Bounty Hunter Tracker IV Advanced Settings

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Basic Controls

There are only three adjustable settings: sensitivity, search mode and discrimination.

While the lack of advanced settings might seem limiting to experienced hobbyists, it makes the

Tracker IV easy to learn and use.

Let's start with sensitivity.

The higher the sensitivity, the deeper the detector will be able to "see" a target. Or, to put it

another way, the smaller the minimum target size for detection.

There's a problem with higher sensitivity though. The deeper the detector is searching, the more

likely it is to be triggered by mineralization in the soil.

Higher sensitivity also makes electromagnetic interference from power lines and outdoor

appliances more likely.

For this reason, you may need to use a lower sensitivity to reduce falsing and excessive chatter.

Adjusting the sensitivity is as simple as turning the dial on the left of the control panel. The goal

is to have the sensitivity as high as possible while rejecting false signals.

There's also a knob to adjust discrimination. This becomes active when the detector is in "Full

Discriminate" or "Tone" mode, but is ignored in "All-Metal" mode.

What does discrimination mean though?

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Page 1 There are only three adjustable settings: sensitivity, search mode and discrimination. While the lack of advanced settings might seem limiting to experienced hobbyists, it makes the Tracker IV easy to learn and use. Let’s start with sensitivity. The higher the sensitivity, the deeper the detector will be able to “see” a target. Or, to put it another way, the smaller the minimum target size for detection.
Page 2 “notch out” certain types of metal you don’t want to detect, such as pull tabs or other trash. The Bounty Hunter Tracker IV just has a single knob for discrimination though. The higher the setting, the more aggressive the discrimination - but there's no option to "notch out" areas while leaving others.

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