Multiple Targets - Minelab F3 Operation Manual

An operator can confirm that the centre of a target has been located
by moving the coil slightly, in any direction, and returning to the
centre. In doing so the volume of the Threshold Tone should
decrease from maximum as the coil leaves the centre and return to
maximum as the coil returns to the centre.
5.6 Multiple Targets. There may be occasions when an
operator will encounter multiple targets. For example, small anti-
personnel mines may be laid in a cluster, or a large anti-tank mine
may be surrounded by smaller anti-personnel mines or booby-traps.
Regardless, the pin-pointing procedure for the F3 can be used to
effectively map a suspicious area as follows:
a. STEP 1
Using the procedure described in Section 5.5.a, an area
enclosing the multiple targets can be mapped.
Maximum Volume
Figure 26: Determining Target Centre
Mapping the Target
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