Yes everyone is different.
Volume Limit sets the maximum loudness of signals - so to preserve my ears I have it on 7 or 8. Still gives me some difference between faint and louder signals, but saves my ears by not giving a loud signal blast on a shallow/large target.
I like to hear what my detector is saying, but I also want background noise/EMI to be kept to a minimum, so I'm usually in the Gain lower than Stabilizer camp. But it really depends on the ground, and the EMI on the day. A very low Stabilizer merely masks a noisy high Rx Gain detector, by dropping that noisy mess down below the point of hearing. Sure running the Rx Gain very high will allow "most" signals to be amplified above the threshold, but it's the borderline ones that I think may be lost.
High Rx Gain does lift the response on faint hard to hear gold like species and reefy bits, so yeah....need to tune for conditions.
Pat has a 4500, and Les is talking about the 5000, so this explains some of the differences in their settings, as the 4500 running Enhance is very stable, and does respond well to a bit of extra Rx. Fine Gold is a little more susceptible to EMI, so lower Rx is often required to keep it tame. So I can see how both those setting combos would work.
Volume Limit sets the maximum loudness of signals - so to preserve my ears I have it on 7 or 8. Still gives me some difference between faint and louder signals, but saves my ears by not giving a loud signal blast on a shallow/large target.
I like to hear what my detector is saying, but I also want background noise/EMI to be kept to a minimum, so I'm usually in the Gain lower than Stabilizer camp. But it really depends on the ground, and the EMI on the day. A very low Stabilizer merely masks a noisy high Rx Gain detector, by dropping that noisy mess down below the point of hearing. Sure running the Rx Gain very high will allow "most" signals to be amplified above the threshold, but it's the borderline ones that I think may be lost.
High Rx Gain does lift the response on faint hard to hear gold like species and reefy bits, so yeah....need to tune for conditions.
Pat has a 4500, and Les is talking about the 5000, so this explains some of the differences in their settings, as the 4500 running Enhance is very stable, and does respond well to a bit of extra Rx. Fine Gold is a little more susceptible to EMI, so lower Rx is often required to keep it tame. So I can see how both those setting combos would work.
