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I have just finished reading all the postings about the new Garrett Infinium LS pulse gold detector. It's amazing some of the comments being made, when these people haven't even seen the unit. I would like comment on some of these postings.
To start with, I have been involved for approximately 3 years, working in conjuction with Garrett, making sure that this unit would be a well designed and operational unit. I am also a technician by trade, so I do know what I am talking about.
First of all, some people are saying that is a revamped Sea Hunter Mk11 with tracking added, and also that it isn't real ground tracking.
Yes, the unit has been designed to fit into the Sea Hunter Mk 11 case. This is because we wanted it to be fully waterproof, and whats better than using an existing waterproof casing. This cuts downon costs. The electronics is entirely different, with a complete new circuit board designed for the Infinium LS gold detector.
The power consumption has been greatly reduced, without affecting the depth capabilities. The SD/GP's aren't using a lot of power in the transmit circuitry. Most of their power is being used by the receive and processing circuitry. The infinium is using an advanced pulse circuitry and has been designed very efficintly, hence the much lower current requirements.
The ground tracking is a genuine, true ground tracking circuitry. It not just a faster threshold tuning circuitry. It will track the changes in the ground mineralisation, and adjust for these conditions. It has a slow track, fast track and fixed ground track.
The discrimination is also different. It has two types of discrimination, the generally accepted pulse discrimination found on most PI units, but also a new dual tone discrimination. The discrimination works to the depth of the detected target.
The depth will astound people, for the amount of current being drawn. It will easily match the depth of the SD/GP units. The depth we are talking about, is in the highly mineralised ground here in Australia.
A member of one of the detector clubs here in South Australia, and a friend of his, have had one of the Infinium LS units out to field test it today. I have since talked to him on the telephone, and he said he was extremely surprised at the depth he was getting with the unit. He also stated that it was easily getting the depth of the SD/GP units. This is an independant test by two people, who have been prospecting for quite awhile.
The unveilling & demonstration of the Infinium at the South Australian Detector Championships went extremly well. It surprised quite a few people of what its capabilities are.
It shouldn't be to long before it is released.
I would also like to point out, that I am the Australian Importer/Distributor for Garrett Electronics, and I have a responsibilty to them to report the facts correctly as possible. They know what I have been posting on the web, and its with their approval.
I personally believe that this unit will be a real winner, especially as it is a true All Terrain unit.
That's it for now.
Phil
To start with, I have been involved for approximately 3 years, working in conjuction with Garrett, making sure that this unit would be a well designed and operational unit. I am also a technician by trade, so I do know what I am talking about.
First of all, some people are saying that is a revamped Sea Hunter Mk11 with tracking added, and also that it isn't real ground tracking.
Yes, the unit has been designed to fit into the Sea Hunter Mk 11 case. This is because we wanted it to be fully waterproof, and whats better than using an existing waterproof casing. This cuts downon costs. The electronics is entirely different, with a complete new circuit board designed for the Infinium LS gold detector.
The power consumption has been greatly reduced, without affecting the depth capabilities. The SD/GP's aren't using a lot of power in the transmit circuitry. Most of their power is being used by the receive and processing circuitry. The infinium is using an advanced pulse circuitry and has been designed very efficintly, hence the much lower current requirements.
The ground tracking is a genuine, true ground tracking circuitry. It not just a faster threshold tuning circuitry. It will track the changes in the ground mineralisation, and adjust for these conditions. It has a slow track, fast track and fixed ground track.
The discrimination is also different. It has two types of discrimination, the generally accepted pulse discrimination found on most PI units, but also a new dual tone discrimination. The discrimination works to the depth of the detected target.
The depth will astound people, for the amount of current being drawn. It will easily match the depth of the SD/GP units. The depth we are talking about, is in the highly mineralised ground here in Australia.
A member of one of the detector clubs here in South Australia, and a friend of his, have had one of the Infinium LS units out to field test it today. I have since talked to him on the telephone, and he said he was extremely surprised at the depth he was getting with the unit. He also stated that it was easily getting the depth of the SD/GP units. This is an independant test by two people, who have been prospecting for quite awhile.
The unveilling & demonstration of the Infinium at the South Australian Detector Championships went extremly well. It surprised quite a few people of what its capabilities are.
It shouldn't be to long before it is released.
I would also like to point out, that I am the Australian Importer/Distributor for Garrett Electronics, and I have a responsibilty to them to report the facts correctly as possible. They know what I have been posting on the web, and its with their approval.
I personally believe that this unit will be a real winner, especially as it is a true All Terrain unit.
That's it for now.
Phil
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