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Iron Mask does not mask iron but rather removes the masking of iron. If I have a discrimination pattern set and there is iron close to a target the microprocessor is faced with a problem. A strong signal from a large piece of iron and a good silver coin I want to detect. Confusing tones are heard depening on the targets and how I sweep the coil. By using Iron Mask I can select a level of Iron or none to reject. In this way I can eliminate the iron signal or I can remove all rejection and hear both the iron and good target. In this way I unmask targets that are confused by strong iron signals. So in a sense that is masking so I will not bicker over terms.
Iron Mask is an all or nothing setting for a specific level. As an example at -15 if conductivity tones are used then all level of conductibity are -15 are rejected. If set to -14 then all level at -15 and -14 are rejected. This is just one reason why I prefer tones set to ferrous. In ferrous tones although the rejection is the same as above the ferrous tones are at a mask of -14 does not sound for the ones at -15 and -16. This is part of what I think of as getting the tones under control.
However, we can go to patterns and duplicate and Iron Mask to reject -16 adn -15 but also set only patters similar to Iron Mask but set the level of conductivity rejetion as we prefer. We can reject the most conductive level or least conductive levels
which is the screen to the right in the drawing. This duplicate of Iron Mask can now be saved in an S slot and there is no need to switch to iron mask. You can now set the Iron Mask mode to a different level such as -16 for all metal detecting. This way we expand the use of Iron Mask and switch to IM-16 for all metal selection. The tones will shift with the screen to report all metal or only the ones selected.
I am constantly amazed at what can be done with the program that one can accomplish with the Explorer and the ability to select the tone for two different axis of the display.
HH, Cody
Iron Mask is an all or nothing setting for a specific level. As an example at -15 if conductivity tones are used then all level of conductibity are -15 are rejected. If set to -14 then all level at -15 and -14 are rejected. This is just one reason why I prefer tones set to ferrous. In ferrous tones although the rejection is the same as above the ferrous tones are at a mask of -14 does not sound for the ones at -15 and -16. This is part of what I think of as getting the tones under control.
However, we can go to patterns and duplicate and Iron Mask to reject -16 adn -15 but also set only patters similar to Iron Mask but set the level of conductivity rejetion as we prefer. We can reject the most conductive level or least conductive levels
which is the screen to the right in the drawing. This duplicate of Iron Mask can now be saved in an S slot and there is no need to switch to iron mask. You can now set the Iron Mask mode to a different level such as -16 for all metal detecting. This way we expand the use of Iron Mask and switch to IM-16 for all metal selection. The tones will shift with the screen to report all metal or only the ones selected.
I am constantly amazed at what can be done with the program that one can accomplish with the Explorer and the ability to select the tone for two different axis of the display.
HH, Cody