All metal slow auto tune versus fast autotune

[Neil]

Does anyone know why there is a slow autotune versus fast autotune besides pinpointing? What advantage does the slow autotune have that its a dedicated mode on the Tejon and if I remember the Tiger Shark as well has this mode option?

I havent hunted with my Vaquero in all metal yet so Im not sure if thats a slow or fast autotune.

Neil

 

[dirthound]

vaquero has fast auto tune that is one reason it is more stable in the all metal mode than the tejon.On my gmt I have an ajustable vsat which I think is the same function of auto tune,in the gmt manual it states that slower sat speeds it is deeper but less stable in bad ground.I have notice on my gmt in slow sat speeds the threashold disapears if you swing the coil to fast just like on my tejon,if you increase the sat speed the threashold is more stable.This is why I like the vaquero over the tejon.Maybe Monty could explain it better then me.

 

[Scully]

The pinpoint trigger on the Tejon, puts it into a fast-retunre all metal mode, whereas the full-time all metal mode (All Metal postion on the Disc Level knob) puts the machine into a slow-retune all metal mode. Tesoro did this maily for gold hunters. The Tejon is hot on gold, making it a good machine for nugget hunters, but you really need a slow retune speed for small targets (allows the machine a bit longer to analize the target). I beleive they added the fast and slow options on the Tiger for the same reason (gold hunters).

By the way, the trigger all metal mode is what you should use on the Tejon to Ground Balance it.

 

[Neil]

Thank you dirthound and Scully. I knew which was which on the Tejon but I was wondering why they put the slow retune there, so its for gold nugget hunting then, it allows a better ID of sorts. Sure is hot on gold, about as hot as a disc machine gets on gold that Ive seen.

Thanks!
Neil

 

[dirthound]

If slow auto tune was for nugget hunting why does the lobo supertraq and the diablo umax have fast auto tune those are both nugget detectors.But I also own a diablo 2 gold deamon and that has slow auto tune?