User manual C-SCOPE CS550

[. . . ] Adjust DISC 1 (top right) to position 5. You are now in DISCRIMINATING MOTION MODE. The other modes require more detailed explanation acquired from reading the full instructions. IF A PROBLEM IS ENCOUNTERED REFER TO THE FULL INSTRUCTIONS. 1 CONTENTS: PAGE INTRODUCTION ASSEMBLY BATTERIES BATTERY CHECK CONTROLS AND WHAT THEY DO OPERATING YOUR METAL DETECTOR DETECTION RANGE DETERMINING THE TARGET SIZE AND DEPTH ACCESSORIES (OPTIONAL) CHARGING BATTERIES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIGHT APPROACH SWEEPING TECHNIQUE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR METAL DETECTOR USERS CARE OF YOUR DETECTOR DETECTOR NOT OPERATING? 4 4 4 5 6 10 10 10 11 11 11 13 14 14 15 2 Controls CS2MX 8 9 1 CS2MX 2 10 11 12 CS550 8 13 9 3 CS550 4 14 10 15 11 12 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Battery Compartment Upper Stem & Handle Grips Din Plug & Socket Stem Connecting Nut Cable Lower Stem Search Head Fastener Power On / Off & Sensitivity All Metal Mode / Discrimination 1 Pinpoint Disc 2 Select Discrimination 2 Signal Meter (CS550 only) Boost Hi / Normal (CS550 only) Battery Check (CS550 only) 3 INTRODUCTION To protect your investment complete both sections of the enclosed guarantee card and return the reply paid portion to C-Scope. This is particularly important in order to register for the free extended parts guarantee (UK only). [. . . ] Practice, in air, with various metal objects so you understand the detector capabilities and responses. 7 The more familiar you become with your metal detector the more skilful combinations of Disc 1 & 2 you will use. The following chart gives a few ideas of setting and the conditions under which you would employ them. DISC SETTING REF A B C D DISC 1 0 5 5 5 DISC 2 0 0 7 10 WHEN USED All metal detecting. E 7 0 Use on beach or picnic site which is highly ring pull contaminated. F 10 0 Use on same site as above except where highly screw cap contaminated. NOTES: i) When using references E & F please be sure that the search site would not yield silver hammered coins which may be ignored at these high discrimination settings. ii) In reference A, you may need to reduce sensitivity in highly mineralised or beach sites. iii) These settings are guidelines only and you should practice with various known objects to ensure that you are familiar with the settings correct for your machine. 4. DISC 2 PUSH SELECT BUTTON See Disc 2 control above. 5. PINPOINT PUSH SELECT BUTTON As stated on page 7, this is a motion detector which requires the head to be constantly moving. When you have located a target you must pinpoint it carefully to avoid unnecessary digging. When held down, the pinpoint button enables the detector to give a varying response which peaks directly above the target. Hold the pinpoint button down and return the head to the target area; move it slowly and listen for the peak response, or observe it on the meter. The all metal pinpointing mode gives a positive response to all metals irrespective of the Discrimination setting. Each time a signal is heard, listen for any peculiar characteristics it may have, determine over how large an area you get a detector signal, and try to 'outline' the object before you dig. After digging up the object, compare the object size, shape, depth and position in the ground with signal information you received before digging. After careful analysis of many signals you will learn to 'read' the hidden target before digging. 10 ACCESSORIES (OPTIONAL) Available from C-Scope. Too many beginners neglect the importance of pre-planning and research before using their detector in the field, and patience and technique during the actual search. 11 A successful search should begin with research some time before the day of the actual search. The extent and thoroughness of your research will be one of the major factors in the success of your detecting. You should aim to get as complete an understanding as possible of the local history and geography. The key to the choice of site is to think of people, where they congregated over the past few hundred years. The answers are not Roman sites, nor are they associated with mystic treasure stories of crocks of gold. Rather, they are unassuming, undramatic places, like public footpaths and ancient rights of way, old houses and so on. When you have chosen your site, allocate a whole day from early morning to early evening for the search. Your detector should be checked before starting out, and you should always carry a spare set of batteries. [. . . ] It is simple to extract a coin or other small objects buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole. Use a sharpened trowel or knife to cut a neat circle or triangle (do not remove the plug of earth entirely from the ground); extract the object; replace the soil and grass carefully and even you will have difficulty in finding the spot again. Bottle tops, silver paper and tin cans are the last thing you should throw away. Do yourself and the community a favour by taking the rusty iron and junk you find to the nearest litter bin. [. . . ]