What's the dif?

[mwaynebennett]

What is the difference between "ground balance" and "ground trac?"

Mark

 

[dave5710]

Ground tracking keeps your machine balanced to the ground as your location changes. In some areas soil conditions change rapidly, soil to sand to gravel to soil, etc. At least that is my understanding of it.

 

[mwaynebennett]

Ok Dave, that makes sense, but what then is "ground balance?"

 

[dave5710]

Ground balancing lets your machine read the minerals in the ground, so that it doesn't detect them. Once ground balanced, ground tracking will keep your machine ground balanced.

 

[mwaynebennett]

So the Landstar has a dial for changing the ground balance but the Pioneer 505 does not. Both machines have Ground trac, so what again is the difference? Why would the Landstar have the ability to adjust the ground balance? On the 505, the coil is placed near the ground and the ground trac button pressed. This is supposed to, I assume, measure the existing mineral content and establish a threshold. If that is the case, then why would someone with a Landstar want to manually change the threshold?

I'm still confused.

Mark

 

[dave5710]

Well there are also positive and negative adjustments that can be made. My BH 202 didn't have ground balance. My T-2 does it automatically in discrimination mode. All Metal is a different story but I never use that. My V-3 I ground balance when I turn it on. It tracks constantly, so I adjusted the tracking speed down so it tracks slower.

You really need to call First Texas or contact more knowledgeable people on this topic. One I can think of, who must be a genius is Monte.

Try this, post your question on the Metal Detecting Forum. The principle of ground balance is common to all brands of detectors. So that would be a better place to find the answers you are looking for.

 

[JJ]

Ground balancing is the ability of the detector to ignore, or "see through" the earth's naturally occurring minerals, and only sound a tone when a metal object is detected. The Landstar automatically ground balances in disc/notch modes. The manual ground balance knob on the LS goes hand in hand with the ground trac button in all metal mode. In all metal mode, the ground trac button will give a fresh sampling of mineralization. The manual ground balance knob is now used to fine tune this new reading down to a stable, almost silent usable tone. For those who use no motion all metal mode often, this allows for much greater stability than that of the 505, whereas one has to constantly mash and refresh the ground trac button, hoping to find a quite stable tone to work with. Clear as mud, JJ

 

[Hamp]

I understand that it is quite possible to use the ground balance setting to explore other aspects of the ground such as places where the ground has been disturbed or bones are below the surface. If true, and I think it is, a detector with a ground balance readout could come in handy.

 

[mwaynebennett]

Thanks folks. I am somewhat more clear now. I find it interesting that the Pioneer 505 manual says just about nothing about how to use the ground trac.

Mark
Elite 2200
Pioneer 505
WA St.

 

[Wishful-thinker]

If you are searching in all metal mode and you ajust the Ground Balance on the LandStar,Before you start searching in Disc mode
change the Ground Balance back to Preset or your Target Depth will be off a bit....or at leased thats what happens with mine.

 

[scotrod]

if u go to utube and type in bounty hunter 505 video they explain how to use the machine.

 

[drummerman]

I use manual ground balancing all the time. You will get much actuate hits and also deeper penetration in the ground. Practice with that mode allot first. Incorrect balancing can make you "not see" something valuable.
Most of the time, you can just use the automatic ground balance and get good results.