Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX Metal Detector How To Operate and Instructional Video

The Pioneer EX uses a three rod system:

A padded S-Rod for comfortable use all day long.

Middle Stem

and Lower Stem

These rods are fully adjustable ,making The Pioneer EX easy to adjust for use by adults as well as children.

Control Box:

The control box houses all the electronics and is the control interface for the Pioneer EX. Take care to shield the control box from wet environments.

Search Coil:

The 7" open faced search coil is completely submersible for shallow water hunting.

Body:

The pioneer EX Runs off of two 9 Volt Alkaline batteries (not included), only use alkaline batteries DO NOT USE heavy duty batteries.

Power Up:

Once you've installed two 9 volt alkaline batteries press the ON touchpad. The detector will momentarily illuminate all LCD icons and then produce a low tone followed by a high tone.

The sensitivity setting will remain illuminated on the right side of the display with two segment bars indicating a sensitivity of 3/4.

Adjusting Sensitivity:

To change the depth range of the detector and thus the sensitivity use the DEPTH SELECT touchpad. each touch of the DEPTH SELECT touchpad toggles the detector among three preset settings. The detector is at maximum depth capability when all three depth segments are illuminated.

Besides depth range the DEPTH SELECTION touchpad is used to eliminate Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). EMI can be caused by power lines, motors and household appliances.

If your detector beeps erratically reduce the sensitivity by using the DEPTH SELECT Contro.

Target Identification:

The four categories depicted across the top of the display indicates the probable identification of detected objects. These four categories represent objects commonly found while metal detecting.

Iron- Ferrous objects

AL ZN- post 1982 pennies, Foreign zinc coins, most bottle screw caps, large foil pieces and many gold rings.

AL 5¢- Large gold rings, pull-tabs, nickels and large aluminum pieces

Coins- Silver coins, copper pennies and very large metal objects

Audio Target Identification:

The Pioneer EX is a 3 tone machine meaning it will sound one of three different tones depending on the type of metal detected.

Bass Tone- Ferrous objects such as iron and steel.

Medium Tone- Pull-tabs, zinc coins and small brass objects as well as most bottle screw tops.

High Tone- Silver and copper coins, large brass objects and highly oxidized metals will induce high tomes. Quarters, dimes and other precious metals fall into this category as well.

Rejecting Targets:

Upon power up, all types of metals are detected. The TARGET REJECT touchpad allows you to eliminate undesirable metals. With each press of the TARGET REJECT touchpad, unwanted metal are progressively eliminated from left to right on the display starting with IRON. When all three "X's" are illuminated the next touch of the REJECT TARGET touchpad will result in returning the detector to all-metal detection status.