Fisher M-SCOPE 1236-X2 - Manual (Page 8)

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SETTING UP
Remember, the longer the shaft, the greater
the strain on your arm and wrist. The 1236-X2 is
balanced for comfortable searching in a tight
semicircle around the front of the operator.
4. Hand tighten the lock nut and search coil
adjusting wing nut.
5. With the stem length properly adjusted, wrap
the search coil cable snugly around the upper
handle and secure it with velcro straps. Leave just
enough slack near the coil to allow it to be tilted
completely backward and forward.
NOTE: A loose cable near the search coil may
cause false signals, but don’t wrap it so tightly that
it pulls against the housing or the coil.
6. Reconnect the search coil cable to the control
housing. Be careful not to cross thread it and
make sure it’s snug but hand tighten only.
7. With the shaft length and coil angle properly
adjusted, lean forward slightly and raise your arm
until the coil is about 2” above (and parallel to)
the ground, 6-12 inches in front of your foot.
8. If you’re using headphones, plug into the
headphone jack on the control panel.
Figure 3.
Search position
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5. Elongated Ferrous Objects: If you hear two beeps
very close together and can’t find either one, you’re
probably over a nail or some other large object. But a
very shallow coin or a coin on edge will give the same
response. SOLUTIONS: In all cases, the target will be
between the beeps, or if you sweep at right angles
to your original direction, you’ll receive a single beep
directly over the target (except for a very shallow
coin.) One way to tell the difference between a
coin and a nail is to set the DISC control to the IRON
setting. Most small nails will be tuned out while most
coins will respond with a good, smooth signal.
6. Extremely Trashy Soil: May result in a constant chatter
or “snap, crackle and pop” with assorted, hard-to-find
“good signals.” SOLUTIONS: Increase the discrimination
level. An even better solution is to engage the
SILENCER feature, which virtually eliminates all signal
chatter in trashy areas. For even further improvement,
try the optional 5-inch soil. You’ll be able to zero in on
good targets much closer to junk.
7. Digging Tool: If you’re carrying a digging tool in
one hand, your 1236-X2 may sound off each time
you swing the coil beneath it.
SOLUTION: Hold your digging tool behind your back
or up above your waist.
False signals may also occur in the No-Motion Pinpoint mode.
When in this mode (with the PINPOINT button pushed), the 1236-
X2 detects all metals, so you may pinpoint a piece of nearby junk
instead of a good target. For this reason you should always recheck
your target area after recovering any target to make sure that
you haven’t missed anything.
You may also receive false pinpointing signals in highly mineralized
soil. In this case, it is important to keep the coil parallel to the ground
and at least an inch above it.
FALSE SIGNALS
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