Power balancing the Tejon

[MXTerer]

I have been reading about power balancing manual ground balance detectors. I must be doing something wrong cause I just can't get my Tejon to work on this theory. I can ground balance just fine by pulling the trigger and bobbing the coil. No problem-I can go negative or positive. I tried to power ground balance by using the following procedure.
Discrimination set all the way counter clockwise WITHOUT clicking into all metal.
Sensitivity to 10 or just where it starts to chatter.
I can bob the coil and nothing. I can turn the GB knob all the way clockwise and bob the coil-nothing. I can turn the GB knob all the way counterclockwise and bob the coil-nothing. Not a sound.
Can someone help me on this?
Thanks

 

[NVmar]

It sounds like you are trying to power balance the primary disk in discriminating mode. When you click the primary disk out of All Metal mode, you configure the disk to run in silent mode. In other words, only in All metal mode will you hear any "sound." That is how the Tejon normally functions.

 

[Jay Evans]

The Tejon needs nothing more than normal Ground balancing like the manual calls for...... it's an awesome detector as is. no mods or special tuning is needed for this detector to perform.

 

[tvr]

Hmmm ... wondering if your soil is very benign with very low mineral content.

I can power balance the Tejon I have where I hunt, although most of the time I just set it with the pinpoint and bob method to neutral. If things are acting a little strange with coins chirping and not beeping smoothly, or irregular ground chatter that a small adjustment to sensitivity doesn't fix, I'll power balance it to see if it gets a little better; usually does. If I power balance it and then check it with the pinpoint, the pinpoint reads a little bit on the negative side of where it would be if balanced by the book.

Monte posted about why he power balances in very mineralized soil. The link for that is: Monte's, when power balancing makes a difference
Cheers,
tvr

 

[jhettel]

You have to either click it down into all metal or pull the trigger back into all metal to ground balance. You cannot ground balance in the discrimination mode as was said previously on this forum.

I don't think it can be power balanced. Balance slightly positive.