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Q U A L I T Y
1236-X2
Fisher detectors are renowned for their quality.
Silent, Discriminating Metal Detector
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Our detectors are durable, dependable, and search deeper..
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CONTENTS About Your 1236-X2 ................................................................ pg. 3 Condensed Operating Instructions ....................................... pg. 6 Setting Up ................................................................................. pg. 7 Body or Hipmounting .............................................................. pg. 9 Control Functions ..................................................................... pg. 10 Discrimination Points .................
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ABOUT YOUR DETECTOR SPECIFICATIONS Your 1236-X2 was designed to do one thing well, provide all NOTES the quality tools necessary to help you find good, deep targets 1. Subject to improvement or modification without in trashy or mineralized soil with minimum hassle. The 1236-X2 notice. does this by providing you a wealth of powerfully, well designed 2. In Search Mode, the 1236-X2 operates under two instrument controls and features that give you maximum flexibility modes of discrimination
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SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT YOUR DETECTOR Operating Modes Search Mode Motion Circuitry: In this mode of operation the 2 Search (Motion Mode) ........................................VLF 2nd Derivative motion circuitry in the 1236-X2 responds with a 416 Hz tone as 2 VLF 3rd Derivattive SILENCER MODE Discrimination the search coil is moved over a target. This makes the 1236-X2 Pinpoint (No-Motion Mode) ............................................VLF All Metal less sensitive
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Where To Use Your Metal Detector In The U.S. ABOUT YOUR DETECTOR National Forest and Federal Lands—Metal detecting is allowed Battery Test: A convenient battery test switch has been only by special permit acquired from the federal government. incorporated into your 1236-X2 to check the relative strength of Each area has a district office. the batteries. Rotating the SENSITIVITY control counterclockwise Corps of Engineers, Lakes, Shorelines and Lands—Permission has to the “BATTERY” position ca
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MAINTENANCE CONDENSED OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Using the 1236-X2 is simple, but you’ll have more fun and a Your 1236-X2 doesn’t require a lot of care, but there are a few things you should do to keep it in peak operating condition. better chance of making that BIG find if you have a complete 1. If you’re not going to be using it for awhile, take understanding of what you’re doing and why. That’s why we the batteries out. Acid damage caused by leaking recommend that you read the entire manual
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SETTING UP BATTERY REPLACEMENT Two 9-volt transistor batteries are located in separate compartments Your new 1236-X2 is just about ready to go, but take a look at at the rear of the housing of the 1236-X2. When it’s time to replace the following illustration before proceeding. the batteries, always replace both of them. 1. Unpack your 1236-X2 carefully, and save the carton: it may come in handy if you ever have to 1. To open the battery compartments, press gently return the instrument for s
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FALSE SIGNALS SETTING UP 5. Elongated Ferrous Objects: If you hear two beeps Remember, the longer the shaft, the greater the strain on your arm and wrist. The 1236-X2 is very close together and can’t find either one, you’re balanced for comfortable searching in a tight probably over a nail or some other large object. But a semicircle around the front of the operator. very shallow coin or a coin on edge will give the same 4. Hand tighten the lock nut and search coil response. SOLUTIONS: I
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FALSE SIGNALS BODY or HIPMOUNTING 1. Disconnect the search coil cable from the A “false signal” occurs when something that shouldn’t, sounds like control housing and unwind all but the last 12 a good target. Your 1236-X2 does an excellent job of ignoring junk, inches or so from the upper handle. Secure the but it’s so sensitive to good targets that it can be fooled by bad lower end of the cable with a Velcro® strap at targets with similar electrical characteristics. Large pieces of trash,
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OPERATING TIPS CONTROL FUNCTIONS 1. We’ve already said it, but it bears repeating: TAKE 1. SILENCER: When the toggle switch is flipped ON, YOUR TIME AND OVERLAP YOUR SWEEPS. the 1236-X2 runs in the 3rd derivative SILENCER 2. Use good headphones. You won’t miss faint discrimination mode, eliminating the annoying “pops” targets, you won’t attract unwanted attention and and “clicks” heard when searching in extremely you won’t bother others. trashy areas. Flipping it to OFF, the
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TARGET RECOVERY CONTROL FUNCTIONS indicates weak batteries and no tone means that Once you have pinpointed a target, your objective is to recover it quickly and neatly, leaving virtually no trace of your excavation. it’s time for a battery change. There are almost as many ways to do this as there are treasure 4. VOLUME: This control switches the 1236-X2 on and hunters. Whatever works for you is good enough as long as you off and controls the volume of the audio response. don’t break any la
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PINPOINTING IN MOTION SEARCH MODE DISCRIMINATION POINTS Pinpointing in the Search Mode will take a little practice, but you By adjusting the DISCRIMINATION Control, you will be able to ignore may find that for most targets it’s even quicker than the No-Motion (or “reject”) small pieces of metallic trash and ground minerals Pinpointing Mode. Simply use the same procedure as in steps 2 while detecting valuable targets. The lowest setting at which through 5 on p. 14. The only difference will
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PINPOINTING DISCRIMINATION POINTS The pinpoint mode requires no tuning and no motion to precisely locate the target. With the Pinpoint push-button depressed, the 1236-X2 is in an all-metal mode, meaning that any discrimination setting you might have selected will no longer apply. The VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) circuitry indicates the presence of a target by increasing both the volume and frequency of the audio output. By depressing the Pinpoint push-button, precise target locatio
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SEARCHING SEARCHING Now comes the fun part if you follow a few simple rules. Good search within its range and you can instantly increase the techniques are every bit as important as a good detector. discrimination for further identification. b. In trashy areas you’ll probably want to operate 1. The 1236-X2 has two operating modes. The at a higher level of discrimination (6 for example) “Search” mode is activated simply by turning the unit with the SILENCER switched ON to cut down on the
