Detecting in the wet

Adrian SS wrote:spidertice,

Hey! Are you a funnin me son?
I know the X Terra 70 is a good machine but it dosen't cut the mustard in seriously hot ground. When it can detect a 0.5gm nug through 4 inches of solid iron ore then it will be as good as my Infinium on gold.

Detecting a 0.5 gram gold nugget through 4 inches of Solid Iron Ore with an Infinium LS would truly be amazing.!!

ivanll

Adrian SS wrote:Ivanl,

I just ran a couple of quick checks with my Infinum.
With the 8 inch mono the machine can easily detect a 1.4gm nug through 90mm of combined iron ore and an iron meteorite(total weight 3.5kg) it will detect a 0.22 gm nug through 40mm of solid iron ore and will detect a 0.5gm nug through 40mm of ironstone (1kg piece) with the coil 100mm above the stone and the nug under the stone. This is the same as the air test figure for this nug. the stone alone gives a mild low tone.
It will detect the 0.5gm nug through the combined meteorite iron and ironstone (combined thickness 130mm) with the coil not quite touching the iron ore/iron meteorite. The meteorite alone gives a weak lo/hi hi/lo warble

Adrian SS

0.5 gram Gold nugget detected through 40 mm ironstone + 100 mm of air space, still amazing.

An excellent rendition of extraordinary Infinium LS capability.

Test results; no doubth on every Gold prospecting Infinium users wish list.

Guess it's another one of those things one is not destined to see or experience first hand.

A 3th party YouTube Video with sound of the tests, would be interesting.

ivanll

Mr. A.SS,

Prehaps invite a number of Infinium users over for a test session and a cuppa, it should shed some light on the phenomenon,.......... heck it might be all Infiniums are aqual in performance, given the same test conditions apply.

When prospecting I use the same tape measure as I use when beach hunting to check the depth of a find, many finds are between 12 to 18 inches as indicated by the numbers on this tape, very encouraging and ego boosting the first 6 + inches on this steel tape have rusted away due to wet beach sand; not to worry, an inch is an inch no matter where on the tape one starts from.

Anyway back on track and "Detecting in the wet".
Often I carry a lightweight Poncho if clouds indicate there might be a chance of elevated humitity.
On a day trip requiring a distace hike by foot, a large ex. army Poncho is carried in case the day trip somehow extends into an overnight stay on the way.

ivanll