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Ground Balance?? To check OR not to check?
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chappy(IN)
Member
I am still learning and only have 4 hrs on the 3030 so far . If I remember correctly in Andy's book he says it wasn't good, you loose depth and GB was only needed when your in highly mineralized soil. On my old machine I did a manual GB every 20 min. So I am going to say leave it unchecked.
Jason in Enid
Active member
Unless you have extremely "hot" soil, LEAVE THAT FEATURE UN-CHECKED.
The standard operation of the CTX does not require any "ground balance", but people often wrongly call this an automatic gb and call checking the box as a manual GB. This is incorrect. The ground balance feature (aka checking the box) turns the GB "on", and this is a last-ditch effort to keep the detector operating half-way stable in very bad soil.
The standard operation of the CTX does not require any "ground balance", but people often wrongly call this an automatic gb and call checking the box as a manual GB. This is incorrect. The ground balance feature (aka checking the box) turns the GB "on", and this is a last-ditch effort to keep the detector operating half-way stable in very bad soil.
LawrencetheMDer
Active member
Ditto. Leave it unchecked. However, do Noise Cancel on a regular basis.
I had hunted an area repeatedly and felt I had cleaned it out but for some reason felt there were deeper treasures I wasn't reaching. I unchecked the ground balance and was able to run it wide open with no chatter. I have found approximately 30 old coins I had been walking over when I had the ground Balance checked. Unchecking it increases treasure for you.
Everyone is basically correct...
My Long Answer:
That 'box' means "Enable Manual Ground Balance" and "over-ride the detectors automatic ground compensation algorithms" and "now hand over all that responsibility to the operator."
If you check the box, that means you are now required to do manual ground balancing properly...and frequently. (Frequently, because Manual GB doesn't 'track' or 'auto-trac'...and it drifts.)
It also means you accept the responsibility for doing what is normally the detectors job, and that you are certain you know better about adjusting for the ground than the detector can ever measure or do.
And If you do (manually balance properly/frequently), and do it right...UNDER THE PROPER CONDITIONS...it can help (some) with depth in bad ground.
BUT...If you just check the box and just start hunting (without balancing properly/frequently), you're doing it wrong...that's not what it's for.
You're badly hurting depth, and you're throwing away targets every time you turn the detector on, because (remember) it saves all the setting, so it's still checked after a power cycle.
This may be a recurring question that keeps coming up...but, the answer has always been the same...
As stated many, many times: It's almost always better to leave it unchecked....especially if you're not absolutely certain what it does...and let the detector do it's job.
My Short Answer:
"If you have to ask, leave it alone and unchecked."
mike
My Long Answer:
That 'box' means "Enable Manual Ground Balance" and "over-ride the detectors automatic ground compensation algorithms" and "now hand over all that responsibility to the operator."
If you check the box, that means you are now required to do manual ground balancing properly...and frequently. (Frequently, because Manual GB doesn't 'track' or 'auto-trac'...and it drifts.)
It also means you accept the responsibility for doing what is normally the detectors job, and that you are certain you know better about adjusting for the ground than the detector can ever measure or do.
And If you do (manually balance properly/frequently), and do it right...UNDER THE PROPER CONDITIONS...it can help (some) with depth in bad ground.
BUT...If you just check the box and just start hunting (without balancing properly/frequently), you're doing it wrong...that's not what it's for.
You're badly hurting depth, and you're throwing away targets every time you turn the detector on, because (remember) it saves all the setting, so it's still checked after a power cycle.
This may be a recurring question that keeps coming up...but, the answer has always been the same...
As stated many, many times: It's almost always better to leave it unchecked....especially if you're not absolutely certain what it does...and let the detector do it's job.
My Short Answer:
"If you have to ask, leave it alone and unchecked."
mike
"Bad Ground" can you quantify that?
Suggested sensitivity below 8 maybe, I don't know and haven't read it anywhere.
Some places I'm lucky to see 8 when running A+3 is that bad ground and I'd be better off selecting manual GB?
I've been running 3 years with th box unchecked using A+3 or slightly higher manual. I figure the CTX computer knows more than me but maybe I'm walking over deeper coins because I don't check manual GB?
Suggested sensitivity below 8 maybe, I don't know and haven't read it anywhere.
Some places I'm lucky to see 8 when running A+3 is that bad ground and I'd be better off selecting manual GB?
I've been running 3 years with th box unchecked using A+3 or slightly higher manual. I figure the CTX computer knows more than me but maybe I'm walking over deeper coins because I don't check manual GB?