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ATX Bench Testing Vs Actual Detecting Correlations


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How important is bench testing the ATX versus just learning the detector's response via actual detecting? I have read that some detectors give very different signals on a bench test than when signaling on the same item that's been buried in the ground, and so it being not too helpful/ worth doing. 

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I do a little basic bench testing with most new detectors I get, just to get familiar with controls and target responses. Other than that however I prefer to learn by doing and since my main goal is finding stuff I get with the program of actually doing just that as soon as possible. Detectors are either going to impress me in the field or not but then I do have the benefit of decades of use on various detectors. It's nothing to me to just grab a new model and fall right into using it. For anyone unfamiliar to detectors and what the controls do, some time spent with the manual on the bench is generally time well spent.

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