Owner`s manual
Time Ranger Manual
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JEWELRY HUNTING
There are two critical factors to consider when jewelry hunting:
1. Where Are You Hunting?
2. Is Your Detector Set Up to Detect All Gold Items?
When targeting jewelry items, consider where these items are commonly lost. There are many possibilities
including: Playing fields where a variety of sports take place, beach areas, playgrounds, and sandboxes.
The main objective when adjusting your Time Ranger for jewelry hunting is to ensure that very few gold
items are escaping detection. Fortunately, most small gold items fall under the "5ยข" indication.
If you want to bypass most of your trash items while detecting most gold items along with silver items, try
starting out in the third level of PRESET.
If you don't mind digging a lot of trash and want to guarantee that no gold items are escaping detection, start
in the DISC TARGET mode accepting all 4 levels of iron. Small gold rings may fall in the "IRON/FOIL"
range. (NOTE: levels of iron discrimination cannot be tested until programming has been completed.)
Be aware that you will now be digging all trash items along with any precious metals encountered. If you're
hunting in a heavily trashed area, it's recommended to operate in one of the PRESET modes. You may also
want to customize your selection of targets depending on what type of trash items abound in the area you're
hunting.
For instance, if you're encountering a lot of pull-tabs but very little iron, try eliminating pull-tabs only. To do
this, turn the unit on while holding the searchcoil waist-level. After the blinking arrow comes on under
"IRON/FOIL", lower the searchcoil to the ground. Push the plus (+) above ACCEPT until the arrow is
blinking under "PULL TAB". Now push the minus (-) above REJECT and an "R" will now display under
"PULL TAB". Push the DISC TARGET touchpad to lock in your programmed selection. Your detector will
now pick up all items except those falling under the "PULL TAB" category.
Note: Some pull-tabs may still be detected, although most will be discriminated with this setting.
GOLD PROSPECTING
Metal detectors have been instrumental in creating another gold rush in the last two decades. Older gold
mines that have long closed down have reopened using metal detectors as the main tool for gold retrieval.
Today, metal detectors are used in every aspect of gold prospecting. From searching out the motherlode to
finding "placer" deposits, metal detectors have been found to be indispensable.
Gold prospecting poses totally different challenges than coinshooting or jewelry hunting. Utilizing a metal
detector to retrieve gold is still a relatively new artform.
Your Time Ranger can be a useful tool in your gold prospecting pursuits but is not the perfect tool. There are
many problems you'll encounter when attempting to detect for gold nuggets. Black sand (highly mineralized
soil with iron content) may set your detector off; where gold is found, usually black sand abounds.
The Time Ranger is always measuring for ground conditions through its SMART TRAC system. In the
process of adjusting itself for highly mineralized areas, some depth or sensitivity to small objects is
momentarily lost.