Minelab II quick start Adjusting the Iron Mask

	THE MINELAB EXPLORER II
THE IRON MASK
	Adjusting the Iron Mask
	Figure 5.5
	Pressing the IRON MASK shortcut button on the control panel will
	display the Iron Mask adjustment screen.
Figure 5.5 Adjusting the Iron Mask	Preset Level
	The Explorer II's Iron Mask is set at a rating of -6. This is suitable
	when detecting non-ferrous metals.
Iron Mask Shortcut	Detecting more ferrous objects
	If you want target responses from more ferrous objects (e.g. war
	relics) it is necessary to reduce the level of ferrous rejection. This
	is done by pressing the bottom left shift button next to the slider
	control, reducing the extent of the Iron Mask. You may need to
	experiment a little with the settings.
The Iron Mask shortcut button on	Detecting all ferrous objects
	If you wanted to detect all objects, regardless of ferrous content,	5
the control panel allows you to
	ferrous rejection can be reduced to a minimum level of -16. The
switch between Iron Mask and
	screen will be completely clear and all objects will sound a target	QUICKSTART
Discrimination.
	response.
Before you experiment with this,	Rejecting all ferrous objects
an understanding of the features
	If you want target responses to be suppressed for all ferrous
of these functions will greatly
	objects, the Iron Mask may be increased to a level of 0. This is
assist in deciding which will
	represented by the mask extending to half way across the
locate the kind of targets you want	Smartfind screen (as depicted in the section explaining
and how to adjust the Explorer II	two-dimensional discrimination, see page 42).
to suit your preferences.
The tutorials featured later in this
chapter also assume a basic
understanding of Iron Mask and
Discrimination functions.
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	THE IRON MASK