Processor HIT Speed

[Cody]

My EX11 gives a digital reading and icon with the first pass of the coil. The exception is if rejection is set so that the target falls in the rejection area for some of the hits. If the coil is swept in such a way that 3 hits produce a reading that is in the black area of the screen and only one produces a reading for the clear area then we only get one ICON or reading for 4 sweeps. This is why when we go to ID a target we need to use pinpoint to find the center of the target and be cautious to sweep the coin over the center. If we do that then we get a solid ICON or reading with just one sweep. If our sweeps are not consistent and some produce rejected targets and other accepted then the sweep per up date will be far more since some fall in the black area. This is another reason to go to the Menu, Clear, then select all ICONS if we hunt with all metal. We don't see ICONS for nails unless we select the nails ICON. The missing ICONS have nothing displayed in the Smartfind or Digital screen for an icon as nothing is selected. The exception I can think of right of hand is coins ICONS are displayed even if we only clear the screen.

HH, Cody

 

[Captain Kirk]

Cody,

It is my understanding and experience that the screen is updated to reflect the last target detected (and not discriminated out) since the last recovery from a null. Therefore, if a two targets are detected in rapid succession (such as a silver coin followed closely by a non-discriminated nail), then on the second of the two targets (the nail) will be displayed on the screen. This situation would make it easy to miss the silver coin if one is using the Conductive mode. Is that your opinion also?

HH,
Glenn

 

[Cody]

Glenn, we are not going to go to Stillwater till next Monday so I am checking back in. Yes, I don't know if I have seen a post of yours where you were not right on. There was some concern about the processor speed on the other forum since folks read both I thought it would be a good idea to say something about the speed. If the screen is clear and the targets are different then when we sweep the targets they update on the first sweep. When the ICONs or Digital readings are delayed there is a reason other than the speed of the processor which is what I was saying. So, that was all just saying the process will update with a single sweep and it does not take 4 or 5 seconds unless that is what it has been instructed to do.

Glenn, I have really been going through the machine to see what is will do with the Learn and Edit functions. If we go to Menu and clear the screen then select all good and "bad" targets to be accepted then we get all the ICONS as an aid. It appears that the Coins and jewelry is a default for a clear screen but the other need to be selected. I will look closer but we cannot save ICONS other than as our last setting when we turn off the machine. I have noticed the ICONS are very accurate compared to other detectors. I often see the correct ICON peeping through showing a pulltab on a deep pulltab. This in conjunction with the tone and other tricks is another aid in the ID. I thought this would be good for you since you hunt the beaches mostly and with IM-16. If you set that in the Smartfind Screen then select all ICONS you will get the ICONS so on a deep pulltab in Smarfind and Digital while in Iron Mask we only have the crosshairs to see the ID. If the coil is moved a little faster over the pulltab it tends to breakup some while a coin stays solid.