User manual

86 - Garrett Metal Detectors
2500 with intricate circuitry that cancels
out mineralization to permit sophisticated
ground balancing can be used to find this
gold or any other precious metal.
It must be emphasized, however, that
even the GTI 2500 or any quality detector
is usually operated only in the All-Metal
mode and very precisely ground balanced
if gold is to be found. The new Fast Track
and Auto Track are quite satisfactory, even
in extremely mineralized soil, but manual
ground balancing is always possible.
All of this is particularly important
when searching for tiny gold nuggets.
Furthermore, when prospecting, all signal-
ing targets must be located and carefully
inspected. It is only in this manner that
you can be successful in using a metal
detector to discover valuable metal nug-
gets and ore samples.
Although some hobbyists have experi-
enced success in using the Discriminate
mode to locate nuggets, the detector
responds more effectively to tiny nuggets
in the All-Metal mode. Heavy ground min-