Infinium or Sea Hunter

[Bill of Duluth]

Suggestions and advice please. In the near future, I will be purchasing either an Infinium LS or Sea Hunter Mark II for beach and underwater detecting. I had planned to get the Infinium until speaking to someone at Garrett. My thoughts were that if it costs more, it must be better.

I was told that the Infinium was designed primarily for gold prospecting. I will be using it mostly on the Florida beaches and under water near the beaches. According to someone I was talking to who has the Infinium, it is affected, somewhat, by electrical interference such as might be found around hotel laden beaches.

Any suggestions and pros and cons regarding which one might be best?

Thanks. Bill of Duluth

 

[Cupajo]

Both machines are excellent for your purpose. The Infinium does have more versatility in that it has been designed with the gold fields of Australia as it's primary target. It is proving to be an excellent "dry land machine" for relec hunting etc. and has a nice variety of coils for these purposes.

All detectors can be affected by electrical interference, but most interference can be tuned out with the Infinium.

I use mine for beach hunting and am pleased with it's water performance. It takes a while to begin to understaand it's (language), but once you do the finds are amazingly deep and small (proof of it's power!!!) I plan to use it soon on dry/wet sand and have no doubt it will perform equally as well there.

A couple of tips for you if you do go with the LS-------tone down the earphone volume some by putting in a rubber barrier or two in each earpiece. The signals can be overpowering in volume and have turned some people away from the LS before they were able to understand the signals.Also if water hunting is your "bag" ( Of course you did say that!!!) get the waterproof earphones.

Garrett has an excellent reputation for fine products and prompt service and I've owned their water machines over 25 years with no problems that weren't able to be quickly and easily resolved.

A study of the Garrett Infinium Prospecting Forum will provide you with any answers you may not find in this forum.

GL&HH Friend,

Cupajo

 

[Bill of Duluth]

Cupajo,

Thanks for your input. It was very helpful.

GL&HH 2 YOU 2,

Bill