Time Ranger Ground Monitor

[ikandigit]

I was wondering what the ground Monitor Readings meant???.The Monitor has a zero at the top and a negitive 1,2,3 and a Positive 1,2,3 on the screen,..is this telling me the ground is bad{highly mineralized} and or good by watching this gauge???.Also would the plus numbers be good ground and the neg. be bad???.Thanks in advance for your reply.

 

[jeff456]

Hi,

I have a Time Ranger as well. I am trying to learn it. I have found a few coins a such, but nothing really great yet. I don't know if you have the manual so I will post a link to the Bounty Hunter Time Ranger manual. I have copied the section that pertains to your question about the ground monitor feature. I would like as many tips as I can get about this machine so as you use yours and learn I would appreciate any tips you could pass on.

Thanks,

Jeff


http://www.detecting.com/pdffiles/timeranger_manual.pdf


"The Ground Monitor dial indicates how much iron mineralization is present. For it to work, you have to be sweeping the searchcoil over the ground. The higher the mineralization, the more necessary it is to be ground balanced in order to get the best depth in the All Metal modes.

If you are doing relic hunting, you can use SMART TRAC to take data on the soils, which you can then plot on a site map. In this way you may be able to locate areas which have been dug, backfilled, or subjected to fire. This information in turn helps to reveal the history of the site. If you are mapping the soils of a site using SMART TRAC, the Ground Monitor readings can provide additional information.

To use the Ground Monitor for geophysical mapping, "pump" the searchcoil up and down a few inches over the spot you wish to take a reading, until the dial stabilizes, which will usually happen in a couple seconds. This technique gives more repeatable readings than sweeping horizontally."