Ground balance

[wildbill!!]

I was hunting yesterday and ground balanced my machine, the reading were 5-9 , this didn't seem right to me. Anyone else had this issue?

 

[JimmyCT]

Why doesn’t it seem correct to you?
Mine usually GB at 7. If I’m in multi-frequency mode I leave it at 0.

 

[Dirt Duke]

I was hunting yesterday and ground balanced my machine, the reading were 5-9 , this didn't seem right to me. Anyone else had this issue?

Really depends where you're detecting. I was out on an old rugby pitch 2 days ago and could tell by the chattery signals that the ground had more mineralization than most places I go. Did a ground grab and came up as 22 repeatable +/- a digit or so. I could tell that the soil was fill an inch or more below the surface. Most places around VT are in the low to mid single digits. A Gulf beach in FL I detect is pure 0 for GB. Cleanest, whitest sand one could hope for. I'd say you're fine.

 

[wildbill!!]

Why doesn’t it seem correct to you?
Mine usually GB at 7. If I’m in multi-frequency mode I leave it at 0.

I always ground balance my detectors to get the optimum performance out of them and normally I get a lot higher numbers, these low numbers just didn't seem right . I just got to trust the machine that it is ground balancing correctly. I guess it all depends on the soil your hunting in.

 

[wildbill!!]

Really depends where you're detecting. I was out on an old rugby pitch 2 days ago and could tell by the chattery signals that the ground had more mineralization than most places I go. Did a ground grab and came up as 22 repeatable +/- a digit or so. I could tell that the soil was fill an inch or more below the surface. Most places around VT are in the low to mid single digits. A Gulf beach in FL I detect is pure 0 for GB. Cleanest, whitest sand one could hope for. I'd say you're fine.

I've seen YouTube videos of people not even ground balancing their machines, they are saying it doesn't matter. I have to disagree with this GB is important for your machine to perform at it's best. It sounds like you GB your detector as well.

 

[JimmyCT]

I always ground balance my detectors to get the optimum performance out of them and normally I get a lot higher numbers, these low numbers just didn't seem right . I just got to trust the machine that it is ground balancing correctly. I guess it all depends on the soil your hunting in.

If in single frequency on the Equinox, it’s imperative to GB. When in SMF, Minelab recommends leaving it at 0 and that’s what I do. Having done this since I owned the Equinox, I have found tons of coins and deep too!