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Golden Mask 5 User Guide
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Golden Mask 5 User Guide
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After the frequency shift confirmation, the main screen will appear and you will see the
new frequency in parameters row at the top of the LCD screen.
WARNING!
After changing the frequency, a RESET is required
for the detector to work properly!
Selecting the discrimination mode (DM)
To select the discrimination mode, press the DISC MODE | DISC LEVEL button at the
middle-left. A selection screen will appear to select between discrimination mode and
discrimination level.
Select the DISC MODE option and confirm with ENTER.
After you select and confirm the DISC MODE option, a selection screen with three options
will appear - Mono, 2 and All, as shown on the next graphic.
As you can guess, select and confirm your choice is done by pressing the + and - buttons
and then the ENTER button.
DISC MODE DISC LEVEL
SELECT
Discrimination modes explained
The Golden mask 5 does NOT have a regular discrimination setting as many other detec-
tors have. What this means? To better understand the iron discrimination and how it works
with most detectors, think about this setting as the border line between iron and all other
metals. Because not all iron objects return the same signal, it is hard to set this border
properly. For example, a large iron object returns a signal similar to non-ferrous metals.
A small piece of thin aluminium foil produces a signal similar to small iron object and so
on. To make it easier for the GM5 users, the Golden mask engineers decided to fix this
border. The exact value was found after 2 months of tests with hundreds of ferrous and
non-ferrous objects, and this value is set to securely discern the most part of the ferrous
objects and in the same time to keep all the good targets. This way you will sometimes dig
iron objects, but you won’t lose any small gold coins or small gold jewellery, that could be
easily descriminated out by rising-up the discrimination border on a “regular” detector.
1. Mono-tone (mono)
In Mono discrimination mode, the detector produces sound for non-ferrous targets only.
The signal from ferrous targets (iron) is masked. However, some rusty iron or big iron ob-
jects could produce sound, but with practice you’ll learn to securely distinguish the sound
response from iron - it is harsh and choppy, not as sharp and obvious as the non-ferrous
targets sound. The Spectrum VDI scale helps to easily identify targets.
The Mono-tone mode is good for iron-polluted areas with lots of trash. Pay attention for
every sharp signal and try not to pay attention to the chattering from the iron targets,
In Mono mode, the Golden Mask 5 is a little bit deeper than in bitonal mode and handles
better the deep iron signals, if the Discrimination level (DL) is set properly. You will learn
about setting the DL level and how it works in the next chapter.
DISC MODE
mono
All
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