotargets,but theaudiotargetsystemwillcontinuetorespondtoanytargetoroverloadsignal. 1. SENS (Sensitivity) Press toilluminatetheSENSmenuicon. to increase or decrease sensitivity while SENS is highlighted. -
Page 12: Discrimination
MENU SELECTIONS HOW DEEP WILL IT GO? TheEurotekProMetalDetectorwilldetectacoin-sizedobjecttoadistanceof about 24 cm (9.5”) from the searchcoil at maximum sensitivity. Large metal objectscanbedetectedtoadepthofmorethanameter.Detectabilityisdirectly relatedtothesizeofthemetalobject--thelargertheobject,thedeeperitcan bedetected. Accuracyoftargetidentificationisalsorelatedtodistancefromthesearchcoil. Beyondadistanceof20cm(8”),theaccuracyoftargetidentificationbeginsto diminish. 2. DISC (Discrimination) ThediscriminationsystemintheEurotekProisunlikesystemsinothermetal detectors. Press toilluminatetheDISCmenuicon. Witheachpressof ,theDISCsettingchangesbyone. Press-and-Hold torapidlyadvanceorreducetheDISCsetting. TargetIDsfrom1to69canbeeliminatedfromdetection.TargetIDsfrom70to 79cannotbeeliminated,buttheusercanchangetonesinthisrange. SeetheDISCRIMINATIONsectionofthemanualforacompletedescriptionof theDISCfunction. -
Page 13: Volume
MENU SELECTIONS 3. VOL (Volume) Press toilluminatetheVOLmenuicon. Thedefaultvolumesettingis7. Press toincreasespeakervolume.Maximumvolumeisatsetting20. Press to lower speaker volume.The minimum volume setting is 0, no sound. Withvolumesetto0,theTarget-ID,DepthBarGraphandIron-Indicatorwill functionasnormal,butthedetectorwillnotemitasoundwhentargetsare detected. Theoverloadvolumesignalwillalwayssoundoffintheeventofsignal overload,evenwiththevolumesetto0. BecausetheEurotekProissosensitivetoeventhesmallestirontargets,the detector incorporates FeTone™,Adjustable IronAudio, a feature to reduce thevolumeofirontargetstominimizeuserfatigue. Volumesettings10-20areavailabletocontrolthevolumelevelofiron targets. Asyouincreasevolumefrom10to20,iron-volumechangesfromsilentto maximum. -
Page 14: Discriminationsystem
DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM Target Detection CORRECT Sweep the detector back-and-forth overtheground. Keep the searchcoil parallel to the groundasyousweep;donotliftthe searchcoil at the ends of your sweeps. WRONG Searchcoil motion is required for target detection (except in Pinpoint Mode). Target-ID Whenobjectsaredetected,thedetectorwillemitasoundanda2-digitTarget- ID will appear on the screen. Possible Target-IDs range from 1 to 99. This number represents the electrical conductivity of the target detected;... -
Page 15: 3-Tonesystem
DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM Target-ID continued) Asageneralreference,targetsfallintothefollowingranges: 1-39:iron 42-48:foilandsmallgoldnuggets 54-57:goldnuggets,goldringsortargetscontainingmostlygold 87-89:cladcoinsorcoinsofrecentvintage 82-83:coppercoins 93-99:largersilvercoins Note: Thereareawidevarietyofmetalsandnotargetcanbeidentified forcertainuntilunearthed.Thistableisforgeneralreferenceonly. See the table on P. 18 for a more complete listing of Target-ID values for commonmetalitems. 3-Tone System Dependingonthetypeofmetaldetected,andtheDISCsettingofthedetector, aburiedmetalobjectwillinduceoneofthefollowingsounds: No sound: metals eliminated from detection (or discriminated-out), with theDISCfunction. - Page 16 DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM 3-Tone System continued) ThediscriminationsystemintheEurotekProisunlikesystemsinothermetal detectors. • The default DISC setting is 0. When the detector is first powered on, all targetsaredetected. IftheusersavesdifferentDISCsettings(seeMemoryfunction,p.21), thenthismaychangeatpower-up. •AstheDISCsettingisadjusted,targetswithIDslessthanorequaltoDISC areeliminatedfromdetection. Thistargeteliminationscheme,commontomanydetectors,is applicabletoTarget-IDsupto69. • ForDISCsettingsgreaterthan69,targetsinthisrangearenoteliminated. Rather,thetonechangesfromHighTonetoV.C.O. Inthisrange,theDISCsettingbecomestheV-Break™,Variable ToneBreakpoint. • ThehighestDISCsettingpossibleis79. IftheDISCsettingis79,then: -AllTarget-IDslessthan70areeliminatedfromdetection -AllTarget-IDsbetween70and79induceV.C.O.Tones. -AllTarget-IDsgreaterthan79induceaHighTone. The Target-ID system and theAudio-ID systems on the Eurotek ®...
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Page 17: Disccontrolandv-Break™,Variabletonebreakpoint
DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM BelowisanillustrationofhowtheDISCcontrolandV-Break™,VariableTone Breakpoint,operate: T A R G E T I . D . DISC changes tone from High to V.C.O. DISC eliminates targets HIGH V.C.O. TONE TONE EXAMPLES: DISC = 0 DISC setting HIGH V.C.O. TONE TONE DISC setting DISC = 30 HIGH V.C.O. -
Page 18: Depthindicator
DEPTH INDICATOR In Discrimination Mode, each time an object is detected, a Bar Graph illuminatesinadditiontotheTarget-ID. TheBarGraphisagraphicrepresentationofthedistancefromthesearchcoil, andiscalibratedtoacoin-sizedobject. •Morebarsindicateadeeperobject. •Fewerbarsindicateashallowerobject. Thescaleforcoin-sizedobjects,withsensitivityatmaximum,is Display: >20cm 15cm-20cm 10cm-15cm 6cm-10cm <6cm Depth: (8”)* (6”-8”) (4”-6”) (2.5”-4”) (2.5”)** *5Bars:Iftheobjectisacoin,itisdeeplyburied. …orthiscouldbethefaintsignalfromalarge,butverydeeplyburied, object. **1Bar:Iftheobjectisacoin,itisshallow. …orthiscouldbealargeobjectmoredeeplyburied. Target-IDCoinReference.BelowareknownTarget-IDsforsomereferencecoins: Russian Scale Mikhail Fedorovich, 1613-1645, Silver, 0.625 gr. Merovingian Triens (gold, France) Bulgarian 5 stotinkas (old) (Cu lNi) 68-73... -
Page 19: Modeselections
MODE SELECTIONS IRON IDENTIFIC TION VariableIronIdentification&Discrimination The Eurotek Pro allows the user not only to discriminate iron targets, but classifiesthembysizeandsignalstrength.FerrousobjectswillhaveaTarget- IDbetween1and39. Toeliminateallferrousobjectsfromdetection,setDISC=39. Alternatively,theusercanselectivelyeliminateferrousobjectslessthanagiven Target-ID.Forexample,toeliminateferrousobjectswithanIDoflessthan15, chooseaDISCsettingof14. FeTone™,AdjustableIronAudio Volumesettings10-20allowtheusertochangethevolumeresponseofferrous metals,asdescribedonpage13. Iron-Indicator TheIRONiconflashesmomentarilywhenferrousobjectsarepresent. The IRON icon flashes independent of the discrimination setting. The user cannotdisablethisicon. -
Page 20: Depthindicator
MODE SELECTIONS Pinpoint Mode continued) Ifusedforcontinuous-search,beawarethatthesignalissubjecttodriftwith both time and temperature change. Drift will cause either an increase or decreaseinsensitivity. Inthemostextremecase,thesignalwilldriftupward untilthedetectorsoundsoffcontinuouslywithnotargetpresent. PinpointDepthIndicator While isdepressed,a2-digitnumberindicatesthedepthofthetarget.This depthindicatoriscalibratedtoacoin-sizedobject.Themaximumdepthreading, or09 ,maydisplayintheeventofelectricalnoiseoraveryweaksignal. To demonstrate the depth indicator function, hold a coin over the searchcoil, press-and-hold andthenmoveacointowardandawayfromthesearchcoil. -
Page 21: Otherfeatures
OTHER FEATURES OverloadWarning If a metal object or highly magnetic soil are too close to the searchcoil, the detectorwill“overload.” “ ”willappearonthescreenandthedetectorwillmakearapid,repeating mid-tonewarningsound. Overload will not harm the detector, but the detector will not function under theseconditions. Raisethesearchcoiltosearchatagreaterdistance,ormovetoadifferentlocation. UnitofMeasure(U/M) The depth indicator in Pinpoint Mode can display either centimeters (CM) or inches(IN). -
Page 22: Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM CAUSE SOLUTION Detectorchatters •Usingdetector •Usedetector orbeepserratically indoors outdoorsonly •Usingdetectornear •Moveaway powerlines frompowerlines •Using2detectorsin •Keep2detectors closeproximity atleast6meters (20’)apart •Highlyoxidized •Onlydigup buriedobject repeatablesignals •Environmental • Reducesensitivity electromagnetic untilerratic interference signalscease Constantlowtone • Dischargedbattery •Replacebattery or constantrepeating tones •Wrongtypeof •Useonly9V battery alkaline battery... -
Page 23: Accessories
Stereo Headphones ® ® Use with Teknetics metal detectors with true stereo. Utilizes 1/4-inch stereo & 1/8-inch plug. Compatible with all Teknetics models with 1/4-inch & ® 1/8-inch jacks. –HEADT Arm Strap Secure your detector to your arm for a perfect swing – 2021112000... -
Page 24: Codeofethics&Warranty
TRE SURE HUNTER’S CODE OF ETHICS: • lways check Federal, State, County and local laws before searching. • Respect private property and do not enter private property without the owner’s permission. • Take care to refill all holes and leave no damage. •...