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Infinium vs Excal II
- Thread starter John(Tx)
- Start date
Hey John,
I have an older Evcal and an Infinium that has paid for itself.
The Excal is reserved for on the beach wet and dry sand.
The Infinium is much too sensitive to signal interference from any kind of radio frequencies for ease of use at many of the beaches in this country.
I found that I had to twiddle with the frequency adjust regularly and play with the ground balance and still could expect false signals as a part of the machines operation.
After I learned to understand what it was telling me I did well with it, but I got tired of the chatter and the messing around with the controls and changed over to the White's Dual Field!
It has already paid for itself and I am enjoying using it.
It Auto Ground Balances and is light and has a long battery life,
I find targets often deeper than I want to dig.
It is somewhat sensitive to electrical/radio frequency interference, but I have been able to continue hunting anyway.
I'm still learning the machine, but am pleased with it so far!
CJ
I have an older Evcal and an Infinium that has paid for itself.
The Excal is reserved for on the beach wet and dry sand.
The Infinium is much too sensitive to signal interference from any kind of radio frequencies for ease of use at many of the beaches in this country.
I found that I had to twiddle with the frequency adjust regularly and play with the ground balance and still could expect false signals as a part of the machines operation.
After I learned to understand what it was telling me I did well with it, but I got tired of the chatter and the messing around with the controls and changed over to the White's Dual Field!
It has already paid for itself and I am enjoying using it.
It Auto Ground Balances and is light and has a long battery life,
I find targets often deeper than I want to dig.
It is somewhat sensitive to electrical/radio frequency interference, but I have been able to continue hunting anyway.
I'm still learning the machine, but am pleased with it so far!
CJ
Excal is probably the easiest "set it and go" detector. But your not exactly comparing apples to apples here. The Excal is a discriminating Broad Band Spectrum(17 different frequencies) detector whereas the Infinium is a Pulse Induction machine. Each has its pros and cons, such as the PI machines are very deep and they operate better in environments with a lot of black sand. The down side is that they do not discriminate between iron and gold so you do a lot more digging. The Excal's technology is not as deep as the PI machine but it discriminates out iron as you look for wanted metals. There is a lot more to it really and I suggest looking up a little info on both detectors and the technologies that make them what they are. Another good way to answer your questions is to call one of the dealers who advertise on this site (Joe Demarco, Richard @ backwoods, or Kellyco Etc.. and pick their brains) Don't think of them so much as one better than another but more like different tools in a tool chest, each of which is better for one job over another.
JOHNMARKHAM
New member
the excalibur 2 ..you wont be dissapointed..
good luck
hh
john
good luck
hh
john
bearkat4160
New member
Get Garrett Sea Hunter Mark II. It will go deeper than the Excal and it isnt as prone to interfernece like the Infinium. The Infinium was designed for gold prospecting which means its hyper sensitive compared to other beach PI's, hence the reason its noisy at the beach in urban areas.
Absolutely not so, if the Infinium LS was hyper sensitive then there would be more users with real gold nuggets 0.1 gram and below and less complaining about it not being sensitive enough.
When using an Infinium LS at an ocean beach its not the salt water or beach sand that makes it noisy and give it an unsteady threshold base tone its the inability to shield it from external electrical interferences.
It can easily be set up for beach hunting with 0 (zero) discrimination its nearly the same procedure as setting it up for gold prospecting, but you can not dial out external interferences.
Period.
ivanll
When using an Infinium LS at an ocean beach its not the salt water or beach sand that makes it noisy and give it an unsteady threshold base tone its the inability to shield it from external electrical interferences.
It can easily be set up for beach hunting with 0 (zero) discrimination its nearly the same procedure as setting it up for gold prospecting, but you can not dial out external interferences.
Period.
ivanll
"How do these two machines compare to each other? Which one would be easier to use, want it strictly for salt water use. Thanks for any info. HH"
Of the two mentioned detectors.
Excal II is easier to use in and around ocean salt water.
Detecting for gold at a dried out salt lake is a different scenario, there the Infinium LS is the easier machine to use.
Of the two mentioned detectors.
Excal II is easier to use in and around ocean salt water.
Detecting for gold at a dried out salt lake is a different scenario, there the Infinium LS is the easier machine to use.
