discrimination

Metal Detector Discrimination Settings and Target Tones: Decide What to Hear and Dig

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Metal Detector Discrimination Settings

Discrimination should remove only the responses that interfere with a specific hunt, not every signal that resembles trash. Start with a minimally restrictive setup, learn how your detector divides Target ID and audio, then test local targets before rejecting another region. Treat the screen and tone as separate clues, and cross-sweep before deciding. This reduces … Read more

Metal Detector Settings Guide: Set Up for the Ground, Targets, Trash, and Interference

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Metal Detector Settings Guide

A useful metal detector setup starts with the factory baseline, then changes one control at a time for the ground, interference, trash, and targets at the site. There is no universal best setting because search modes, sensitivity scales, ground balance systems, discrimination patterns, tones, and recovery controls behave differently across machines. I use a fixed … Read more