Did an air test today and discovered that each BAR has its own audio pitch in SUM mode. Haven't been using the SUM mode since I got the machine. During todays air test I noticed that the IRON and FOIL bars give the lowest pitch, 5 cent bar gives a higher tone pitch, round tab bar is higher, square tab bar is higher yet, and so on. Also noticed that a wheaty gives a higher tone pitch than a zinc penny in SUM mode. Quarters have a higher pitch than dimes. Took me 9 months to learn that each bar has a distinct audio tone. Test was done using foil, gold rings, nickle, pulltabs, and coins in discriminate mode and switching to SUM mode on each target.
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Cortes Sum Mode tones.
- Thread starter jabbo
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rmptr, Just yesterday I learned how to use the SUM mode so I can't comment much about it yet. But the detector is great separating targets close to each other, as all Tesoros are. A different tone is tied to the 9 bar graphs, and that is great. The instruction manual says that the tones are tied to the bar graphs in SUM mode, but somehow I
mis-undetrstood it. The tones are distinctly different from each other and easy to tell apart. A momentary ( spring loaded switch ) puts the detector in SUM mode. When the switch is released, it returns to regular discriminate mode, monotone sound.
mis-undetrstood it. The tones are distinctly different from each other and easy to tell apart. A momentary ( spring loaded switch ) puts the detector in SUM mode. When the switch is released, it returns to regular discriminate mode, monotone sound.
rmptr, Today I went to a local park to put the tones to work. I like having them, even tho the bar graphs tell me the same thing. Zinc penny has its own bar graph/tone. Copper penny and dime share a bar graph and have a higher tone than zincs. Also, the SUM mode helps stabilize the ID No. after several passes. SUM is really cool.