Target Pinpoint - Omega 8500 Owner's Manual

TARGET PINPOINTING
After you have identified a target using a motion mode of detection,
press-and-hold
technique can yield more information about the target's shape and
size and also find its exact location to facilitate extraction. Pinpoint
also changes the readout to indicate target depth in inches.
Pinpoint as follows:
1. Position the searchcoil just barely off the ground and to the side of
the target. Press and hold
2. Now move the searchcoil slowly across the target, and you can
locate it by the sound. The target is located directly under where
the sound is loudest.
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to identify the target's exact location. This
Narrow It Down:
1. To narrow the response further, position the
center of the searchcoil near the center of the
response pattern, but not directly over the
center.
2. Release
3. Press-and-hold
4. Repeat this narrowing procedure to narrow the
field of detection further.
Note: Depth indication is less accurate after
narrowing.
COIL DRIFT
If you plan to use the PINPOINT Mode
for continuous searching, realize that
drift will occur over time, causing the
(static search)
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.
again.
detector to gain or lose sensitivity.
Periodic retuning of the detector
is required to minimize drift;
release and press PINPOINT
again to retune.