Bounty Hunter 1100 Troubleshooting Guide, Terminology, Symptom, Cause, Solution, Elimination

TROUBLESHOOTING

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

SYMPTOM	CAUSE	SOLUTION
Detector chatters	• Using detector	• Use detector
or beeps erratically	indoors	outdoors only
	• Using detector near	• Move away
	power lines	from power lines
	• Using 2 detectors in	• Keep 2 detectors
	close proximity	at least 20’ apart
	• Highly oxidized	• Only dig up
	buried object	repeatable
		signals
	• Environmental	• Reduce sensitivity
	electromagnetic	until erratic
	interference	signals cease
Constant low tone	• Discharged batteries	• Replace batteries
or constant repeating	• Wrong type of	• Use only 9V
tones	batteries	alkaline batteries
		or rechargeable
LCD does not lock	• Multiple targets	• Move coil slowly
on to one target ID	present	at different angles
or detector emits	• Highly oxidized
multiple tones	target
	• Sensitivity set	• Reduce sensitivity
	too high
No power, no	• Dead batteries	• Replace batteries
sounds
	• Cord not connected	• Check connections
	securely

TERMINOLOGY

The following terms are used throughout the manual, and are standard terminology among detectorists.

ELIMINATION

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.

DISCRIMINATION

When the detector emits different tones for different types of metals, and when the detector "eliminates" certain metals, we refer to this as the detector "discriminating" among different types of metals.

Discrimination is an important feature of professional metal detectors. Discrimination allows the user to ignore trash and otherwise undesirable objects.

RELIC

A relic is an object of interest by reason of its age or its association with the past. Many relics are made of iron, but can also be made of bronze or precious metals.

IRON

Iron is a common, low-grade metal that is an undesirable target in certain metal detecting applications. Examples of undesirable iron objects are old cans, pipes, bolts, and nails.

Sometimes, the desired target is made of iron. Property markers, for instance, contain iron. Valuable relics can also be composed of iron; cannon balls, old armaments, and parts of old structures and vehicles can also be composed of iron.

FERROUS

Metals which are made of, or contain, iron.

PINPOINTING

Pinpointing is the process of finding the exact location of a buried object. Long-buried metals can appear exactly like the surrounding soil, and can therefore be very hard to isolate from the soil.

PULL-TABS

Discarded pull-tabs from beverage containers are the most bothersome trash items for treasure hunters. They come in many different shapes and sizes. Most pull-tabs can be eliminated with the Mode Control, but some other valuable objects can have a magnetic signature similar to pull-tabs, and will also be eliminated when discriminating out pull-tabs.

GROUND BALANCE

Ground Balancing is the ability of the detector to ignore, or "see through," the earth’s naturally occurring minerals, and only sound a tone when a metal object is detected.

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