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  • Page 1 Professional Metal Detector Comprehensive Operating Manual and Guide to Metal Detecting from U.S.A. and imported parts...
  • Page 2 • Double-Filter Discrimination Modes for searching in trashy areas • Trigger-actuated target pinpointing with variable audio pitch If you have any questions, or need assistance with your metal detector, Call 1-800-413-4131, and ask for Teknetics Customer Service. ® Copyright© First Texas Product, L.L.C.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Headphones (not included) ..........7 Introduction to the Teknetics General information .

  • Page 4: Quick-Start

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting QUICK START Start using your T right out of the box Assemble the detector (see instructions beginning page 5-6). Install four AA alkaline batteries. All positive terminals point up. Turn the knob, located under the armrest, fully clockwise.

  • Page 5: Mechanicals

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Caution: Forcing in MIDDLE STEM with CAM LOCK raised may form a burr on MECHANICALS camlock. If this happens, remove burr with knife to allow insertion. ssembly Battery Compartment Position S-Rod upright.

  • Page 6: Batteries

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting MECHANICALS (continued) BATTERIES The T uses four AA batteries. Use ALKALINE batteries for best performance. Rechargeable batteries may be used. Expect 40 hours of service in the field with one set of ALKALINE batteries.

  • Page 7: Headphones (Not Included)

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting MECHANICALS (continued) Remove the two bolts to position the armrest farther forward or back, to adapt to your arm’s length. Arm Rest Position on Pole: — To reinsert the bolts, spin and twist them into place. Be careful not to damage the power cable that runs through the aluminum tube.

  • Page 8: Introduction To The Teknetics General Information

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Introduction to the Teknetics ® General Information The Teknetics is a multi-purpose high-performance ® computerized metal detector. It has the high sensitivity and ground cancellation features HIGH PERFORMANCE needed for professional gold prospecting, the discrimination responsiveness needed for serious relic hunting under difficult conditions, and visual Target-ID considered essential in searching for coins.

  • Page 9: Specifications

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SPECIFICATIONS Mechanical: S-rod with electronics housing mounted on handgrip, 3-piece breakdown, batteries under elbow, 2-way armrest adjustment — forward/backward & around forearm. Searchcoil: 11” (28 cm) open-frame elliptical double-D, waterproof. Batteries:  4 AA, alkaline or NiMH (not included).

  • Page 10: Controls

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting CONTROLS (Under the elbow) ON-OFF & VOLUME Knob This knob turns the machine on or off, and controls speaker volume and headphone volume. Knob position has no effect on detector’s sensitivity...

  • Page 11: Menu System

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting CONTROLS (continued) When you rotate the settings knob, you are also changing the value. If using this knob to recall a setting, it is best to rotate just one indent. (Under the control housing in front of your hand)

  • Page 12: Ground Cancellation

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting GROUND CANCELLATION All soils contain minerals. Signals from ground minerals are often tens or hundreds of times What is Ground Cancellation? as strong as the signal from a buried metal object. The magnetism of iron minerals, found in nearly all soils, causes one type of interfering signal.
  • Page 13 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting GROUND CANCELLATION (continued) In most situations, it is preferable to push the trigger switch to activate FASTGRAB™ MANUAL GROUND CANCELLATION automatic ground cancellation. Generally, it is best to first let the computer automatically cancel interference from ground minerals.
  • Page 14 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting GROUND CANCELLATION (continued) MANUAL GROUND CANCELLATION (continued) To perform the Manual Ground Cancellation operation, do the following: 1. Select the MANUAL G.C. function The legend G.C. PHASE appears. The present ground cancellation setting is displayed (0-99).

  • Page 15: All Metal Mode

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting ALL METAL MODE The All Metal Mode is more sensitive and offers better feel than the Discrimination Mode, and is used to find all metal objects present in the ground. The searchcoil must be in motion for objects to be detected.

  • Page 16: Discrimination Mode

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting DISCRIMINATION MODE The Discrimination Mode is used to eliminate from detection trash metal objects such as nails, aluminum foil, or pull-tabs. The searchcoil must be in motion for metal objects to be detected.
  • Page 17 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting DISCRIMINATION MODE (continued) Iron produces a low pitched tone. Aluminum trash and zinc pennies 3: Three different audio tones. produce a medium tone. Most other coins, including nickels, produce a high tone. A combination of...

  • Page 18: Pinpoint Feature

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting PinPoint Feature After a buried target has been located using the All Metal or Discrimination Modes, you want to pinpoint the exact location of the target in order to facilitate its recovery. Accurate target pinpointing will minimize digging.

  • Page 19: Lcd Visual Display

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting LCD VISUAL DISPLAY In normal operation, when the searchcoil passes over a metal object, the electrical signature (2-digit ID) of the metal object is displayed on the numeric display for 4 seconds, unless superceded by another object sooner.

  • Page 20: Target Depth

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting LCD VISUAL DISPLAY (continued) The Target Indicator arrows are coded for signal strength — bold arrow for strong signals, caret ( ) arrow for medium signals, and small triangle for weak signals. When sweeping back and forth to check a target, the indications corresponding to the strongest signals will usually be the most accurate.

  • Page 21: Bar Graph

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting LCD VISUAL DISPLAY (continued) This bar graph displays the magnetic mineralization factor, or magnetic susceptibility, of the soil. BAR GRAPHS Fe (magnetite) Magnetic susceptibility is expressed in terms of the percent volume of the iron mineral magnetite, which most black sand is made of.

  • Page 22: Capabilities & Limitations

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS The T can detect U.S. coins to a depth of about 12-15 inches under good conditions. Large DEPTH objects (55 gallon drums, manhole covers, etc.) can be detected to a depth of several feet.
  • Page 23 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS (continued) To achieve maximum depth in both the ALL METAL and DISCRIMINATION Modes, as well as GROUND CANCELING when using the PinPoint feature, the T offers the ability to cancel ground minerals either by manual adjustment, or automatically using the FASTGRAB™...
  • Page 24 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS (continued) Modern motion-type Target-ID metal detectors usually have difficulty consistently identifying STEEL BOTTLE CAPS & FLAT IRON TRASH steel bottle caps and other flat iron trash objects. Double-D searchcoils also have a reputation for being unable to distinguish steel bottle caps from coins, and for being unable to eliminate steel bottle caps from detection.

  • Page 25: Search Techniques

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (this does not apply to Pinpointing with the Sweeping Searchcoil trigger switch) Keep the searchcoil in motion to detect targets. Sweep the searchcoil parallel to the ground; do RIGHT not lift the searchcoil at the end of the sweep.

  • Page 26: Pinpointing Targets

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) The T ’s other # OF TONES selections have a reputation for lightning-fast response over targets, with the result that the duration of the sound over a good target can be very short, especially in a trashy area.

  • Page 27: Estimating Target Size, Depth And Shape

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) To narrow the response further, position the searchcoil near the center of the response Narrow It Down pattern, release the trigger, and then pull it again. Now you will only hear a response when the searchcoil is right over the top of the target.

  • Page 28: False Signals And Chatter

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) Estimating Target-ID With a single sweep over a target, you will usually see a 2-digit Target-ID displayed on the LCD. Repeated sweeps back and forth over the target may cause the 2-digit Target-ID values to change with each sweep of the coil;...
  • Page 29 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) In some areas there is a lot of metallic trash which produces weak signals. These could NUISANCE BURIED OBJECTS include deeply buried objects, little bits and pieces of rusty iron and corroded foil. These items can be detected, but are difficult to pinpoint due to their depth and small size.

  • Page 30: Adjusting Sensitivity Using The Sensitivity Control

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) A hot rock is a rock which causes the metal detector to sound off because the rock contains HOT ROCKS iron minerals. They come in two basic types.

  • Page 31: Tips On Ground Canceling

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting SEARCH TECHNIQUES (continued) Tips on Ground Canceling When the T first turns on, the ground cancellation Phase Number is preset to 90. This will give a positive response on nearly all soils. If you search in the Discrimination Mode, you will probably not have to cancel the ground.

  • Page 32: Detecting Activities Coinshooting

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting DETECTING ACTIVITIES Coinshooting is searching for coins, usually in places like parks, schoolyards, church lawns, Coinshooting and people's yards. In most places where coins are likely to be found, there is also a lot of aluminum trash like pull-tabs and bottle caps, as well as steel bottle caps and often nails.

  • Page 33: Relic Hunting

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Relic Hunting Before you go relic hunting, obtain permission from the property owner. If you intend to hunt (continued) on public land, check first with the administrator to make sure it's not illegal. Certain kinds of sites, on both public and private land, are protected by law from relic hunting.
  • Page 34 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Gold Prospecting To be a successful prospector, learn the geology of the area you are prospecting. Learn what (continued) geological processes created the gold, and what geological processes put the gold where it is now.
  • Page 35 TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Detecting Activities (continued) Gold Prospecting In some cases the parent mountain no longer exists. When a desert placer land surface is no (continued) longer situated where deposition processes are active, weathering disintegrates the surface material and it is washed away by surface erosion.

  • Page 36: Cache Hunting

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Detecting Activities (continued) Gold Prospecting When something that sounds like gold has been detected, most of the time it’s iron metal or a (continued) hot rock. Always carry a strong magnet, and stick the magnet into the dirt where the detected object is.

  • Page 37: Shallow Water Hunting

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting Detecting Activities (continued) stories about the circumstances surrounding the hiding of the cache, you may find discrepancies Cache Hunting (continued) which help you to judge the reliability of the information available. Often the best information on an old cache is to be learned from old timers who live in the area where the cache is thought to be.

  • Page 38: How Metal Detectors Work

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting HOW METAL DETECTORS WORK Most hobby metal detectors use VLF Induction Balance technology. Here’s how they work. The searchcoil (also called search head or loop) contains two electrical induction coils which are like antennas.

  • Page 39: Warranty

    TEKNETICS Comprehensive Operating Manual & Guide to Metal Detecting 5-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Register your warranty on-line for a chance to win a For details, visit www.tekneticsdirect.com FREE DETECTOR. The T metal detector is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for five years from the date of purchase to the original owner.

  • Page 40: Accessories

    – CBAG-T 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 Tek-Point Pinpoints the exact location of buried metal objects. Pulse induction with 3 sensitive levels, audio signal indicator and vibrator.

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