7000 and Salt

Doofus wrote:For the price they are charging you would think ML would have included a salt mode.
WTF were ML thinking when they made this machine. I was almost convinced to outlay the money but I'm not bloody sure now.

red devil wrote:Hi doofus  you seem quite  keen  on gold hunting have you had any experience out the bush looking for it

red

Jonathon Porter wrote:
When next out detecting please perform a re-set all settings via the Quick Start screen (top left icon, then right selection option) then after the auto tune has been performed keep holding the coil away from the ground and not touching the Quick Trak button, change the Tone to the way you like, put the Audio Smoothing into OFF position, lift the Volume control on the detect screen from 8 to 10 or max of 12 for WM12 speaker use, once done please perform the following....
"Work Flow:
.........select an area typical of your chosen location without trash targets, then with coil held at detection height above ground hold the Quick Trak button in and walk steadily away swinging the coil evenly (with Quick Trak still held in), after 10 to 12 seconds (listen to the audio during this time and you will hear the unit stabilize) you can release the Quick Trak button.
This method is extremely simple to do and should add near zero time to your normal routine, exposing the coil evenly to as much typical ground as possible in that time frame helps immensely with the GB averaging. Do not pump the coil after initial switch on or straight after a re-set, after the above process has been followed then you can pump the coil if its needed during the session. "
Factory default is High Yield/Difficult, Sensitivity 9, Threshold 27, Tracking Auto, Audio Smoothing Low, Tone 53,
I use the following in combination with a booster speaker, Volume might need to be lifted slightly if the WM12 speaker is used and lower for headphones.
High Yield/Difficult for mineralised 12" or less deep ground were smaller nuggets are present
General/Difficult for mineralised 12" and deeper ground were there's a greater chance of larger nuggets
Sensitivity 10 to 12
Audio Smoothing Off
Tone 60
Tracking Auto
Volume 10
If the initial GB procedure is not accurate the detector can sound unstable and noisy, High Yield/Difficult is a lot more sensitive than other modes so there will be some ground types that will be twitchy even after the initial GB procedure requiring the use of General or even Severe. If you lift the Volume too much it can make the detector sound extremely noisy and twitchy, there is a massive difference between 10 and 12 for instance. I'm seeing a common trend with users who have way too much Volume and then having to back off the sensitivity which is the wrong way round.
Audio Smoothing OFF is a lot louder volume wise than Low or High, using High Audio Smoothing can force the use of higher Volume levels, however the use of Audio Smoothing cuts back on a lot of detector performance. Its better to run a lower Audio Smoothing (OFF) and then balance the Volume and Threshold controls for a more comfortable experience, but this all needs to be done after the initial set up GB process has been followed correctly.
Hope this helps,
JP