Threshold... What exactly is it?
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Pasttom
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You may benefit from this web page http://www.regton.com/glossary.htm
for a good overview of basic terms. Always read and reread your manual. If you try to visualize what is actually going on I find it really helps when I have questions about why it isn't as simple as I want it to be.
In case you really wanted to know... Threshold is just that, a point of transition from not sensitive enough to too sensitive- a sweet spot! My pinpointer is a good example. I have to crank it past signaling over nothing to where it just goes quiet and needs metal to enter its sensing area to sing again. I can over do it some if I need it to wait until it actually touches the metal, or fine tune it to let me know I have a target in the hole.
for a good overview of basic terms. Always read and reread your manual. If you try to visualize what is actually going on I find it really helps when I have questions about why it isn't as simple as I want it to be.
In case you really wanted to know... Threshold is just that, a point of transition from not sensitive enough to too sensitive- a sweet spot! My pinpointer is a good example. I have to crank it past signaling over nothing to where it just goes quiet and needs metal to enter its sensing area to sing again. I can over do it some if I need it to wait until it actually touches the metal, or fine tune it to let me know I have a target in the hole.
Good definition!!!
Dusty
Dusty
Pasttom
Senior Member
Thanks, Dusty. It is with some insecurity that I a junior explain something to a senior. But having an elite affirm it means alot.
PS Where did you get the avatar picture of my brother-in-law? I smile everytime I see it!
PS Where did you get the avatar picture of my brother-in-law? I smile everytime I see it!
DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Feel like reading?
Some Monte info here...
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,975375,978121#msg-978121
Some Monte info here...
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,975375,978121#msg-978121
Thanks, I'm a senior member because I'm active on the forums, but I am a rookie with only a handful of hunts under my belt. With my current machine, I haven't had to worry about threshold, but my friend is going to let me borrow his whites sometime soon, and I was just curious about that.
I did some reading on it , and appreciate your help
BarberBill
Full Member
Threshold
Threshold, as it applies to detectors with an adjustable threshold, is a tone (usually in all metal mode), that can be set by the operator. Generally, it is best to set the tone to where it is just audible. At this setting when the detector passes over either a very deep target or very small target that wouldn't ordinarily give enough signal to beep or activate the TID screen, a sometimes very slight bump in the volume of the threshold tone will notify the operator of the target's presence. This is one of the ways that the experienced diggers find the deep, rare targets and why savvy detectorists always wear headphones.
BB
Threshold, as it applies to detectors with an adjustable threshold, is a tone (usually in all metal mode), that can be set by the operator. Generally, it is best to set the tone to where it is just audible. At this setting when the detector passes over either a very deep target or very small target that wouldn't ordinarily give enough signal to beep or activate the TID screen, a sometimes very slight bump in the volume of the threshold tone will notify the operator of the target's presence. This is one of the ways that the experienced diggers find the deep, rare targets and why savvy detectorists always wear headphones.
BB
Rudy
Admin
Threshold... What exactly is it, and how do you use it to maximize your machine?
I wrote this a while back, maybe it'll help you understand.
DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Rudy
Admin
DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Thanks Digger. I forgot to add the URL.
Yea, I walk into rooms and wonder why I just went in there way to often nowadays, myself.
