How do you set your controls on the Scorpion for park or soccer field hunting? Which technique do you use? Hunt in all metal.....disc ....help me out with some tips here. I just bought a Scorpion; and need help in which settings to use. Thanks for your suggestions. Also I'm curious as to why Garrett put an initial arrow at the 6 1/2 point on the ground balance when it is a 10 turn control??? Do you go around 6 1/2 times???
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John In Edmonton and others..............
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I hunt in auto mode, unless I want the extra depth, where I hunt in manual mode with the unit ground balanced. I keep the discrimination set at 6.5 (default position) and hunt in all metal mode. If I get a signal, I switch the toggle switch to motion discriminate, and recheck the signal. If there is still a strong signal, I dig it. If it disappears I move on. To pinpoint, I switch back to all metal mode, with the coil centered on the target, and drag the coil towards myself, until the signal suddenly stops. Directly underneath the toe (tip) of the coil is where the target should be. If it is deep, it will be a little further back from the tip of the coil.
Why the pinpointing on the toe of the coil? Because listening to the audio allows me to get a good feeling on how deep the target is and some hints of it's conductivity. Also, rings, nickels quarters all seem to suddenly stop, whereas tinfoil, bent bottle caps etc. do not stop as suddenly as the better targets. This is one of the benefits of using the the pinpointing off the toe method. You learn some audio discrimination techniques, not found in the manual. Using the older analog circuitry in the Scorpion allows for those nice, clear crisp audio signals, and the 15 kHz is a great frequency to bang hard on gold rings.
Hope this helps.......
John E
Why the pinpointing on the toe of the coil? Because listening to the audio allows me to get a good feeling on how deep the target is and some hints of it's conductivity. Also, rings, nickels quarters all seem to suddenly stop, whereas tinfoil, bent bottle caps etc. do not stop as suddenly as the better targets. This is one of the benefits of using the the pinpointing off the toe method. You learn some audio discrimination techniques, not found in the manual. Using the older analog circuitry in the Scorpion allows for those nice, clear crisp audio signals, and the 15 kHz is a great frequency to bang hard on gold rings.
Hope this helps.......
John E
When you first get your Scorp, turn it on, keep it in auto, motion discriminate, keep turning the audio 10 knob clockwise until you get a constant audio hum. Now, turn it counter clockwise at least 2 revolutions, which should give you some good depth and sensitivity. If it still runs too unstable, turn that knob back another revolution or two, or, if conditions allow, turn it clockwise some more.
Bugar In. USA
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OK=now here's what I do in Indiana, first thing I will ground balance.as instructions, set switch to manual, and all metal, depth at arrow, audio where it sounds good to you, after GB, then switch to auto and motion disc, audio where it sounds good to you, disc at the arrow, depth at arrow, these settings are good for most jewelry, if real trashy sometimes I will go to as much as 7 1/2 on disc, but this will eliminate all the real good stuff, just gets coins mostly, if you want to get everything just flip the switch to all metal, this will do it, and when you get a beep, just click back to disc to check it out, and I also pinpoint off the tip of the coin, it is very accurate, after a few outings, you will find it is just a turn and go operation, good luck and HH