Bounty Hunter PIONEER 505 - Manual (Page 12)

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BATTERIES
IMPORTANT: Always use ALKALINE batteries for optimal performance.
Always remove the batteries for prolonged storage.
CHECK THE BATTERIES if your detector exhibits any of the following
symptoms:
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1 The unit does not turn on.
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2 Low speaker volume.
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3 Unable to tune detector with the discriminate knob.
The Low Battery indicator light will come on and stay on whenever the
batteries need replacing. It should flash momentarily when the Power
Switch is turned on.
IMPORTANT: Your Pioneer 505 metal detector requires two 9-Volt
ALKALINE batteries.
Follow these steps to install the batteries.
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1 Carefully remove the battery
compartment door by pressing
the release clip on the right side
of the door.
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2 Snap one battery onto each of
the terminals and place the batter-
ies inside the compartment.
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3 Replace the compartment door by
carefully inserting opposite side of clip
first. Then press down on clip side until
battery door snaps into place.
Release
Clip
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USING HEADPHONES
Using headphones (not supplied) improves battery life, and prevents the sounds
from annoying bystanders.
It also allows you to hear subtle changes in the sound more clearly, particularly if
searching in a noisy location. For safety reasons, do not use headphones near traffic
or where other dangers are present. This device is to be used with interconnecting
cables/headphone cables shorter than three meters.
IN THE FIELD TECHNIQUES - No-motion modes
In the No-Motion All-Metal Mode, coil sweep technique is not important. Rather,
user retuning is critical.
The detector does not automatically adjust to changing ground and
environmental conditions; the operator is required to make the adjustment. If
the detector sounds a constant tone over all areas of the ground, retune the
detector by pressing the GroundTrac button.
RETUNING
Keep the coil still, just above the ground surface, and press the GroundTrac button.
Make sure that the spot on the ground you chose for tuning did not contain metal;
pass over the area with the coil again to insure that the detector does not emit a tone.
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
If the detector moves from one temperature environment to another, or if the
temperature changes, you must retune the detector until the temperature
stabilizes. If you move from a cooler to a warmer environment, the detector may
emit a constant tone; if so, retune. If you move from a warmer to cooler
environment, the detector may lose sensitivity; if so, retune.
PINPOINTING
How To Pinpoint Targets Using The ALL-METAL Mode
When you’ve discovered a target you wish to dig, do the following:
1. Hold the searchcoil about half an inch above the ground, off to the
side of where you think the target probably is.
2. Tap the ALL METAL touchpad button. This will put
you into the All Metal Pinpoint mode. NOTE:
unlike the other modes, this mode does not require
the searchcoil to be in motion to detect a target.
3. Lift the searchcoil slightly, and pass it over the target. The
sound will be loudest over the center of the target.
To Narrow It Down Further:
4. Now that you know about where the target is, again lower the searchcoil to
about half an inch above the ground, near the center of the target but not
right over the top. Tap the button again. The sound will instantly go away.
5. Lift the searchcoil slightly and move it horizontally over the target. The audi-
ble response zone will be much narrower. If you move the searchcoil around
right and left and also forward and back, making an “X” pattern over the tar-
get, you can determine the location of the target usually within an inch or two.
NOTE: if at any time it seems like the signal may be drifting, just tap the
Ground-Trac button. This restores the signal to its zero level.
Detection Field
The No-Motion Mode’s detection field depends on the size of the target.
Large Objects
After detecting a target, lift the coil off the ground to a distance where you
hear the faintest tone. Move the coil over the ground at this height. If the
tone does not fade, you have detected a large or irregularly shaped object.
Outline the object with slow coil movements.
If you can outline an area larger than the size of the inside coil, you then have
a large target, or several targets.
Large objects can be detected when they enter the range of the outside coil.