Manual ground Balance

[wildbill!!]

How do y'all ground balance your machine? I usually just l hit the button and pump the coil and let the machine do it but I haven't ever manually ground balance the ATPRO. Do any of you manually ground balance?

 

[jim tn]

No! HH jim tn

 

[wildbill!!]

No! HH jim tn

Have you ever tried to manually ground balance?

 

[jim tn]

If I have its been so long I can't recall. I have fairly moderate ground and a quick 2-3 pumps usually does the g/b trick for me. Why do you ask? HH Jim tn

 

[wildbill!!]

If I have its been so long I can't recall. I have fairly moderate ground and a quick 2-3 pumps usually does the g/b trick for me. Why do you ask? HH Jim tn

 

[wildbill!!]

I have a friend who has been detecting for 45+ years and has owned many machines, he claims that manually ground balancing your machine is the way to go. He tells me that when the machine automatically ground balances itself it is on the high end of the spectrum and this will cause you to lose a little depth and miss small deep objects. He says he always manually ground balances and ends up with a lower setting . I've always let the machine do the ground balancing for me and I don't really see how manually ground balancing could make much of a difference. I was just wondering if anyone else manually ground balanced their machines.

 

[rick in mi]

I always manually ground balance my machines. And am very curious and surprised jimtn doesn't.. Coming from a very experienced detectorist with many years of probing the ground. I may change my protocol. hhrickinmi

 

[wildbill!!]

I always manually ground balance my machines. And am very curious and surprised jimtn doesn't.. Coming from a very experienced detectorist with many years of probing the ground. I may change my protocol. hhrickinmi

So you think manual ground balancing makes a difference?

 

[rick in mi]

I hunt in variable ground conditions in MI. I've had great success. But I can't prove what I'm doing is right every time. It does seem to calm the machine down and I gain a bit of depth. hhrickinmi

 

[wildwilly]

I will have to try it. In 47 years of detecting and over 50 machines I've never tried it. Wonder why!

 

[rick in mi]

Darn that's quite impressive wildwilly!!!. Give it a try. I've been detecting a mere 14 years. I've had only 5 machines. The at pro is fun to swing. Because of its water proof ability. But most of my machines I would manually ground balance. Any time I can find a clean spot to accomplish it. Alot of times it doesn't happen with to many hits in the soil. hhrickinmi