BarnacleBill
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The following is an excellent description by a poster on another forum of how to set a notch on a detector I happen to own. And every time I think about doing it I cringe. And yes I do know how to do it, but I feel like I'm going to miss a meal before the process is over. And multiple notches can lead to the consumption of copious amounts of strong refreshments.
And may Neptune help you if you make a mistake on any of the steps! Please sit down before reading the explanation, we don't want any head injuries!
And if you feel faint half way through, then by all means stop!
But first a review of how to do it on an X-Terra, dig up trash target, wave it in front of coil & with ID still showing on the LCD hit Accept/Reject button. Phew....didn't think I could get it all out in one sentence.
Once again the poster did an excellent job of listing the procedure out.
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Here's an explanation of what I meant by the "Acme 3000" Disc. and Notch working together but opposite of each other.
Do a factory reset and turn the Disc to #0. Notice that there are no slashes through any of the category words, i.e IRON, FOIL, etc., at the top of the display. All ranges/numbers are being detected.
Lets assume we wish to Notch OUT (not detect) the NICKEL category low range (26 thru 30) and high range (31 thru 35). Now, leaving the Disc. set on #0, we push the MENU button until we scroll down to the NOTCH menu. There's that #1 on the display again but it doesn't mean anything; it's just a number and no Notch is set yet. We want to Notch OUT (not detect) NICKEL low range (26 thru 30) so we turn the SETTINGS knob while in the Notch menu from #1 to any number #26 thru #30. Now push the MENU button to set the Notch. Now to Notch OUT (not detect) NICKEL high range (31 thru 35), turn the settings knob until any number #31 thru #35 is displayed in the window. Now push the MENU button again to set this Notch. Push the MENU button again and the display should scroll out of the Notch menu and into the # of Tones menu. All the category words at the top of the display, i.e. IRON, FOIL, etc., should be clear except for NICKEL which has a full slash through it. In other words, everything is being detected except for the entire NICKEL category (low 26 - 30, high 31 - 35).
Now let's do a factory reset again but this time turn the DISC. up to #65. Notice that IRON, FOIL, NICKEL, TAB and ZINC all have full slashes through them. DIME and QTR are not part of the DISC or NOTCH functions. This tells you that #1 thru #65 are NOT being detected and #66 thru #99 are being detected.
Let's assume we wish to Notch IN (detect) the NICKEL category (low 26 - 30, high 31 - 35). Leaving the Disc set on #65, we push the MENU button to scroll down to the Notch menu. Again we find the #1 in the display and again it means nothing. No Notch is set yet. We turn the SETTINGS knob until any number #26 thru #30 is displayed in the window and then we push the MENU button ONCE. to set the Notch. Now we turn the Settings knob again until any number #31 thru 35 appears in the display window and push the MENU button again. Pushing the Menu button once again takes you out of the Notch menu and into the # of Tones menu. Looking at the top of the display; IRON, FOIL, TAB and ZINC have full slashes through them indicating that all four of those categories are NOT being detected. NICKEL, DIME and QTR have no slashes through them indicating they are being detected.
As you can see, DISC and Notch do work opposite of each other. If you wish to see where the slashes are at the top of the display, turn the DISC to #0 and the scroll out of the DISC. menu.
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Oh no, I'm out of strong refreshments!:sad:
HH
BarnacleBill
And may Neptune help you if you make a mistake on any of the steps! Please sit down before reading the explanation, we don't want any head injuries! And if you feel faint half way through, then by all means stop!But first a review of how to do it on an X-Terra, dig up trash target, wave it in front of coil & with ID still showing on the LCD hit Accept/Reject button. Phew....didn't think I could get it all out in one sentence.
Once again the poster did an excellent job of listing the procedure out.********************
Here's an explanation of what I meant by the "Acme 3000" Disc. and Notch working together but opposite of each other.
Do a factory reset and turn the Disc to #0. Notice that there are no slashes through any of the category words, i.e IRON, FOIL, etc., at the top of the display. All ranges/numbers are being detected.
Lets assume we wish to Notch OUT (not detect) the NICKEL category low range (26 thru 30) and high range (31 thru 35). Now, leaving the Disc. set on #0, we push the MENU button until we scroll down to the NOTCH menu. There's that #1 on the display again but it doesn't mean anything; it's just a number and no Notch is set yet. We want to Notch OUT (not detect) NICKEL low range (26 thru 30) so we turn the SETTINGS knob while in the Notch menu from #1 to any number #26 thru #30. Now push the MENU button to set the Notch. Now to Notch OUT (not detect) NICKEL high range (31 thru 35), turn the settings knob until any number #31 thru #35 is displayed in the window. Now push the MENU button again to set this Notch. Push the MENU button again and the display should scroll out of the Notch menu and into the # of Tones menu. All the category words at the top of the display, i.e. IRON, FOIL, etc., should be clear except for NICKEL which has a full slash through it. In other words, everything is being detected except for the entire NICKEL category (low 26 - 30, high 31 - 35).
Now let's do a factory reset again but this time turn the DISC. up to #65. Notice that IRON, FOIL, NICKEL, TAB and ZINC all have full slashes through them. DIME and QTR are not part of the DISC or NOTCH functions. This tells you that #1 thru #65 are NOT being detected and #66 thru #99 are being detected.
Let's assume we wish to Notch IN (detect) the NICKEL category (low 26 - 30, high 31 - 35). Leaving the Disc set on #65, we push the MENU button to scroll down to the Notch menu. Again we find the #1 in the display and again it means nothing. No Notch is set yet. We turn the SETTINGS knob until any number #26 thru #30 is displayed in the window and then we push the MENU button ONCE. to set the Notch. Now we turn the Settings knob again until any number #31 thru 35 appears in the display window and push the MENU button again. Pushing the Menu button once again takes you out of the Notch menu and into the # of Tones menu. Looking at the top of the display; IRON, FOIL, TAB and ZINC have full slashes through them indicating that all four of those categories are NOT being detected. NICKEL, DIME and QTR have no slashes through them indicating they are being detected.
As you can see, DISC and Notch do work opposite of each other. If you wish to see where the slashes are at the top of the display, turn the DISC to #0 and the scroll out of the DISC. menu.
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Oh no, I'm out of strong refreshments!:sad:
HH
BarnacleBill
