Ground monitor display on the Time Ranger...

[rumme]

This display has a numeric readout like this..


3 2 1 0 1 2 3


and then theres a needle that points to one of those numbers. Where should the needle be pointing and what do the numbers to the left of the zerop indicate and what do the numbers to the right of the zero indicate ?

Thanks

 

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[tnredneck]

rumme,

I'll give you my opinion on the ground meter on the TR. I belive if you ground balance the tr in the all metal mode you will see the meter work...in some areas it will read different than it will in other areas. It isn't going to read an accurate reading in the disc. mode as the tr auto balances itself in that mode. Mine hardly ever reads anything other than 3 on the left side of the meter ( + or - I don't remember). Anyway,
one thing that might be of help, if you get in an area that has a lot of "chatter" you might try the manual GB and see if the meter reads different and it should because the chatter is usually caused by 2 things...either a very high concentration of metal trash or highly mineralized ground.

Tnredneck

 

[rumme]

I called kellyco and then I called First texas....and they both told me 2 different things..

keelyco said the meter should read in the ZERO area...and first texas told me the needle should be to the left of thje ZERO...pointuing at the 2 or 3 numeral...

Im a bit dissapointed that the manula doesnt give some detailed info on this display....

 

[Sandman]

Your lucky the manual wasn't in Chinese.......... But it reads like Greek. What you learned from Kellyco is about right for a place that has so many new employees working that non of them detect.

What Tnredneck said is pretty much the way it goes. The meter won't always point to the same number at all locations because of minerials, etc. When you wave it over a target you will move the arrow to a different number and you may be able to see a correlation between the number and the finds after a while.

 

[rumme]

it seems that the needle is suppose to be to the left of the ZERO..and pointing at 2 or 3.....

the instruction manula for the T.R wasnt to bad...although it did not go into enough detail on the ground montor display.....Ohter then that, I was able to grasp all other features and controls after reading the manual several times...keeping in mind that I am a total newbie and never even heard of terms like " sniff, blanker, discrimination feature or all metal mode...etc...