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1. We’ve already said it but it bears repeating: TAKE
YOUR TIME AND OVERLAP YOUR SWEEPS.
2. Keep your trash rejection level set low. You’ll dig
more trash but you’ll find more good targets, too.
If you continually run at the pull tab discrimination
level you’ll find coins and silver rings but very few
gold rings for example.
3. Use good headphones. You won’t miss faint
targets, you won’t attract unwanted attention and
you won’t bother others. And you’ll get longer
battery life.
4. Practice pinpointing. There’s nothing sacred
about the methods described in this manual. Many
1212-X users have developed their own
pinpointing methods.
5. Always bury a coin when working in unfamiliar
territory and check it at different Trash Rejection
levels. There is some sensitivity loss at higher levels
of discrimination. The greater the ground
mineralization, the higher the sensitivity loss. For
example, you may be able to detect a penny 6
inches deep at zero discrimin- ation, but no deeper
than 4 inches at the pull tab discrimination point
(see Figure 7). Also, ground mineralization can
reduce a detector’s ability to discriminate
accurately. In highly mineralized soil, some trash
targets may not be rejected.
6. When in doubt about the possible identity of a
target, dig it up.
7. The 1212-X is an easy detector to use but if you’re
having trouble with any aspect of its operation
(pinpointing, searching false sig- nals, etc.) go back
and reread the part of this manual relating to your
problem.
OPERATING TIPS
