Fisher M-SCOPE 1270 - Manual (Page 4)

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Read this instruction manual thoroughly, practice often and you
are in for some exciting treasure hunting. Drop us a line if you have
any questions, comments or good finds to tell us about. In the
meantime...
HAPPY HUNTING!
CONDENSED OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
We recommend that you first read this entire operating manual
before taking your new 1270 out for a test drive. You’ll be more
successful, and have a better chance of finding more treasure.
But, we also understand the excitement of the “hunt”, so here
are some simple instructions for setting up the 1270.
Set the controls as follows:
NORMAL DISC = 5 (iron & foil discrimination)
SILENCER switch = ON
IRON DISC switch = OFF
ALL METAL GROUND ADJ. = 0, OFF
(completely counter clockwise)
SENSITIVITY = 8
Turn the 1270 ON with the ON /OFF Volume control.
(adjust volume to a comfortable level)
Take your 1270 outside. There’s normally too much metal inside to per-
form a proper test. Hold the 1270 as shown in Figure 1, and slowly sweep
the search coil left and right while moving forward slightly with each sweep.
A slight motion is required for the 1270 to detect a target.
It is often helpful to bury a few known targets in the soil to get a “feel”
for how the 1270 responds to different targets at various sweep rates. Re-
member, at a DISC setting of 5, certain targets such as iron or aluminum
should be ignored.
When the 1270 “beeps”, you’ve passed over a metal target with the search
coil. Swing the 1270 left and right, then forward and back, making an “X”
over the “beep” area. The target will be directly below the center of the
search coil. Because the 1270 is a “motion” detector, with practice, this
may be the only mode of pinpointing you will need.
To use the no-motion pinpoint mode, place the coil on the ground away
from the target, pull and hold the MODE TOGGLE SWITCH (on the bot-
tom of the housing). This switches the 1270 into ALL METAL no motion
PINPOINT mode. Keeping the search coil level with the ground, and mov-
ing the coil near the target you will hear an audio increase. Next, move the
1270 in an “X” pattern over the target and stop where the loudest tone is
heard. This will be the center of your target, directly under the center of
the search coil.