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10.
Practising the Controls
Take some time to become familiar with how the Sovereign Elite responds
to various metal objects.
a) Gather a collection of different metal objects such as a rusted nail,
pull-tab, brass button, aluminium foil, various coins, and some gold
and silver jewelry.
b) Take the detector outside, away from known electromagnetic devices
or metal objects. Lay the various objects out on an area of ground
known to be barren of other metal objects.
c) Switch the Sovereign Elite On and select Disc. Mode.
d) Select Tone ID to Variable.
e) Turn the Disc and Notch controls to their most anti-clockwise
positions.
f) Turn the Sensitivity control to "maximum", the most anti-clockwise
position without clicking into Auto. If excessive interference is heard,
turn the Sensitivity control clockwise until the threshold tone is stable.
g) Pass the coil across the test objects one at a time. The Sovereign Elite
should "beep" on the non-ferrous objects and ignore the ferrous ojects.
h) Take note that as the coil passes over the ferrous nail, the threshold
tone disappears. As this tone returns it will have a lower than normal
pitch, indicating that the object ignored was ferrous.
i) Passing the coil over different non-ferrous objects will produce
different signal tones. Objects with high conductivity, such as silver or
lead, will produce a high-pitched signal tone while objects with lower
conductivity, such as aluminium foil, will produce a low-pitched signal
tone. With experience it will be possible to use the signal pitch from an
object to accurately determine the type of object discovered before
recovering it from the ground.
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