1. Ground Minerals; Trash; 3. Identifying Buried Objects; Sizeanddepthofobjects - Teknetics ETEKPRO11DD-SKD Owner's Manual

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.
Yourmetaldetectorisdesignedwiththesethingsinmind.

1. Ground Minerals

Allsoilscontainminerals.Signalsfromgroundmineralscaninterferewith
thesignalsfrommetalobjectsyouwanttofind.Allsoilsdiffer,andcandiffer
greatly,inthetypeandamountofgroundmineralspresent.TheEurotekPro
hasapresetgroundeliminationsetting.Nouseradjustmentsarerequired.

2. Trash

Ifsearchingforcoins,youwanttoignoreitemslikealuminumfoilandnails.
YoucanseetheTarget-IDvalueoftheburiedobjects,listentothesounds,
andthendecidewhatyouwanttodigup. Oryoucaneliminateunwanted
metalsfromdetectionbyusingtheDISCRIMINATIONfeature.

3. Identifying Buried Objects

Metalobjectsareidentifiedbya2-digitnumberonthedisplayscreen.Thisscale
has 99 points of resolution, and is an indicator of the relative electrical
conductivity of different objects. Higher numbers indicate more conductive
targets.Ironobjects,whichareusuallyoflesservalue,displaylowernumbers.
Silvercoins,forinstance,usuallydisplaythehighestnumbers.
4. Size and Depth of Buried Objects
The5-digitbargraphindicatestherelativedepthofaburiedmetalobject.
This bar graph can indicate the relative size of different objects or their
distancefromthesearchcoil.Foragivenobject,themoredistancebetween
itandthesearchcoil,themorebarsilluminated.Amoreaccurate,andhigher
resolution, depth reading is available when using the Pinpoint Mode. The
Pinpoint Mode does not require the searchcoil to be in motion to detect
metals.Theabilitytoholdthesearchcoilmotionlessoverthetargetalsoaids
intracinganoutlineoftheburiedobject,orinpinpointingtheexactlocation
of the object using techniques described in the pinpointing section of this
manual.
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