Detecting in the wet

Just wondering if anyone is setup for detecting with these weird weather patterns.How do you protect all your gear?
Steve

hi kingfish, i made a cover that covers the box. i made it out off a dry as a bone that i had. then i have drilled 2 holes in the lip on the back cap in front off the 2 screws so if it does get water it will not hold in the back cap. i go out when it's only showers.
cheers
stoppsy

this is the 2 holes that i put in


this is the cover

Thanks for that stoppsy,there,s nothing worst than those brief showers usually just as your on to a good target.I,m going to think this over and see what I can come up with.Often wondered if that water in the back plate gets inside the detector.

no probs mate, i don't know if the water would get in there.
cheers
stoppsy

Some of us just use a plastic shopping bag over the control box, and carry it between the control box cover and control box when not in use.

i use to do that but use to get Moisture in the bag. that's why i thought i would do the cover to let it breath.
cheers
stoppsy

I just use the Infinium, works well and loves the wet weather. HE,HE,HE, HE. AHHH the dream of all the Minelabers to have a WP 5000

Now that's one thing that I think Minelab need to do - Make a Waterproof gold PI like the infinium. Maybe they wouldn't be able to have a digital interface, but even if they made a new model that was just like a hotted up 3500 or something, with a fully waterproof housing... It could be a great midrange detector.....

Adrian SS wrote:I just use the Infinium, works well and loves the wet weather. HE,HE,HE, HE. AHHH the dream of all the Minelabers to have a WP 5000

I watched a side x side test of the infinium and a xterra 70, ,, and from the results of that test all mine lab would have to do is put glad wrap over the xterra,,

Yeah, the plastic bag...or the inside of my 4by depending on how heavy it gets.
Someone occasionally flogs a bespoke cover on ebay with end flaps.

Gotta remember though...some coils aren't very waterproof...or speakers, enhancers, batteries etc.

Nah... it's no fun when it rains. I can wait

Robert

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.

X Terra, does that mean it used to be a terrer (ex) but now it's a pussycat.
Still I woudn't mind having one to compliment my Sov at the beach.

Adrian; I think the "X Terra" logo stands for "extremely terrified" of hot ground.

Cheers kon61,

kon61.

HA! good one. Typical of all VLF machines. Ya have to choose the right tector for the job.

Adrian

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

My apologies Ivan, That should have read 4cm.

Adrian

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

ehem.... im an xterra user and i like it

Who are you kidding 100cms above the ironstone thats a metre. I'll say no more

Adrian take your detector up to Cannoona about 60kms north of rockhampton Qld. Mate, if what you say you will the only one capable of detecting the area properly, you'll load up with Kilos

Sounds like the Infiniums getting more powerful with each test Adrian. Try backing off on the voltage before the machine detonates.

Cheers kon61.

Sorry I am getting worse by the day. Those figures should be in mm. I have corrected the post. Thanks for bringing my atten to the error. It must have been the valium.

Adrian SS

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

I agree and when it is to my satisfaction with good sound qual it will be on youtube.
Although from what I have read over the years it would seem that my Inf is better than most and putting a vid up on youtube might cause more questions that I cannot answer. I have no idea why my detector is as good as it is? Just a fluke maybe.

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