Could my Vaquero be broken?

[skyboy09]

Hi
I was doing some air testing on my Vaquero before trying it out for the first time, and I noticed that in All Metal Mode after adjusting the threshold tone to a low, steady hum, moving the searchcoil up and down and side to side (with no metal around) makes the tone change in perfect coincidence witht the movement of the coil. Could there be a loose connection inside the coil? It doesn't seem logical that simply moving the coil makes the tone change, until I hold it still. Just wanna make sure that this won't translate into false signals when doing actuall sweeping becuase of the movement of the coil. Appreciate any advice.

 

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[MD Dog]

Could my Vaquero be broken?

Yes if you try hard enough !







JK, the first thing I would do is check to make sure your coil cable is secured well so it can't move at all especially the first 12 inches or so. I use electrical tape and run the cable straight up the shaft and tape it at the 6" And 12" marks before beginning a wrap up the rest of the shaft. Another possible cause is a loose lower shaft. This can usually be remedied by once again using electrical tape on the top end of the lower shaft before inserting it into the upper shaft. If neither of these works, contact your POS and ask them for a trouble shoot.

 

[jharhed]

Skyboy, did you do the test inside or outside? I tried doing some airtest with my tejon in the house and everytime I made the slightest movement I'd get a tone, not so outside.

 

[MD Dog]

You also may have your sens. set to high.

 

[skyboy09]

I did test it indoors when It made the tone changes, but it wasn't so close to a wall to where I thought it could pick up the metal, so that's why I got worried about it being broken. I went outside, and it barelly made a tone change then, except when I started moving it very fast; is this normal now? I took it with me in checked baggage on a flight and just want to make sure the baggage scanning x-rays didn't damage the electronic components, or are they not even susceptible to that?

 

[MD Dog]

Try turning your sensitivity up and I think you'll find it will do this even outside. Turn it down and it will stop "Falsing" The technical term for the condition you describe.

 

[warsawdaddy]

If it was ok outside,I wouldn't worry.Beds have metal,floors have nails,tables have metal,cabinets/drawers,lots of aqppliances and electronics in a house,including clocks,etc,and lots of wiring hidden in a house.

 

[jharhed]

You're probably good to go, sudden jerky movements can cause a false signal esp with a larger than stock coil, cough cough deleon cough.

 

[DD-777]

Hi
I was doing some air testing on my Vaquero before trying it out for the first time, and I noticed that in All Metal Mode after adjusting the threshold tone to a low, steady hum, moving the searchcoil up and down and side to side (with no metal around) makes the tone change in perfect coincidence witht the movement of the coil. Could there be a loose connection inside the coil? It doesn't seem logical that simply moving the coil makes the tone change, until I hold it still. Just wanna make sure that this won't translate into false signals when doing actuall sweeping becuase of the movement of the coil. Appreciate any advice.

Skyboy - the best thing to do is to follow what the manual says regarding the air test. If you can, do it outside. Aside from the metal in your home, you also have to contend with the electronics inside (microwave, computer, etc.) creating electromagnetic interference (e.m.i.). Make sure all your connections are properly made and secured as well. The Vaquero (as well as the Cibola and Tejon) are extremely sensitive machines and will surprise you with what they are capable of picking up (signal wise).

Something else to remember (if you've never had manual ground balance), be sure that there are no targets (metal) underneath your coil when attempting to ground balance your machine. That will throw everything way off for sure.

Hope this helped - good hunting to you...