Have a question about Sunray meter on Sovereign

[Prospector]

I recently bought a Sovereign and a Sunray meter for it. I calibrated the meter with a quarter, and it appears to I.D. okay. My question is, does the meter suppose to flash between numbers until it locks on a good target? Once it locks is it supposed to hold it? Any info about using meters on Sovereigns would be appreciated. THANKS!

 

[Marc(NB)]

doesnt flash,only thing that changes are the digital numbers at it locks on.Once locked on a target the number will hold solid,unless your target is a deep one .

 

[Rick(ND)]

The meter is really a voltage meter as it measures the return voltage from the coil which also is the voltage for the tones you hear. Now when swinging over a target you may notice the tones are also changing a bit, so the numbers will be too. What you want to do is just wiggle the coil over the target you want to ID and keep the tone as steady as possible, then look at the meter and the numbers should be fairly solid and may jump a number or too, but if deep it will be more numbers as it will be harder to keep the tones steady.When I calibrate my meter to 180 on a quarter it will bounce around 179-180 as I try not to get 181. Air test it will stay around this when you test a quarter or dime, but in the ground it still will ID as this, but maybe see the number jump more as there is other targets or iron it will see, so this is why you try to wiggle only over the target you are trying to ID and keep the tones as steady as possible before you look at the meter for the actual ID.
Go by the tones and try to get a repeatable tone and keep it a steady tone by going only over that target, then look at the meter.

 

[Art (NWOH)]

The meter DOES NOT measure any return signal from the coil.
The recieved signal passes through the meter on it's way to the control box without any connection to the meter internals whatsoever.
The meter displays a number that represents the target ID value sent to it by the control box after the box has identified the recieved signal that it got from the coil.

HH

 

[Prospector]

Are the numbers on the meter supposed to bounce around as you search? I assume it is supposed to bounce around until it locks on a good target. Is this correct?

 

[Rick(ND)]

I Know it was basically a voltage meter and when ask how it works I should just say "Very Well" and leave it like that. I don't get too much into the technical part of it like some do, but I am more hands on and finding what works the best.

Thanks for the correct info Art and see if I can remember this in this 60 year old mind longer than 2 minutes.

Rick

 

[Art (NWOH)]

I'm almost 60 myself.
Could have included the pin numbers for the different wires too , but that would be extra unneeded info in this case.

Stay warm.

HH