Ground Compensation or Tracking

[Anonymous]

"Ground Compensation" is what Minelab calls it in their manual, others call it ground tracking. I only saw a vague reference in the Manual. It is said to use "advanced Digital Filtering", chapter 7 specs.!? can someone please tell me how good the Explorer ground tracks or compensates..I believe this is different from Noise cancelation. I do not see any references in literature or brochures about this feature and would like to know since I will be hunting in highly mineralized areas at times?? Also, is this feature automated or manual or both?
Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Noise Cancel is for handling electronic noise, such as power lines or even sun spots.
Ground tracking is automatic and, as far as I know, can not be altered or disabled.
As for how good it is, I can't say. If you are getting a threshold tone, chances are the GB is working fine.
Tim

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Tim is right re noise cancelling versus ground tracking.
Based on my experience with other detectotrs I've found the Sov/Explorer automatic ground tracking to be excellent and is one of the features that make these detectors a pleasure to operate.
Compared to manual ground balancing (which can be required often in some sites) or preset factory ground balancing (which is not always optimum)... automatic tracking can be a real blessing. It's no fun to be walking along and manually ground balancing every few feet 8^P. The Minelabs version seems to work very well from what I have experienced and I have really enjoyed it on my Sov and Explorer.
HH ... Gord.

 

[Anonymous]

..."It's no fun to be walking along and manually ground balancing every few feet 8^P." I had an old "green machine" that I literally had to GB every few steps when moving closer to the ocean. I almost threw it in the water, but realized that I could make do by hunting parallel to the ocean. I still had to GB way more often than I liked.