gunnovice09
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What does it mean when the detector has erratic readings and goes back and forth on the display screen? It was doing that at the park a lot.
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erratic readings
- Thread starter gunnovice09
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bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
usually electro-magnetic interference--electric in the air basically.....same as if you turn the machine on inside your house...
gunnovice09
New member
Also it seems like every few feet I get a reading so I dig and I don't find anything and either the signal disappears or it'll still be reading and I'm 8-10 inches deep. I just got back from trying against and it did the same thing on all my digs however one turned up a 1974 penny
Jason in Enid
Active member
Are these erratic readings all the time? or is it giving an erratic response over some target?
Second, When you get the disappearing signals, are you getting solid, multi-way hits before you dig? If the target seems solid, then it's one of two things: It's a very large target buried deeply or its an angled target off to the side of the hole.
Second, When you get the disappearing signals, are you getting solid, multi-way hits before you dig? If the target seems solid, then it's one of two things: It's a very large target buried deeply or its an angled target off to the side of the hole.
gunnovice09
New member
I'm using a bounty hunter pioneer 202 and I was at a park and a gravel parking lot. The erratic response is over the signal
gunnovice09
New member
The main problem is digging where I get a repeat signal and finding nothing
You will have to lower sensitivity for better performance..
The following is from the manual 202 Bounty Hunter..........
After selecting your operating mode,
swing the search coil gently side-toside,
slightly overlapping each sweep
as you move forward. Make sure you
keep your search coil approximately 1
inch above the ground as you search.
Raising it in the sweep, or at the ends
of your sweep, will cause false readings
The following is from the manual 202 Bounty Hunter..........
After selecting your operating mode,
swing the search coil gently side-toside,
slightly overlapping each sweep
as you move forward. Make sure you
keep your search coil approximately 1
inch above the ground as you search.
Raising it in the sweep, or at the ends
of your sweep, will cause false readings
gunnovice09
New member
Thanks guys
gunnovice09
New member
I just left the park and was getting readings everywhere I swung and nothing in my holes. Prolly gonna invest in a pin pointee