Code Of Conduct; Care And Maintenance 10 - C-SCOPE PROMET3 Operating Instructions Manual

10
CODE OF
1. Do not trespass. Ask permission before venturing on to any private land.
CONDUCT
2. Respect the Country Code. Do not leave gates open when crossing
fields, and do not damage crops or frighten animals.
3. Do not leave a mess. It is perfectly simple to extract a coin or other small
object buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole.
Use a sharpened trowel or knife to cut a neat circle or triangle (do not
remove the plug of earth entirely from the ground); extract the object;
replace the soil and grass carefully and even you will have difficulty in
finding the spot again.
4. Help keep Britain tidy - and help yourself. Bottle tops, silvl;lr paper and
tin cans are the last things you should throwaway. You could well be
digging them up again next year. Do yourself and the community a favour
by taking all the rusty junk you find to the nearest litter bin.
5. If you discover any live ammunition or any lethal object such as an
unexploded bomb or mine, do not touch it. Mark the site carefully and
report the find to the local police and landowner.
6. Report all unusual historical finds to the landowner.
7. Familiarise yourself with the law relating to archaeological sites.
Remember it it illegal for anyone to use a metal detector on a scheduled
ancient monument unless permission has been obtained from the Historic
Buildings and Ancient Monuments Commission in England or the
Secretary of State for the Environment in Scotland and Wales. Also
aquaint yourself with the practise of Treasure Trove.
8. Remember that when you are out with your metal detector, you are an
ambassador for our hobby. Do nothing that may give it a bad name.
CARE AND
Storage
When not in use your detector should be stored in a dry and warm
MAINTENANCE OF
environment. If it is not to be used for a certain length of time it is advisable to
YOUR DETECTOR
remove the batteries to avoid leakage which could cause serious damage.
The working life of your detector will be shortened by careless·use or neglect
of the unit. Think of your detector as a valuable piece of machinery, not a toy.
Your detector is designed to withstand rugged handling on any terrain, but
mis-use or lack of due attention will tell in the end.
After using your detector in a hostile environment (salt water, sand, etc) the
exterior parts of the casing should be flushed with clean fresh water, paying
particular attention to the head, and carefully wiped dry.
S.lIt Damage
If you use your detector continually in a salty environment, particularly when
the wind is blowing off the sea, salty air can penetrate the control box.
Corrosion can occur in vital parts of the delicate electronic circuitry.
It is therefore recommended that precautions such as covering the control
box with polythene be taken to avoid damage.
The guarantee cannot cover such occurrences and any repairs needed
because of salt water or spray will be charged.
Detector Not Operating
(a) Check the condition of batteries under load using meter. (See Battery
Check Procedure).
(b) Check that the search head is properly attached to the control box via the
search head cable connector.
(c) Interchange batteries and ensure connections are correct and secure.
Battery life can vary tremendously between makes, therefore your 'new'
batteries may already be insufficiently powerful to run your detector.
Oscillating Signal Accompanied by Slight Meter Fluctuation
(a) Caused most often by outside equipment such as fluorescent lights,
taxis, radios, power lines, and other metal detectors working nearby.
Intermittent Sound from Speaker
(a) This could be due to poor battery connections. Ensure that they are tight
and the batteries are securely clipped into place.
(b) Loose search head cable connection - tighten.
(c) Radio transmission from passing taxi or vehicle using radio transmitter
equipment.