Michigan Badger
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CTH Elf said:Michigan Badger said:CTH Elf said:Hey Badger. I was just wondering if the test is set up properly. (just brain storming not criticizing) The way you have it set up the coil is going from air to ground to air. Could this confuse the detector? I herd some place the coil needs to be in close contact with the ground once it is set up. Some one jump in and explain it better or tell me it doesn't matter.
Burdie
The problem here is if you touch the ground with the F-2 coil you get a false signal. See in the video where I show that.
With many detectors bumping the ground is fine due to coil construction. Some detectors require a small distance between the coil and the ground or grass. This is one of them.
Badger
Badger I am lousy at explaining myself. Your coil when not over the bucket is 3 ft from the ground, then moving over the target it becomes 1 inch. Then when passing the target it becomes 3 feet from the ground again. Would that have any effect on the machine? Probably a stupid question.
Burdie
It's not a stupid question. I usually ask those.
No, the drop to the ground wouldn't affect anything because this is a factory preset machine in ground balance and it's a manual set machine in sensitivity.
The drop may have some affect on detectors with automatic ground tracking and auto sensitivity.