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Bounty Hunter Platinum Owner's Manual

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ACCESSORIES
Bounty Hunter
Carry Bag
®
Rugged double-stitched construction. – CBAG2
Bounty Hunter
Pouch & Digger Combo
®
Pouch with 2 large pockets & 9" heavy duty digging tool. – TPKIT-W
Pinpointer
Pinpoints the exact location of buried metal objects. Audio signal indicator
and vibrator. Runs on 1 -9-Volt Battery. – PIN POINTER-W
Bounty Hunter
Sand Scoop
®
Large scoop with filtering holes. Made of strong plastic. – SAND SCOOPBH
Replacement/Accessory Search Coils
8" Concentric Open Face Standard
Replacement Coil – 8COIL-7B13
5" Biaxial Accessory Coil – 5COIL-TEKB
10" Concentric Replacement Coil – 10COIL-TEKB
11" Biaxial Accessory Coil – 11COIL-TEKB
Coil Covers
Protect your coil from abrasion and damage.
8" Concentric Open Face Standard Coil Cover– 8COVER-7
5" Biaxial Coil Cover – 5COVER-CZ3
10" Concentric Coil Cover – F70COVER
11" Biaxial Coil Cover – COVER-11DD
9" Heavy-Duty Digging Tool
Metal blade with comfortable plastic handle and depth gauge – TROWEL-2
Digging Tool
Light and practical wide blade digging tool. – TROWEL-W
Bounty Hunter
Baseball Cap
®
One size fits all, with Bounty Hunter
logo.
®
– BHCAP
Bounty Hunter
T-Shirt
®
100% cotton with Bounty Hunter
Logo. Sizes: S, M, LG, XL & XXL
®
– BHTSHIRT
Gold
Prospecting Kits
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS VISIT WWW.DETECTING.COM • 1-800-413-4131
MPLT14
Rev.3
P R O F E S S I O N A L M E T A L D E T E C T O R
OWNER'S MANUAL
If you do not have prior
experience
with
detector, we strongly recommend
that you:
1) Adjust the Sensitivity to a low
setting in the event of false signals.
Always begin use at a reduced sensitivity
level; increase to full sensitivity after you have
become familiar with the detector.
2) Do not use indoors. This detector is for outdoor
use only.
electromagnetic energy, which can interfere with the detector. If
conducting an indoor demonstration, turn the sensitivity down and
keep the searchcoil away from appliances such as computers,
televisions and microwave ovens.
erratically, turn off appliances and lights.
Also keep the searchcoil away from objects containing metal, such
as floors and walls.
3) Use a 9-volt ALKALINE battery only.
Do not use Heavy Duty Batteries.
050813
Some models come Standard
with the High Performance 11"
DD Searchcoil.
a
metal
Many household appliances emit
If your detector beeps

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  • Page 1 Light and practical wide blade digging tool. – TROWEL-W detector, we strongly recommend Bounty Hunter Baseball Cap ® that you: One size fits all, with Bounty Hunter logo. ® – BHCAP 1) Adjust the Sensitivity to a low Bounty Hunter T-Shirt ®...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Trash ........9 The PLATINUM metal detector is warranted against defects in materials Identifying Buried Objects .

  • Page 3: Terminology

    TROUBLESHOOTING TERMINOLOGY The following terms are used throughout the manual, and are standard TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE terminology among detectorists. ELIMINATION SYMPTOM CAUSE SOLUTION Reference to a metal being "eliminated" means that the detector will not emit a tone, nor light up an indicator, when a specified object passes through the coil’s detection field.

  • Page 4: Assembly

    ASSEMBLY Caution: Forcing in MIDDLE STEM with CAM LOCK raised may form a burr on DEPTH AND TARGET DISPLAY camlock. If this happens, remove burr with knife to allow insertion. READING THE DISPLAY recent vintage will also register here. Position S-Rod upright. DIME: Dimes and older copper pennies (pre-1982) The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shows the PROBABLE Rotate the LOCKING COLLAR fully in the...
  • Page 5 TARGET IDENTIFICATION continued ASSEMBLY 2-Digit Target Identification The 2-digit value in the middle of the screen provides a specific target Adjusting the Armrest value to help identify buried targets more accurately. With practice in The armrest may be moved forward or the field, you will learn to associate target values with specific objects.

  • Page 6: Batteries

    BATTERIES TARGET IDENTIFICATION The detector requires a single 9-volt ALKALINE battery (battery not included). In DISCRIMINATION mode, targets are identified both audibly and visually Do not use ordinary zinc carbon batteries. as follows: 1. Different pitch tones for different types of metals Rechargeable batteries can also be used.

  • Page 7: Nickel

    QUICK-START DEMONSTRATION OPERATION and CONTROLS cont. MODE SELECTIONS I. Supplies Needed continued • a Nail • a Zinc Penny (dated after 1982) • a Nickel • a Quarter 4. GROUND GRAB™ COMPUTERIZED GROUND BALANCING All soils contain minerals. Signals from ground minerals interfere with the II.

  • Page 8: Quick-Start Demo

    Optional Headphones come standard with a 1/4” stereo plug and a 1/4” -to- time, and minimizing the size of the located in the middle of that zone, 1/8” adaptor. holes you will dig. Bounty Hunter ® where the sound is loudest. If the offers a robust and inexpensive sound is loud over a wide area, the When the headphone jack is connected, speaker audio is disabled..

  • Page 9: Basic Of Metal Detecting

    This mode is the default mode, and requires the searchcoil to be in motion in order to detect and identify targets. This is the mode most Your PLATINUM metal detector is designed with these things in mind. commonly used for continuous searching. In this mode, targets are identified with distinct tones, and are classified in categories at the top of 1.

  • Page 10: Size And Depth Of Buried Objects

    THE BASICS continued OPERATION and CONTROLS cont. MENU SELECTIONS screen in different categories from left to right. A 2-digit numerical continued reading is also provided in the middle of the display for more precise target identification. The DISCRIMINATION mode requires motion: 4.

  • Page 11: Discrimination

    OPERATION and CONTROLS OPERATION and CONTROLS cont. MENU SELECTIONS continued POWERING UP NOTCH continued Press • The detector always starts in the DISCRIMINATION mode. At any time, the display screen indicates the current category notches or Motion is required. discrimination settings. Any category whose description is not visible will •...
  • Page 12 HOW DEEP WILL IT GO? The Platinum Metal Detector will detect a coin-sized object, like a quarter, Whereas the discrimination feature eliminates all categories sequentially to a distance of about 9” from the searchcoil. Large metal objects can be from detection, the NOTCH control allows you to selectively include or detected to a depth of several feet.

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