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a nd
r epeat
u p
t o
a
m aximum
o f
t hree
c ircles
( nine
s teps).
I f
a
n ew
s ignal
i s
acquired
a nd
p inpointed,
r eturn
t o
t he
p oint
w here
y ou
a bandoned
t he
c ircle
s earch
( in
SE
m ode)
a nd
b egin
s earching
a gain
f rom
t here.
Micro-‐Search
S trip
M ethod:
Most
e ffective
i n
c omplex
m ultiple
b urials
i n
a
r educed,
o r
s maller
s earch
a rea
This
m ethod
a llows
a
s earcher
t o
u se
a
s imple,
s ystematic
a pproach
t o
s olve
a
multiple
b urial.
I t
w orks
w ell
i n
s mall
s cenarios
( such
a s
g uiding
e xams)
s ince
i t
involves
m aking
m any
t ight
p asses
t hrough
t he
e ntire
d ebris
p ile.
This
m ethod
i s
b eneficial
i n
s ituations
w here
y ou
h ave
t hree
o r
m ore
v ictims
b uried
in
c lose
p roximity:
f or
e xample,
t hree
v ictims
w ithin
1 2
m eters
o f
e ach
o ther.
Remember,
t hese
t echniques
a ll
a ssume
t here
i s
o nly
o ne
s earcher
a vailable.
With
a dditional
s earchers
y ou
w ould
s earch
i n
p arallel
(see
w ww.backcountryaccess.com/research).
Based
o n
t he
n umber
o f
b uried
v ictims,
y ou
w ill
d etermine
h ow
w ide
y our
s earch
strips
n eed
t o
b e
( this
i s
u sually
a n
e stimate
a s
y ou're
" thinking
o n
t he
f ly").
T he
width
o f
y our
s earch
s trip
w ill
d ecrease
a s
t he
n umber
o f
v ictims
i ncreases.
T his
technique
i s
u sed
w ith
y our
b eacon
i n
s tandard
s earch
m ode.
F or
t his
m ethod
t o
b e
successful
t he
s earcher
m ust
r ely
h eavily
o n
t he
d istance
r eadings
o n
t he
s earching
beacon,
n ot
s o
m uch
t he
d irectional
a rrows.
T his
i s
b ecause
i t
r equires
b racketing
rather
t han
f ollowing
t he
f lux
l ines.
Low
b attery
w arning
When
t he
b attery
p ower
b ecomes
t oo
l ow
t o
o perate,
t he
b eacon
w ill
display
t he
" Lb"
s ign.
W hen
y ou
s ee
t his,
r eplace
t he
b atteries
b efore
further
u se.
W hen
b atteries
a re
t oo
l ow
t o
d o
s tartup
r outines,
a
s imple
"0"
w ill
b link
o n
t he
d isplay.
M ismatched
b atteries
c an
a ct
Do
n ot
l eave
y our
m icro-‐
search
s trips
a nd
s tart
bracketing
u ntil
y ou
s ee
distance
r eadings
t hat
a re
l ess
than
o r
e qual
t o
y our
s earch
strip
w idth.
W hen
t his
o ccurs,
find
t he
l owest
d istance
reading
a nd
b egin
p robing.
Always
m ark
t he
p oint
a t
which
y ou
d eparted
f rom
your
s earch
s trips
a nd
r eturn
to
t hat
p oint
t o
r esume
searching
f or
t he
n ext
s ignal.
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