Minelab II Beginner Use, Trying out the detector, Audio Overload, Don’t try this at home

	THE MINELAB EXPLORER II
BEGINNER USE
CORRECT	Trying out the detector
	Figure 5.2
	Don’t try this at home!
	If you attempt to begin detecting while you are inside your home,
	you will quickly find that there are many metallic objects (such as
	nails or reinforcing in the floor) which will result in almost
INCORRECT	continuous detection. There will also be interference from TV sets
	and other household appliances. Placing the sensitive detector coil
	near large metallic objects can result in temporary saturation of the
	sensor, meaning that it then cannot detect small objects. Therefore
	it is best to turn your detector off and head outside, as far away as
P0265-A	you can from sources of electromagnetic disturbance.
	Sweeping the coil
	The Explorer II will perform at its best when the coil is kept in close
	proximity to the ground. This will increase detection depth and
Figure 5.2 Sweeping the coil	response to small objects. Becoming practised at sweeping the	5
	coil is very important, as variation in coil height at the end of each
	swing can cause confusing sounds and reduce detection depth.	QUICKSTART
Audio Overload	Each sweep of the coil should overlap the last one (Figure 5.2).
	This will ensure good ground coverage.
Sometimes it is possible that a	You think you’ve found something?
	When an object is detected, the Explorer II emits an audio response
large object close to the search	and visually displays a target classification on the control panel’s
coil will overload the detector’s	screen.
electronics. When this happens,	Before you attempt to pinpoint or recover the object –
the Explorer II emits a low ‘warble’
	which is explained later in this chapter – it is vital you
which will repeat until the coil is
	understand how to interpret these audio and visual
moved away from the source of the
	responses.
overload.
	This is explained over the next few pages.
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