To ground balance and to not ground balance

[Truth]

I?ve been told that our soil has no Mineralization i?ve been told to leave it on zero am I cutting myself short?

 

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[Terry Soloman]

ALWAYS ground balance. ALWAYS!

 

[BC1969]

I rebalance my tector every five minutes.
Soil conditions can change very erratically very quickly.

 

[Truth]

ALWAYS ground balance. ALWAYS!

So Terry what you?re saying is to ground balance

Lol

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes. All soil, by its very nature has minerals in it. All soil. For instance, take sand, it contains silica, quartz that is, a mineral although a mild one but can contain metals and all kinds of other stuff.

 

[Truth]

Yes. All soil, by its very nature has minerals in it. All soil. For instance, take sand, it contains silica, quartz that is, a mineral although a mild one but can contain metals and all kinds of other stuff.

I know this sounds crazy but I have a hard time finding something that doesn?t have trash in it maybe I?m getting impatient

 

[McKinney_5900]

With the Minelab Equinox, I just turn on and go without a GB. I'll do a noise cancel each hunt. If I am getting a lot of chatter, I'll try both the GB and noise cancel. So far I've never found a difference with a ground balance in my soil conditions here. i've experimented with and without a GB, one after the other, and didn't find a GB made any improvement to the zero factory setting. I also wonder if doing balances over non clean spots could actually add in errors. Jmpo

Oh, I do ground balances if I'm running any single frequency, but almost never in multi.

 

[Truth]

OK I?m going to the exact same place I went to yesterday with no ground balance and I?m going to ground balance it

 

[Truth]

With the Minelab Equinox, I just turn on and go without a GB. I'll do a noise cancel each hunt. If I am getting a lot of chatter, I'll try both the GB and noise cancel. So far I've never found a difference with a ground balance in my soil conditions here. i've experimented with and without a GB, one after the other, and didn't find a GB made any improvement to the zero factory setting. I also wonder if doing balances over non clean spots could actually add in errors. Jmpo

Oh, I do ground balances if I'm running any single frequency, but almost never in multi.

My ground balance is going all the way up to 78 and 81 that just seems a little high. And you?re right it?s hard to find a good spot I?ll put on my iron Audio no sound 79 and I don?t know. What I do know it?s 97? out here and I?m sitting in my truck after an hour LOL

 

[McKinney_5900]

My ground balance is going all the way up to 78 and 81 that just seems a little high. And you?re right it?s hard to find a good spot I?ll put on my iron Audio no sound 79 and I don?t know. What I do know it?s 97? out here and I?m sitting in my truck after an hour LOL

That is a high GB reading. I'd likely adopt a GB routine with those numbers. Mine never got that high, the 50s or sixty sometimes, mostly the 20s. About all that you can do in finding clean spots to balance, is run with the horse show turned on and find the basic mildest tones during "small area" moves on the coil, and accept that spot and continue. Keep working on finding clean spots, just don't stress yourself out about a precise, clean spot to GB. Clean is a changing word ;-)

 

[BC1969]

I know this sounds crazy but I have a hard time finding something that doesn?t have trash in it maybe I?m getting impatient

Impatience in metal detecting is only plausible during organized hunts.
Like seeded club hunts.

Otherwise go slow and run all metal.
Grid off a small area and dig everything, even that crap sounding signals.
You don't KNOW what is under that shallow garbage!

You'll thank me in the end!
Your back and knees won't..lol

 

[Truth]

Impatience in metal detecting is only plausible during organized hunts.
Like seeded club hunts.

Otherwise go slow and run all metal.
Grid off a small area and dig everything, even that crap sounding signals.
You don't KNOW what is under that shallow garbage!

You'll thank me in the end!
Your back and knees won't..lol

Hey buddy I appreciate you commenting I?m sort of what my wife calls the most outgoing loner she?s ever met I did join the club I paid the fee but never went I guess it might be a social anxiety I don?t know nothing about this I?ve been normal but that being said I got no quit on me. I did find out that leaving my 800 add zero ground balance work though the best for me. Any advice though I?d love to hear it