Infinium Freq. Adjustment

[QMaze]

Is it possible to not be able to get a stable freq, in some conditions?

I was in my backyard and can't seem to get a stable hum. I do have 2 power cables running about 30 feet overhead one going to my house the other to the neighbours and I have a buried conduit of power going out to my shed the length of the yard.

I can get a bit of a steady hum but then you get like a blip. Here is what I am doing, turn on to Lock, coil is on the ground, then I put it in freq, adjust and move the disc a bit at a time, pausing, adjust a bit more until the end but I never can find a spot where i can get a steady hum for more than 5 secs without a waver.

Any suggestions?

 

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[mdhammer]

Shouldn't it be on slow or fast first and then lock after you ground balance? That's what the manual suggests. I'm just a beginner with this machine though, and had a hard time hearing much at the beach with the stock headphones. The targets came in loud and clear however.... Just the ground balancing was tricky even with the headphones on full blast because of the surf.

 

[QMaze]

I believe your referring to the method of ground balancing but if you have electrical interference or other detectors interfering you first must adjust frequency, then any ground balancing but I'm new to this detector so I may be wrong. The learning videos frpm Garrett always shows putting the unit in lock when first turned on, then adjust freq. if necessary. This is with the 14" mono, when I tried it the very first time it had the 14" DD and I did manage to get it more stable. I only have about 2 hours, if that on the machine, so just learning.

Thanks for your comment.

 

[G.I.B.]

I had to 'settle' on the quietest one available.

Sometimes you will have to suffer with the chatter, particularly near power lines.

 

[QMaze]

I had to 'settle' on the quietest one available.

Sometimes you will have to suffer with the chatter, particularly near power lines.

Thanks so its not just my inexperience then, even my Fisher has issues in this yard. Just checking to make sure I was setting it correctly.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I can't run my Infinium or ATX in my backyard. There is just too much EMI lurking around the house......cable, power lines, cell phones, underground wires etc.

 

[QMaze]

Thank you John.