Question about the GT.

[opa81]

Lets say I want to search the wet sand in the all metal mode.

Were do I manually groundbalance the detector, on the wet sand or on the dry sand.

Thanks,

Andre

 

[recout]

You don't need to ground balance the GT in the wet sand. I only use my gt in the wet sand.

 

[opa81]

You don't need to ground balance the GT in the wet sand. I only use my gt in the wet sand.

I think that is not the case. You can choose to use the track funktion in all metal mode (Minelab calls this Accu Track), which auto adjust the changes in the ground, or you can manual adjust and use the fix setting.

 

[Critterhunter]

Lets say I want to search the wet sand in the all metal mode.

Were do I manually groundbalance the detector, on the wet sand or on the dry sand.

Thanks,

Andre

If you are hunting in disc or PP mode there is no ground balance needed to be set. But if you want to use All Metal Fixed mode then you need to first set it via All Metal Tracking mode first. Either sweep around in a clean area for a few minutes and then flip over to Fixed, or you can pump the coil up and down slowly in a clean spot in Track until the threshold stays even approaching and leaving the sand. Only lower it as low as you normaly hunt so as not to offset the balance due to coil height. Also, make sure it's a clean spot by sweeping over it first. Setting over metal or iron will screw things up. And, some will set the balance slightly hot on a detector to where the threshold raises a tad when approaching the ground. This gives you slightly better depth some believe, but set too hot it can cause falsing. I'd only use tracking mode if you are wandering over fastly changing ground (like say from wet to dry or such), but tracking can track out deep targets, so I prefer Fixed on any detector. Just set it over what you plan to hunt (dry or wet), then re-set it later when you switch to the other.

Disc mode on the Sovereign is unique. It's not auto ground tracking, nor a fixed setting, nor a factory set static setting. It's a dynamic way to ignore the ground, which is why the BBS units will ID at depth and get stellar depth even in the worst of soils/sands. Unlike that used on any other detector, except the FBS units.

PP (pin point) mode is a form of all metal that doesn't feature a ground balance. Some like to use that mode on their Sovereign or Excalibur as it has PI-like traits in both depth and ability to cut through minerals that even BBS has issues with. Crank volume and sensitivity all the way up and hold on for dare life. You can even often tell iron by the way it sounds, and I hear there are about 10 other words at least that PP mode will tell you about targets without needing to check in disc, and it's still modulated audio, so you can judge target depth by how loud it is, just like in disc.

 

[opa81]

Great thanks for this clear explenation.

I will give this PP mode a try next time I'm on the beach.

Thanks,

Andre