Golden uMax Question

[reddirtfisher]

Hi I need some advise from you Golden users. My Golden checks out fine in the "no notch" mode. All targets and zinc tones sound out just as they should. When I switch to "narrow" the zinc is automatically knocked out and I cant notch it back in no matter what I try to do. Is this normal? Also it seems that nothing changes in my target testing when I switch to "wide". So would someone please tell me just exactly what the narrow & wide notch is supposed to do? I had it sent in for repairs but it came back still doing this. The owner's manual says I can notch out the nickel by turning the width control counterclockwise but that doesn't work either. Do I have a bad unit?

 

[kingingkunsan]

If you have notch in narrow and notch knob full counterclock wise and discrimination full counterclock wise and can not get a zinc then i would say you have a bad unit. JMHO Maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in.

 

[Topdecker]

You should be getting the zinc pennies while in narrow notch.

The WIDE mode also should be knocking out screw caps in addition to pull-tabs. Screw-caps tend to be around zinc, hence the reason that zinc pennies get notched out. Directly from the manual: "NARROW covers most pulltabs and WIDE covers pull tabs and most screw caps."

I think that most golden umax owners know that they can toss the switch in the the WIDE notch mode and check and see if a target is a zinc penny - but the manual never mentions this. The only time that zinc pennies are mentioned is where it explains that zinc pennies will come in the high tone, which is completely wrong (though they may bounce in and out).

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[kingingkunsan]

You should be getting the zinc pennies while in narrow notch.

The WIDE mode also should be knocking out screw caps in addition to pull-tabs. Screw-caps tend to be around zinc, hence the reason that zinc pennies get notched out. Directly from the manual: "NARROW covers most pulltabs and WIDE covers pull tabs and most screw caps."

I think that most golden umax owners know that they can toss the switch in the the WIDE notch mode and check and see if a target is a zinc penny - but the manual never mentions this. The only time that zinc pennies are mentioned is where it explains that zinc pennies will come in the high tone, which is completely wrong (though they may bounce in and out).

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I have had a few zincs hit like copper. Maybe they were on edge?

 

[Topdecker]

I have had a few zincs hit like copper. Maybe they were on edge?

More likely they were very shallow and pretty much overloaded their way into high coin. Zinc tends to be extremely inconsistent since the coins rot out at different rates and in different ways.

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[reddirtfisher]

The Golden is on it's way to see Rusty. I sure hope he can fix it because it's my favorite machine. Don't laugh but I have a Bounty Hunter with notch that works great so I will use that until the Golden gets back.

 

[SpiritRelic]

That did sound strange knocking out zinc with the narrow setting.I use the notch wide a lot on my golden to just dig silver jewelry,silver coins,clad and big gold rings with very little trash digging.That is why i got the Golden.I have fun digging clad,even though i have areas i can dig 300 year relics and possible coins,i get a kick out of digging a quarter.And to me the Golden is the best coin detector i have ever used.Take note on how much cleaner the signal is with the notch in the wide position.If i get a chance i will make a video demonstrating this effect and to also show how much trash can be rejected while accepting good targets.The Golden got me back into detecting after hanging up detecting for the fourth time.

 

[reddirtfisher]

Hey SpiritRelic, A new video would be great !!