Trident Viper Owner's Manual

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Owners’s Manual

TRIDENT

iper

Super Advanced System . . . More Depth!

ALL PURPOSE –

Land • Beach • Water • Diving

Metal Detector

Fully Automatic – Easy-to-Use!

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The Viper TRIDENT is a high powered underwater metal detector that is easy to use. With a fully automatic circuitry that handles the ground balancing and tuning for you. The Viper T

RIDENT is perfect

for hunting on any wet beach or where high moisture becomes a problem.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Air Test - A sensitivity test performed by outwardly moving various sized metal samples under the metal detector searchcoil to measure the distance limit of detection. This test is not always an accurate indicator of ground depth penetration capability. (See Bench Test)

Alkaline - A class of battery characterized by the ability to sustain longer periods of current drain and greater storage life when compared to the standard carbonzinc type.

Bench Test - An air test to determine at what discriminate settings various metal samples are rejected or accepted. The test is conducted in a non-metallic area.

Cache - Any intentionally buried or secreted hoard of valuables.

Conductivity - The measure of a metal target's ability to allow eddy current generation on its surface.

Control Housing - A metal or plastic box which holds circuit boards, indicators, meter, controls and power supply.

Depth Penetration - The greatest measure of metal detector ability to transmit an electromagnetic ﬁeld into the soil matrix and produce a target signal.

Discrimination - Adjustable circuitry which ignores or nulls audio responses from a speciﬁc conductivity range allowing positive responses to be heard from metals higher in conductivity above the discriminate control setting. Designed primarily to eliminate audio response from trash metals.

Double Blip - A signal characteristic common to elongated ferrous targets such as nails detected in the all-metal non-motion mode.

Faint Signal - A sound characteristic of targets that are sometimes deeply buried or very small in size.

False Signal - An erroneous signal created by automatic retuning overshoot, ground voids or highly mineralized hot rocks.

Ferrous - Descriptive of any iron or iron bearing material.

Metal - Metallic substances; iron, foil, nickel, aluminum, gold, brass, lead, cop

per, silver, etc.

Metal Detectorist - A person operating a metal detector in the ﬁeld. This name is preferred by many over Treasure Hunter.

Mineralized Ground - any soil that contains conductive or non-conductive components.

Motion Discriminator - A detector type that requires searchcoil motion to activate its simultaneous ground balance and discriminate functions.

Non-Ferrous - Not of iron. Metals of the precious class (i.e. gold, silver, copper, etc.)

Pinpointing - Finding the exact target location with respect to a searchcoil's designated center. Accomplished by interpreting the centers of audio response width in perpendicular direction or scans.

Searchcoil - A circular (can be other shapes) plastic housing containing single or multiple transmit and receive windings in a speciﬁc orientation or conﬁguration to emit and receive signals from ground and targets. (also called loop or coil).

Searchcoil Cable - An electrostatically shielded cable of conductors (wires) which convey signals to/from the searchcoil or control housing.

Sensitivity - The measure or capacity of a metal detector to perceive changes in conductivity within the detection pattern. Generally, the more sensitivity a detector can smoothly provide, the more depth it will achieve.

Signal - An audio response or visual indication alerting the operator that a target has been detected.

Slow Motion - A description of searchcoil speed required to operate the motion discriminate mode.

Sweep - the motion one employs in moving the coil.

Exclusive Features of the Viper TRIDENT:

• State-of-the-art high reliable circuitry.

• Full automatic tuning.

• Full automatic ground balancing.

• Full range VLF discrimination.

• Target response light.

• Detection depth control.

• The Detector is fully water resistant to 132 feet.

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ASSEMBLY —

The detector is shipped fully assembled in one carton. Only two adjustments are necessary, and no tools are required.

1. Turn the search coil to the scanning position. It may be necessary to loosen the knobs securing the coil and then tighten them again. Make sure that the knobs are tightened (by hand) securely after the search coil is positioned.

MIND YOUR MANNERS

Filling holes and obeying NO TRESPASSING Signs are but 2 require- ments of a dedicated metal detector hobbyist. A sincere request that

Kellyco makes to every user of a detector is that each place searched be left in a better condition that it was found. Thousands of individuals and organizations have adopted this formal.

Metal Detector Operators Code of Ethics:

• I will respect private and public property, all historical and archaeological sites and will do no metal detecting on these lands without proper permission.

• I will keep informed on and obey all laws, regulations and rules governing federal, state and local public lands.

• I will aid law enforcement officials whenever possible.

• I will cause no willful damage to property of any kind, including fences, signs and buildings and will always fill holes I dig.

• I will not destroy property, buildings or the remains of ghost towns or other deserted structures.

• I will not leave litter or uncovered items lying around. I will carry all trash and dug targets with me when I leave each search area.

• I will observe the golden rule, using good outdoor manners and conducting myself at all times in a manner which will add to the stature and public image of all people engages in the field of metal detection.

Warning!

Any metal detector may detect underground power lines, explosives or other items which when struck could cause personal injury. When search

ing for treasure with your detector, observe these precautions:

Do not hunt in an area where you believe there may be shallowly buried underground electric lines or pipes.

Do not hunt in a military zone where bombs or other explosives may be buried.

Avoid striking any line known to be or suspected to be carrying electrical power.

Do not disturb any pipeline, particularly if it could be carrying flammable gas or liquid.

Use reasonable caution in digging toward any target, particularly in areas where you are uncertain of underground conditions.

CONTROL PANEL —

DISCR IMINATION

POWER

ON/ OFF

COIL KNOBS

TARGET

LIGHT

• FACTORY RECOMMEND STARTING POINT

(Pre-Set Position)

INSERT ROD

TO JOIN TOGETHER

• FACTORY RECOMMEND STARTING POINT

(Pre-Set Position)

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IN THE FIELD TIP FOR USING YOUR

Viper TRIDENT

2. The Viper TRIDENT is an Ultra Slow Motion Metal Detector.

When using this detector the coil must be in motion to detect any target. A sweep speed of about 2 feet per second is perfect. You can hunt as fast as you want or as your pace dictates.

3. Correct arm position.

Adjust

the lower stem so that your arm

is hanging in a comfortable posi-

tion by your side with the coil

about 1 inch off the ground.

1. Always keep the bottom of the coil level with the ground. Try to maintain coil 1 inch off the ground at all times. You do not need to scrub the ground with the coil.

FEET

PER

SECOND

Locate the round battery door cover

and using a coin unscrew the cap in a (ccw) direction. (See inset) Remove cap to expose the 9 volt battery. Now you can carefully pull the battery out, unsnap it from its contacts and replace. Only use high quality 9 volt batteries designed for electronic devices.

INSTALLING THE BATTERY –

Battery Cap

Battery Test Feature – The Viper TRIDENT has a built-in automatic battery testing circuit. When the batteries get below 7.2 volts you will hear, through

the headphones, a continuous 400 Hz tone. When the tone is heard it is time to replace the battery with a new one.

Insert 9 volt Battery Here

Screw battery cap back on in a (cw) direction, making sure you tight-

en it down just enough to compress the round rubber o-ring on the battery door itself.

NOTE: Any time you replace the battery please wipe any dust or sand away from the cap threads and the o-ring surface.

Battery Cap

Using Coin unscrew counter clockwise.

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USING THE Viper TRIDENT ALL PURPOSE METAL DETECTOR —

LOWEST

AUDIO PITCH

LOWEST

AUDIO PITCH

HIGHE ST AUDIO PITC H

(Dea d Center)

The Viper TRIDENT is a slow motion type detector, in other words the coil must be in slow motion to respond to any target. By simply moving the coil back and forth over the ground this motion will activate the automatic ground balance and tuning circuits of you detector and keep it at its optimum tuning levels. When scanning the ground try to keep the search coil about 1 inch off the ground. DO NOT scrub the ground, you may get some "False Signals" by doing that. Please refer to the following drawings for the correct way to sweep and hold your metal detector.

FEET

PER

SECOND

Simply moving the coil back and forth over the ground.

Keep the search coil about 1 inch off the ground.

OPERATION OF CONTROLS —

To operate and turn on the Viper T

RIDENT simply turn the power ON/

OFF knob in a clockwise direction.

After you have turned on the Viper T

RIDENT you should now adjust

the SENS Control to Pre-set position. This is only a starting point and will help you get familiar with your new Viper T

RIDENT All Pur-

pose detector.

Power ON and OFF

SENS Control

POWER ON/ OFF

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OPERATION OF THE DISCRIMINATION CONTROL –

The DISCRIMINATE Control works in the 3 different Zones.

The Viper TRIDENT has been designed to be easy to use by dividing it into 3 discrimination (at a glance) zones. Each Zone has a minimum and maximum range and the discriminate information below will give you a guideline as what targets are accepted or rejected in each given Zone. Each Zone can be fine-tuned by the operator to accept or reject most trash targets. If you want to hunt in All-Metal you simply rotate the discrimination control fully counter clockwise position.

• FACTORY RECOMMEND STARTING POINT

(Pre-Set Position)

LOW ZONE –

Will Pickup: All Coins • Most All Gold and Silver Rings • Nickels • Larger Foil • Larger Iron • All Silver Coins. Will Reject Most: Small Iron Targets • Some Tiny Foil Targets • Some Very Rusty Bottle Caps.

MEDIUM ZONE –

Will Pickup: Most Larger Gold Rings, Penny, Dimes, Quarters, Half and Dollar Coins. Will Reject Most: Small Foil Targets • Most Bottle Caps • Most Pull Tabs • Nickels and

Small Gold Rings.

HIGH ZONE –

Will Pickup: Most Larger Coins Like Clad and Silver • Silver Rings. Will Reject Most: Gold Items • Nickels • Small Foil • Most Iron Targets • Bottle Caps •

Pull Tabs.

ADVANCED OPERATION OF THE Viper TRIDENT ON/OFF SENSITIVITY CONTROL –

As you know, this control has 2 functions, to turn the Viper

RIDENT metal detector on and off and also enables you to set the

amount of operating sensitivity (SENS). It is recommended that you start out in the Factory recommended starting point or pre-set position marked on the detector itself. By starting out at the preset point the Viper TRIDENT is set at the normal detection depth range. The normal range is good for most soil conditions, but by increasing this control clockwise to the maximum position you will get better depth on older coins. This control is extremely helpful in elimination false signals caused by high minerals. If you are experiencing false signals you should decrease this control until these signals are minimized.

NOTE: Some "False Signals" are normal, particularly on Salt Water Beaches.

• FACTORY RECOMMEND STARTING POINT

(Pre-Set Position)

POWER ON /OFF SENS CO NTROL

DISCR IMINATION

CONTRO L

NOTE: Most El iminated Trash Targets will give a broken or chatte red sound wh en discrimi nated, thi s

is norma l and is a design fea ture of this und erwater detect or. It w as designed this way so yo u can ea sily i dentify tras h targets. Some trash targets wi ll give NO sounds at all. Practice us ing the Elimination control by putting some d ifferent coins a nd trash items o n the ground in a straight line about 10 inches apart. Pass each item once and th en come back and increase t he eliminatio n control knob little by little and list en to the change s in the audio res ponse on the trash targets as you keep increasin g this control. Remember e ven good targets can be e liminated at the ma ximum discriminati on settings.

TIP:

Always keep the Trash Elimination Control at its lowest possible settings so you will not reject nickels and small gold rings.