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> The XP GMP is well above-average at handling EMI.
> . . . . probably due to "less overdrive"
> Sensitivity capabilities.
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There should be a sticker inside the battery door
compartment saying v4..
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If you are going on a relic hunt for your first time out (especially in a nail-infested area)....... I recommend a Disc setting of around '9' , iron volume down to zero, a Sens setting almost touching the 'red' area........ and your option of 2-tone or 3-tone. This should provide the quickest learning curve. It would also be best to have Silencer on '0' ...... which provides maximum unmasking abilities; yet, this can only be determined by YOU........ due to 'fatigue' factor. How much noise can your brain process whilst on a steep learning curve. And there is a tremendous 'unmasking' difference between a Silencer setting of '0' vs '1'........... and especially '2'.
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Youll find on the XPS that when your in mineralized dirt even an isolated good target at depth can give the iron buzz on the ends..the scratch your talking of...that where the tricky parts come in knowing if its a iron false or a legitimate hit....the Modultion of the signal will help and knowing your dirt and where you have the ground bal set and what to expect...
The iron buzz/scratch on the edge of the targets is becasue your seeing the whole picture as the audio gate is open..a full report so to speak the audio report starts and the bad ground can sqeek in on the edges of the target to give that buzz sound....if you could speed the XP up in bad ground for more reactivity alot of the iron buzz on good targets goes away..yet the depth will start to drop...slow it down and then the ground could overpower with a longer snapshot and just iron buzz...Fine lines...
Now when your in solid machien gun iron the thought process and what you listen for is different.. not alot of modulated hits in dense machine gun iron instead listen to the QUALITY of the higher tone....
One thing on the GMP I would change if I could is the mid tone....I would like it to be alot higher like the 3rd tone....the low tone iron roll in alot of iron sometimes its hard to pick the mid tone out..Choosing the 2 tone option it uses the mid tone and not the high 3rd for the two tones...not sure why..
The DEUS takes care of this nicely by the way...as I have it set as high as it will go...while in two tone....
The XPs are easy to set up and easy to run but to get the most out of them the Audio has to become second nature to really really unlock a site...oh it will get stuff others miss right out fo the box but to push the envelope into the scratch your head and be amazed the Audio needs to be your 6th sense...
And that just comes with digging alot of targets and listening closely...Concentrate....keep your mind clear....and it will click...
By the way...for the purest report make sure your silencer is off....use the filter in iron unmasking or dirt unmasking will miss things.. learn with the silncer off....this will help with the 6th sense way of thinking..become one with the audio feedback .Listen and you will be rewarded..
Keith
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Love that 10K gold find!
Peter ..... IF you can get through the most difficult/worst part of this initial learning-curve that you're currently immersed in.............. you are in for stunning results. Yes........... initially.......... you will dig a LOT of iron trash......... whilst progressing through this initial learning-curve. BUT....... remember..... your brain is permanently subconsciously logging/registering/recording this audible data......... for future launch. Make it through this................... and watch what unsuspecting world opens up!
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To expedite your learning-curve via reducing your audible 'human fatigue' factor...... I recommend turning the iron volume down to 'no' iron audio output. This is one in very few metal detectors that you can do this...... and have success. Other detectors..... if you Disc out iron (or..... if available..... turn down the iron volume)......... these other detectors will give you ghost signals, falses..... leading to time-consuming frustration. On the GMP platform...... it is substantially more intelligible........ a true 'value-added' attribute...... with minimal ghost/fatigue factor imposed.
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Moving the Iron Volume CCW is what will decrease the audio of iron implements.
Yes..... by the looks of it............ your ratio of non-ferrous......vs.......ferrous targets is increasing. (((A bit of a painful learning-curve initially)))........ then......... minimal pain and maximum gain.......... coupled with audio 'trust'. At this point........... the 'ratio' becomes well worth the initial learning-curve pains............ subsequently.... will open a lifetime worth of hunting sites/opportunities that have historically/previously been impossible.
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