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If your detector is not working as it should, follow the suggestions below to see if you can eliminate the problem. If you still experience difficulty, you can reach a technical support person at Famous Trails by calling toll free:
Problem | Suggestions | |
The detector displays or sounds | You might be sweeping the detector’s search coil too fast or at | |
false signals. | the wrong angle. Sweep the search coil more slowly and hold | |
| the detector correctly. See “Testing and Using the Detector” on | |
| Page 8 and “Pinpointing a Target” on Page 11. | |
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| The detector might sound a false signal if it detects heavily | |
| oxidized metals. Try pinpointing the target from several | |
| different angles (See “pinpointing a Target” on Page 11). If the | |
| detector does not display and sound the same signal each time, | |
| the target is probably heavily oxidized metal. | |
The display does not show the | There might be more than one target in the area you are | |
correct metal type when the | searching. | |
detector finds a target. |
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The target might be a type of metal that the detector does not | ||
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| recognize. | |
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| If the target is heavily oxidized, the detector might not display | |
| the correct metal type. This is not a malfunction. |
