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5. Notch Discrimination Pattern

6. PINPOINT

Notch Discrimination—Use the

(↑)

(↓)

DISCRIM

buttons with the

ENTER

button to eliminate trash objects from detection such as foil or

pull-tabs.

The metal detector has 12 cursors or "notches" of discrimination, shown on
the lower line. Any cursors can be switched on or oﬀ as desired. There are two
primary methods for modifying the Notch Discrimination pattern to eliminate
a speciﬁc type of trash or unwanted item.

For the ﬁrst method, use the

(↑)

(↓)

DISCRIM

buttons to select the target

metal cursor on the left or right. Next, press the

ENTER

button to eliminate or

select the cursor on the lower line, directly below the line of the target metal
cursor.

The second method of modifying the Notch Discrimination pattern is to press
the

ENTER

button only. When an unwanted target is detected, simply press

the

ENTER

button to eliminate the target metal cursor. The next time when

this item is encountered, the detector will not make a response to it.

Note:

Notch Discrimination can also be used to ﬁnd speciﬁc metal items. For

example, if you lost an earring, scan the other earring with the

A/M

mode

selected and note its target metal cursor. Then use the

DISCRIM

and

ENTER

buttons to switch oﬀ all the cursors on two lines except the one for the earring
to detect and ﬁnd out the earring.

Press the

(↑)

(↓)

DISCRIM

buttons to position the target metal cursor on

the upper line above the one you want to eliminate (see the ﬁgure above).
Press the

ENTER

button to eliminate this cursor from the lower line (see the

ﬁgure below). And this item is now eliminated, which means the detector will
not respond to it.

Note:

Changes made to the Notch Discrimination pattern when the detector

is in the

CUSTOM

mode will be saved when the detector is switched oﬀ.

Changes made to all other modes will not be saved, which means it will
return to the factory settings every time when the detector is switched oﬀ.

In this mode, it can help to ﬁnd the target metal much faster.

Sweep the search coil around the suspected location at a constant height
above the ground.

Press the

PINPOINT

button and slowly sweep the search coil above the

target area while keeping at the same height above the ground (e.g.
0.78-1.18 inches).

Sweep the search coil side-to-side and front-to-back like a cross to locate
the position with the strongest signal, that is, the loudest sound and the
greatest number of segments on the upper line.

Example: Manual Modiﬁcation of Notch Discrimination Pattern

Modify patterns
with these
buttons.