Ground Balance Procedure - Minelab GPX 6000 Pocket Manual

Ground Balance Procedure

A complete Ground Balance procedure
is recommended below. This guides you
through the ideal steps to deal with a
number of different ground conditions.
START 
Normal (Quiet) Ground
1. Set the Ground Type to
Normal.
2. Quick-Trak.
3. Adjust the sensitivity.
Begin detecting.

If the detector is still noisy when

the coil is raised and lowered just
above the ground, then noise is the
result of difficult or variable ground
conditions. Continue the steps below
for Difficult/Variable
Difficult/Variable Ground
4. Set the Ground Type
to Difficult.
5.
Quick-Trak.
6. Adjust the sensitivity.
Begin detecting.

If the detector is still noisy when

detecting, then noise is the result of
conductive (salty) ground conditions.
Continue the steps below for
Conductive (Salty)
Conductive (Salty) Ground
7. Change to a
Double-D coil.
8.
Turn the detector on.
9. Set the Double-D
mode to Conductive
Ground Cancel.
10. Quick-Trak.
11.
Adjust the sensitivity.
 Begin detecting.
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Ground.
Ground.
Long-press for at
least 2.5 s