stoney56
Gold Member
- #101
Thread Owner
A few metal detecting terms.
Ground balance-----The ability to stay on your feet while detecting on the side of a hill
Manual ground balance-----Your hunting partner holding your belt loops while you peer down a well looking for a treasure chest
Deep Seeking-----What happens when your belt loops give way.
Depth Reading-----The distance between you and the well opening
Meter-----What you told your spouse you'd do when done detecting
Threshold-----The amount of body aches and pains before you call it a day
Sensitivity-----See Threshold
Volume Control-----The adustment made when kids hang around you and say "Can I? CanI?" and "I lost that last week."
Universal Capabilities----The ability to detect and do honey-do's at the same time
Gain----The realization that the pasture bull is moving faster than you
Noise Canceling----See Volume Control
Bench Test-----A layman's attempt at seeing why his detector isn't operating properly
Air Test-----The distance that detector parts travel after a Bench Test
Treasure Eye----What you use at garage sales, swap meets, and Ebay
Discrimination Mode-----What kicks in when you see all kinds of goodies your neighbor left for trash pickup
Ground balance-----The ability to stay on your feet while detecting on the side of a hill
Manual ground balance-----Your hunting partner holding your belt loops while you peer down a well looking for a treasure chest
Deep Seeking-----What happens when your belt loops give way.
Depth Reading-----The distance between you and the well opening
Meter-----What you told your spouse you'd do when done detecting
Threshold-----The amount of body aches and pains before you call it a day
Sensitivity-----See Threshold
Volume Control-----The adustment made when kids hang around you and say "Can I? CanI?" and "I lost that last week."
Universal Capabilities----The ability to detect and do honey-do's at the same time
Gain----The realization that the pasture bull is moving faster than you
Noise Canceling----See Volume Control
Bench Test-----A layman's attempt at seeing why his detector isn't operating properly
Air Test-----The distance that detector parts travel after a Bench Test
Treasure Eye----What you use at garage sales, swap meets, and Ebay
Discrimination Mode-----What kicks in when you see all kinds of goodies your neighbor left for trash pickup