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Pinpointing:
Pinpointing means to determine the position of the found object as exactly as
possible. There are detectors with a built-in pinpointing feature and also external
pinpointers. You can use your detector‘s pinpointing feature to locate the target
more accurately, so it‘s enough to dig a small hole. With a loose pinpointer you
can find the object inside the hole faster.
Discrimination:
Depending on how conductive the metal your detector find is, it will show a me
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tal ID number from 1 to 99. Via discrimination you can for example let the detec
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tor ignore all objects that score 1 to 40 to avoid finding lots of nails or other iron
objects.
Notch:
The notch feature is very similiar to discrimination, but is more flexible. You can
pick a certain metal ID-segment and let the detector ignore objects in that seg
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ment or, opposingly, only search for objects in that segment.
4. Explanation of terms
Ground balancing:
In the ground there are several small minerals with metals attached to them. To
prevent that your detector permanently reacts to those minerals, it can perform
ground balancing. The detector filters the magnetic field of the ground and is able
to ignore it. With a Ground Tracking feature the detector is able to automatically
adjust its filtration of the mineralization in the respective ground.
Sensitivity:
Sensitivity and depth setting go hand in hand. The higher the sensitivity is set on
your detector, the deeper it searches and the more sensitive it becomes in terms
of ground disturbances and electromagnetic interferences. The lower the sensiti
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vity, the less disturbances you will experience, at the expense of your depth per
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formance.
Frequency:
The frequency of the detector determines how many electronic waves it sends
into the ground per second. If the frequency is low, you are able to find bigger
targets deeper in the ground. If it‘s high, the detector will recognize smaller ob
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jects nearer to the surface. With some detectors, like the Quest Q60, you are
able to switch between multiple frequencies.
