Auto Track

[Donut]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.
I Was out yesterday and would hit on a good signal then it was gone.
this was driveling me crazy because it kept happening.
Then I looked at my screen and darn I noticed the auto track was on.
if it is on and you help passing over a target trying to pinpoint it without using the pin pointer the detector can ground balance the target as being ground and balance it out.
this is the main reason I will not use auto track.
if I was in an area where the ground minerals like some places like where their is gold I would use it.
This is the main reason I don’t use auto track.
I know some swear by it bit I’m wondering how many good targets they are missing.

Doug

 

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[Bayoutalker]

That's an interesting idea. I run auto on the beach and haven't noticed the issue but maybe it's there and I'm not recognizing it. I'll be looking to see what others have to say.

 

[PowerDubs]

I run auto track all the time. No issues.

 

[Donut]

You won’t notice it unless you are aware of it. It only happens when you pass over and over a target a few times to find the center and not when in pinpoint. I just want everyone to be aware of it. That’s why sometimes a target disappears and you wonder why.
It happens with auto track on. I had the same problem years ago with the Exterra 70 I had to.
Doug

 

[gene the machine]

You won’t notice it unless you are aware of it. It only happens when you pass over and over a target a few times to find the center and not when in pinpoint. I just want everyone to be aware of it. That’s why sometimes a target disappears and you wonder why.
It happens with auto track on. I had the same problem years ago with the Exterra 70 I had to.
Doug

Exactly what Doug said. Sweep more than a couple of times over a target especillay deep ones and they will disappear using tracking. Unless yo

 

[gene the machine]

Unless you are in heavy mineralization use zero GB.

 

[mike b]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong.
I Was out yesterday and would hit on a good signal then it was gone.
this was driveling me crazy because it kept happening.
Then I looked at my screen and darn I noticed the auto track was on.
if it is on and you help passing over a target trying to pinpoint it without using the pin pointer the detector can ground balance the target as being ground and balance it out.
this is the main reason I will not use auto track.
if I was in an area where the ground minerals like some places like where their is gold I would use it.
This is the main reason I don’t use auto track.
I know some swear by it bit I’m wondering how many good targets they are missing.

Doug

What machine are you talking about ?

 

[Donut]

Equinox 800

 

[McKinney_5900]

You won’t notice it unless you are aware of it. It only happens when you pass over and over a target a few times to find the center and not when in pinpoint. I just want everyone to be aware of it. That’s why sometimes a target disappears and you wonder why.
It happens with auto track on. I had the same problem years ago with the Exterra 70 I had to.
Doug

Yep, it is easy to balance out a signal in auto GB, and you need to assume that it's happening, because it is indeed quietening a deep, "whisper" type signal after working for center pinpoint in discrimination mode.

My Whites V3i experience taught me this scenario, and is why I quickly avoided auto.

 

[vferrari]

Guess I'm lucky. Have tried this on numerous targets in my test garden. Deep, shallow, next to iron, clean, high conductor, low conductor - none of them "disappear" while in auto tracking. Auto tracking keys on mineralization changes not target signals. I have mentioned this many times before. I need to test this in a high mineralization site and see if that is the culprit.