Meter Problem Affecting Detector

[Buried Crap NJ]

Have not completely trouble shoot this yet. But my GT threshold with the 180 meter was racing up and down like a car engine and was only stopped by very very low sensitive settings like almost 3 o'clock. Auto had no affect on the problem. The other notable problem was the Silent switch was ineffective and would not go silent. This followed though All metal and Discriminate. As soon as I removed the meter from the loop it was gone normal operations. this was with the sun rays 5 in coil. it had worked the previous hunt with no problems. The detector still found targets! The meter still worked. Any thought would be great. I also will tomorrow see if it follows with any of the other coils?

 

[JimmyCT]

Hi Buried Crap,


If not a wire problem on either end, it may be an electronic problem with the meter itself. I would be interested in knowing what the results are with other coils. If the same, I would surmise it is a direct meter problem? How about electronic interference on this trip you had? Where you near power lines, cell tower WiFi? But that still doesn't explain how the problem was solved with removing the meter. Maybe the meter is more sensitive then the unit itself when it comes to frequency interference from cell towers / WiFi / power lines.... Hope it is a simple fix. - Jim

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Steve,probably the 6 pin female connector from the meter has a short or a lose wire.HH Ron

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

Ok I am not sure its the meter doing it now. It might just be me and my inexperience with the GT. I changes coils and the racing sure when away. But the silent switch issue followed? I tried a 12 sunray coil, a 12X15 SEF and the 10in coil all lost the racing issue. The 5in coil seems to have that issues? But not all the time? Ok somebody check your machine and see if its my machine. It seems that the silent switch only silents very low threshold tones. That is if you set the threshold to just the faint whisper and hit the switch works just fine. Targets have no issue just tones coming through. It will NOT go silent if the threshold is too high or if you raise the threshold when in silent. (why would you) This follows when there is NO meter in the loop. Same Same if thresholds too high the silent switch doesn't go silent or if you touch the threshold knob. Awaiting thoughts on this. steve

 

[RFK48]

Ok I am not sure its the meter doing it now. It might just be me and my inexperience with the GT. I changes coils and the racing sure when away. But the silent switch issue followed? I tried a 12 sunray coil, a 12X15 SEF and the 10in coil all lost the racing issue. The 5in coil seems to have that issues? But not all the time? Ok somebody check your machine and see if its my machine. It seems that the silent switch only silents very low threshold tones. That is if you set the threshold to just the faint whisper and hit the switch works just fine. Targets have no issue just tones coming through. It will NOT go silent if the threshold is too high or if you raise the threshold when in silent. (why would you) This follows when there is NO meter in the loop. Same Same if thresholds too high the silent switch doesn't go silent or if you touch the threshold knob. Awaiting thoughts on this. steve

Page 15 in the GT manual:

7.4.1 Silent Search/Threshold
When in the discriminate mode, the Sovereign GT will vary the tone of an audio signal
depending on the conductivity of the target; ie. a highly conductive target will produce a high
pitched tone, while a less conductive item (such as foil) will produce a lower pitched tone.
The advantage of the Sovereign GT over other detectors is that the tone of the threshold will
also change. After the target signal is heard, the threshold

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

"If your threshold level is too loud before
switching into silent search, the threshold will become softer but still audible."

Boy how stupid I feel. i have the manual and never went back to read this! RFK48 my hats off to you! Now I am back to the racing with the 5 in coil and the meter as I can't hunt with the threshold ramping up and down. I'll give Sun ray an email on this. steve

 

[RFK48]

"If your threshold level is too loud before
switching into silent search, the threshold will become softer but still audible."

Boy how stupid I feel. i have the manual and never went back to read this! RFK48 my hats off to you! Now I am back to the racing with the 5 in coil and the meter as I can't hunt with the threshold ramping up and down. I'll give Sun ray an email on this. steve

haha....I just got my GT 2 weeks ago and I must have read the manual 10 times over so it was fresh in my head. Glad I could help. I hope you get your other problem resolved!