ground balancing in youtube MD videos

[maxxkatt]

I have noticed a lot of detectorists who are making metal detecting videos seem to just go through the motion of ground balancing their detector.

I was taught first to sweep an area to be sure there is no metal in that area and then ground balance the detector. But I see a lot of youtube video detectorists just go to anyplace and ground balance with out first seeing if there is any metal at that area.

Ground balancing over a metal object is not the best thing to do.

 

[mh9162013]

I always assumed they scanned the ground ahead of time, but just off camera.

But perhaps not.

 

[georgeinsc]

Just because they are making you tube videos does not mean that they are doing everything correctly. Anyone can make a video. Well except for me as i do know how to start and dont even know where my video camera is hidden.

 

[Cherry Picker]

For me, it depends on the detector. I've noticed when I ground balanced some detectors the ground mineral number would change, and some it would not. Not sure if it is a matter of ground balance resolution, or the accuracy, but I seldom GB anymore unless it is a new site because the GB number will end up about the same anyway.

 

[MuddyMo]

For me, it depends on the detector. I've noticed when I ground balanced some detectors the ground mineral number would change, and some it would not. Not sure if it is a matter of ground balance resolution, or the accuracy, but I seldom GB anymore unless it is a new site because the GB number will end up about the same anyway.

I find the same here as well. Besides some guys gb on the negative side and some on the positive side. It's not difficult to gb so I usually do but sometimes forget to. When I start getting a lot of falseing due to location then I'll gb first before lowering sensitivity or frequency shift