The Iron Mask - Minelab Explorer II Manual

THE MINELAB EXPLORER II

THE IRON MASK

Adjusting the Iron Mask
Figure 5.5
Pressing the IRON MASK shortcut button on the control panel will
display the Iron Mask adjustment screen.
Preset Level
Figure 5.5 Adjusting the Iron Mask
The Explorer II's Iron Mask is set at a rating of -6. This is suitable
when detecting non-ferrous metals.
Detecting more ferrous objects
Iron Mask Shortcut
If you want target responses from more ferrous objects (e.g. war
relics) it is necessary to reduce the level of ferrous rejection. This
is done by pressing the bottom left shift button next to the slider
control, reducing the extent of the Iron Mask. You may need to
experiment a little with the settings.
Detecting all ferrous objects
The Iron Mask shortcut button on
If you wanted to detect all objects, regardless of ferrous content,
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the control panel allows you to
ferrous rejection can be reduced to a minimum level of -16. The
switch between Iron Mask and
screen will be completely clear and all objects will sound a target
Discrimination.
response.
Before you experiment with this,
Rejecting all ferrous objects
an understanding of the features
If you want target responses to be suppressed for all ferrous
of these functions will greatly
objects, the Iron Mask may be increased to a level of 0. This is
assist in deciding which will
represented by the mask extending to half way across the
locate the kind of targets you want
Smartfind screen (as depicted in the section explaining
and how to adjust the Explorer II
two-dimensional discrimination, see page 42).
to suit your preferences.
The tutorials featured later in this
chapter also assume a basic
understanding of Iron Mask and
Discrimination functions.
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THE IRON MASK