GOLDEN MASK 5+ User Manual - Auto Gnd
Golden Mask 5 User Guide
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Golden Mask 5 User Guide
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To chose between Auto and Manual ground balance options, press the ground balance
(GB) button on the bottom-left corner of the control panel and confirm your choice with
the ENTER button.
ATTENTION! Ground balance must be performed on a place free from metal objects!
Auto Ground Balance
To automatically adjust the ground balance, press the ground balance (GB) button on the
bottom-left corner of the control panel, then select the Auto option from the ground bal-
ance menu and confirm your choice with the ENTER button. A new screen will appear.
Now start to move the search coil up and down from around 5 to 30 cm (2—12”), this is
known as “pumping” the coil. Look at the numbers - they change up or down. Continue
to pump the coil until the numbers stop to change or change with no more than plus or
minus one. You’re done. Now confirm the number with the ENTER button and you can
start searching.
AUTO GND
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Manual Ground Balance
The manual ground balance should be made while the detector is in bitonal discrimina-
tion mode - it is easier to balance while hearing low and high sounds.
To manually ground-balance your Golden mask 5, press the Ground balance (GB) button
on the bottom-left corner of the detector control panel, then select the Manual option by
pressing the - and + buttons and confirm your choice by pressing ENTER. A screen with
numbers will appear (the same as with Auto ground balance).
Now start to pump the coil exactly like you do it with Auto ground balance (see the
previous page graphic). If the machine is not balanced, you will hear a sound while the
coil is going up or down. The goal is to change the numbers on the screen (by pressing
the - and the + buttons) until the sound disappears or is slightly audible but equal with
the movement of the coil in both directions. If the sound is present while the coil goes up,
you should increase the numbers and vice versa. When the sound from the coil movement
disappears, the detector is now ground balanced. Press the ENTER button to confirm the
number above that button and you are ready to go.
To make it easier, especially on places you’ve never being before, it is a good idea to start
with Auto ground balance, then switch to Manual and tune-up the ground balance.
Mineralization
You can judge the mineralization level of the ground you are on by looking the number at
which your Golden mask 5 is ground-balanced.
Frequency
Ground balance numbers and mineralization level
8 kHz
0-20 | high mineralization
35-80 | normal mineralization
80+ | conductive ground
18 kHz
0-30 | high mineralization
40-100 | normal mineralization
100+ | conductive ground
5—30 cm
MANUAL GND
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