Descrimination numbers?

[mncricket]

Do the descrimination numbers on the older tesoros match up or directly correlate to the descrimination categories on the newer machines? My descrimination runs 1-10.... Where is iron lost, foil, copper, silver etc?

 

[tabman]

Which detector do you have?

tabman

 

[mncricket]

Silver sabre umax.

 

[mncricket]

Tabman, you also were talking about adjusting a dial using the set screw. Is that just a matter if finding where nickel drops off and adjusting the physical location of the dial to match that point or is there more to it than that?

 

[Lightstryder]

Instead of setting an expectation in your mind, which I am famous for, why don't you just go out and test it for yourself? No matter what anyone says here, it may be that you're machine is slightly different in some way. Just a thought, take it or leave and enjoy your hunt.

 

[BarberBill]

On my SSumax, I usually drop a nickel on the ground and set the discrimination just under where the nickel crackles out and is lost. You can find the drop our points on tabs and zincs the same way and mark them with a sharpie if you desire. You'll be surprised how, with a bit of practice, you'll be able to pretty accurately predict what the target is likely to be with this method.
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[tabman]

Tabman, you also were talking about adjusting a dial using the set screw. Is that just a matter if finding where nickel drops off and adjusting the physical location of the dial to match that point or is there more to it than that?

That's it. Remove the dial, set the discrimination to the point where a nickel crackles and then replace the dial where it points dead on the 5 cent mark or on the number 5 on those detectors with just numbers. It sometimes takes me several tries to get it perfect.

tabman