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QUICK-START DEMONSTRATION
I. Supplies Needed
• a Nail
• a Nickel
II. Position the Detector
a. Place the detector on a table, with the
searchcoil hanging over the edge.
Or better, have a friend hold the
detector, with the searchcoil off the
ground.
b. Keep the searchcoil away from walls,
floors, and metal objects.
c. Remove watches, rings, and jewelry.
d. Turn off lights or appliances, whose electromagnetic emissions may
cause interference.
e. Pivot the searchcoil back.
III. Power Up. Press
IV. Wave each object over the searchcoil
a. Notice a different tone for each object:
Low Tone:
Nail
b. Motion is required.
Objects must be in motion over the searchcoil to be detected.
V. Then press
a. The word "IRON" disappears from the display
VI. Wave the nail over the searchcoil
a. The nail will not be detected
b. The nail has been "discriminated out."
VII. Press
four more times
a. The words FOIL, 5¢, ALUM, and ZINC disappear.
VIII. Wave the nickel
a. The nickel will not be detected.
IX. Press
Then press
a. 5¢ reappears on the display
X. Wave the Nickel
a. The nickel is now again detected.
b. The nickel has been "notched in."
Medium Tone:
Zinc Penny, Nickel
to toggle down to NOTCH
3 times
• a Zinc Penny (dated after 1982)
• a Quarter
High Tone:
Quarter
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