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TROUBLESHOOTING
TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
SYMPTOM
CAUSE
SOLUTION
No power, no
• Dead batteries
• Replace batteries
sounds
• Batteries not
• Securely snap
connected properly
batteries on to
connectors
Detector chatters
• Electromagnetic
• Stay away from
or Beeps Erratically
Interference
Power lines or
operating machinery
• Using Indoors
• Use Outdoors Only
• Using Near Another
• Keep 2 detectors at
Metal Detector
least 20 feet apart
• Wrong Type of Batteries • Use 9-Volt ALKALINE
batteries only (
do not
use heavy duty batteries)
• Sensitivity Set Too High • Reduce Sensitivity
for Environment
Detector Beeps at End
• Improper Sweep
• Sweep Coil Parallel to
of Sweeps
Technique – Swinging
Ground
(false signals)
Coil Like a Pendulum
Many False Signals in
• Detector Not Ground
• Ground Balance
the Field
Balanced Correctly
Detector per P.8
instruction
• Sensitivity Too High
• Reduce Sensitivity
• Oxidized Targets
• Only Dig Up
Repeatable Signals
• Increase
Discrimination Level
(turn control
clockwise)