bklein Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Is setting FE at zero result in the same behavior as setting FE2 at zero? Also, if you set FE for instance, and get out of special settings mode, the FE setting takes precedence over FE2? It’s not like you have to worry how both are set, just the last set one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickelNdimed Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 You may have to search the forum or pinned topics on this one. Only speculation available and no real answers from Minelab. There are some made up scales comparing range of one versus the other. On setting the mode, I think once you set for each mode, it stays that way until you change or do a reset to factory settings. So you can have Park 1 at FE: 2 and Park 2 at FE2: 0 and it should not change, again, until you change or reset the whole detector. I think that is what they call a local vs a global setting like volume or sensitivity for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 In theory FE2 at zero may be a lower setting than FE at zero. Based on one unverified statement from one person, Tom D. https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/13796-iron-bias-fe-versus-fe2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleT Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I love Fe2! So far, this season, I have set Fe2 at ZERO. I have dug everything in the first FIVE hunts. So far, 95% of pull tabs have been detected correctly. Beaver tails and old tabs still get dug. But overall I am loving the signals that Fe2 has provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, TripleT said: I love Fe2! So far, this season, I have set Fe2 at ZERO. I have dug everything in the first FIVE hunts. So far, 95% of pull tabs have been detected correctly. Beaver tails and old tabs still get dug. But overall I am loving the signals that Fe2 has provided. As a beach hunter, I am wondering what you mean by pull tabs getting detected correctly?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleT Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Salt water is a whole different story. I don't know when I will be able to test on salt water or ocean beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Here's an excerpt from the User Manual updated after the 2.x software upgrade (when the F2 setting was introduced): This doesn't really say if that 'wider range' is above, below, or both when comparing FE and F2, though. On 4/3/2021 at 6:24 PM, TripleT said: So far, 95% of pull tabs have been detected correctly. Beaver tails and old tabs still get dug. But overall I am loving the signals that Fe2 has provided. So Iron bias affects signals from aluminum targets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripleT Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Only in 4 and 5 kHz single modes. It doesn't seem to work in multi.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger-NH Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 6 hours ago, TripleT said: Only in 4 and 5 kHz single modes. It doesn't seem to work in multi.... From the manual. - "Iron Bias is only available when the operating frequency is Multi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 8:23 AM, bklein said: Also, if you set FE for instance, and get out of special settings mode, the FE setting takes precedence over FE2? It’s not like you have to worry how both are set, just the last set one? That is correct. From the manual: “The Iron Bias FE and Iron Bias F2 settings profiles are independent. When Iron Bias FE is selected, the Iron Bias F2 setting has no effect, and vice versa.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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