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1. SenS:
This knob adjusts the Gold Bug™-2’s sensitivity to
targets, and it doubles as a battery tester. By increasing the
sensitivity, you can detect smaller and deeper targets, however,
you’ll also pick up more false signals in mineralized soil or in
areas of electrical interference. The sensitivity control can also
be decreased to cut down on “ground chatter” and/or electrical
4
. Put your belt through the slots on
the underside of the housing.
5
. Left handers should wear the
housing on their right hip and
right handers on their left hip.
To remove the control housing from
the stem, grasp the top of the control
box firmly and pull it directly toward
the armrest while holding the Gold
Bug™-2 handle.
NOTE: if you’re working in shallow
water, you may want to strap the control
housing on your chest in a heavy
plastic bag, and seal it tightly around
the cable.
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1
. We’ve already said it, but it bears repeating: take your time,
overlap your sweeps, keep your coil close to the ground, recheck
your ground adjustment often.
2
. Use good headphones: Your Gold Bug™-2 will detect small,
deep nuggets other detectors have missed. But to hear the
very faintest targets, you’ll need headphones.
3
. Bury a small nugget and check it at different depths, sensitivity
levels and in each mineralization and mode setting. Pay close
attention to the nugget’s response compared to the response of
hot rocks, nails and other targets. Take a small nugget with you
and do the same thing when searching in unfamiliar soil.
4
. Practice. The Gold Bug™-2 is easy to use, and it’s highly
sensitive to gold. But you still have to learn how to use it. Read
this instruction manual thoroughly and use your Gold Bug™-2
often. You’ll develop your own special techniques for optimum
performance in the type of soil you’re searching. Whatever works
best for you is right, but you’ll have to put in hours of searching
to really know what “right” is.
5
. Research. Spend more time deciding where to search. The odds
are in your favor if you look where gold has already been found. If
you know of a spot that’s yielded nuggets to other detector users,
but has been “hunted out,” that’s Gold Bug™-2 territory. Chances
are you’ll find the small or deep ones they missed.
Figure 4.
HIP-MOUNTING (
continued)
COnTROl Panel
OPeRaTInG TIPs
Figure 5.
