Golden Mask 5+ User Guide
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Golden Mask 5+ User Guide
GMD -
www.goldenmaskdetectors.com - Golden Mask Official Distributor
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Selecting the discrimination mode
To select the discrimination mode, press the DISC MODE | DISC LEVEL button at the
middle-left. A selection screen will appear to select between discrimination mode and
discrimination depth.
Select the DISC MODE option and confirm with ENTER.
After you select and confirm the DISC MODE option, a selection screen with three options
will appear - Mono, 2 and All, as shown on the next graphic.
As you can guess, selecting and confirming your choice is done by pressing the + and -
buttons and then the ENTER button.
DISC MODE DISC DEPTH
SELECT
1. Mono-tone (mono)
In Mono discrimination mode, the detector produces sound for non-ferrous targets only.
The signal from ferrous targets (iron) is masked. However, some rusty iron or big iron
objects will produce sound, but with practice you’ll learn to securely distinguish the sound
response from iron - it is harsh and choppy, not as sharp and obvious as the non-ferrous
targets sound. The Spectrum VDI scale and the Target ID help to fast easy identify targets.
With the Iron Audio setting you can control the border of the signal masking. For example,
if you don’t want to hear the response from foil, just push the + button to place the border
to the right.
The Mono-tone mode is good for iron-polluted areas with lots of trash. Pay attention for
every sharp signal and try not to pay attention to the chattering from the iron targets.
In Mono mode, the Golden Mask 5+ is a little bit deeper than in two-tone mode and han-
dles better the deep iron signals.
2. Two-tone (2)
In two-tone or bitonal mode, you hear both signals from ferrous and non-ferrous targets.
Ferrous targets are indicated with a low sound, while the sound response from non-fer-
rous targets is indicated with high frequency sound. Again, you can control what to be in-
dicated as ferrous and what to be indicated as a ferrous signal with the Iron Audio setting.
The bitonal mode is used if you want to hear the non-ferrous metals. This is usual for new
areas, where the presence of iron could give you valuable information about the place.
Many people like to always hear the non-ferrous targets and this is not a problem with the
Golden Mask 5+ even in very polluted areas, because of the fast response of the detector.
To search in areas with lots of iron trash, use 18kHz and the Disc. Depth setting should be
set at or near the maximum value of 15, the Gain should be set to 1 or 2 and the PowerBox
to Low - with these settings the detector is even faster.
3. All Metal (All)
In All metal mode the discrimination is completely omitted and the detector is equally
sensible to all type of metals. You hear the response from all the metals with a single tone.
Identification of the target detected is possible by looking the TargetID numbers and
Spectrum VDI graphic on the LCD screen.
In All metal mode the Golden Mask 5+ achieves the best depth of detection. The differ-
ence with the Mono mode is not as big as you’d like, however there is a difference and this
tiny difference may be that additional depth you just need to reach a deep target. Unfor-
tunately, this mode is not comfortable in iron-polluted areas, but works great on places
with few targets and you want to search at the maximum depth possible.
For maximum depth of detection in All Metal mode, set the frequency to 8kHz, Gain at 2
and PowerBox to High.
DISC MODE
mono
All
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