normmcq Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I recently returned from a hunting trip in Nevada, there were other ZEDs and we were all trying to find what worked best for each individual. I found that I could run with auto smoothing off, normal ground, high yield, sensitivity between 12 and 17. I had my threshold down to 20, target signal up to 20 with max at 2. The ZED ran very stable with clear repeatable signals. I let my friends use my machine and they did not like the high threshold pitch that I used. I think that is a personal preference setting. I have a profound hearing loss and the high pitch makes it easier to distinguish real targets from ground noise. Several times, I switched to auto smoothing only to find that the threshold became more unstable.There were several times that I was fooled by ground noises, there were several nuggets I found at depth that others either missed or had mistaken for ground noises. I am not saying that they were missed by the ZEDs, but there were several detectors over a small area.Norm McQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I run everything stock on mine here in southern Arizona. High yield, normal ground, low audio smoothing. If I bring my sensitivity up from default it's a little too unstable. I get fooled by hot rocks and ground mineralization a lot, sometimes I have to go beyond a boot scrape to see what it's beeping on. However because of this I know it's running hot and sensitive. Been working pretty good for me so far. Oh yeah I pretty much just ground balance once on the start up sequence and leave it too, like described by Steve H. and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 If you don't mind the whine of a swarm of mosquitoes, Norms settings work very well. I tried them and had a headache in five minutes-but, I am a delicate little thing... I was having a terrible time with my zed but then Norm reminded me of one very important thing. You must use the start-up procedure when going to a new area. I have no clue nor excuse for forgetting that-but, I did...stupider and stupider... The settings that worked best for me were from LUNK. Thank you, Lunk!!! I did adjust the tone and threshold a bit to suit my ears. I love my 7000 fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLundy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Can't run it wrong, just get the coil over a target! Rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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