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I've been detecting about 10 yrs. and I'm thinking of buying a pulse detector and the Infinium caught my attention because of the two tone ID.My time at the beach is limited so I don't want to dig coins. Is this PI unit the way to go for me? If so I read the mono coil would be better for smaller gold items, should I get a mono coil? One last question, is the depth about the same mono vs. DD. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Moe.
 
Moe,
Have used one for several months (although the last few have been minimal due to the grip of winter here) and did the field test report on it for Lost Treasure which will be out in a month or so. Here are a few comments that might help you:
1) Currently, neither of the 2 optional coils are yet available - only the larger DD coil that comes with the unit. The factory does not yet have a date for release but are working on the coils.
2) The 2-tone ID system works seperate from the DISC control. You can leave the DISC control set at 'O' and use the sound to differentitiate targets you detect.
3) The response due to the 2-tone audio to a target is a bit different than other PI units and takes some getting used to. A good trick to pinpoint targets is to keep the coil wiggling over the target once you detect it so that the machine does not try to redo the two tone signal - otherwise it gets a bit confusing.
4) Believe it or not, there is another trick that we came up with during testing that allows me to identify many targets before digging them. Sounds suspect that you can target ID items with a PI; however, I had the factory test the practice and it worked for them as well. The details will be in the on-line version of the field test (http://www.losttreasure.com).
If you have any other questions on the detector, feel free to E-mail me and I will get you an answer. One thing you did not mention was where you were planning on hunting; i.e., fresh or salt water. That may make a difference in where you hunt.
Andy Sabisch
 
Hi Andy,
I have been having great success with my Infinium. I took it to Hawaii ecently and did well... see the link below. The last thing I did to prepare for my trip was buy and read your book "Advanced Water Working Techniques" Great info. Thanks!
I've read the online Infinium report you did and I am not seeing the tip you mention. I would very much like to hear what it is.
I've had reasonable success with the dual-tone id system. I've found that items zinc penny and below are hi-lo tone, and copper penny and above are lo-hi tone. Since we are talking PI nails fall into the top lo-hi range.
What this means is that in relatively iron free locales one can dig lo-hi tones and get all silver coins and copper coins. You lose nickels and zinc pennies (no loss there!). If there is a lot of iron trash you are in trouble, however.
For gold range items you dig hi-lo and get gold nuggets, gold jewelry, nickels, zincs, plus wire, pull tabs, small wire-like nails, foil, and other low conductive trash.
This may seem like a rudimentary system for people used to VLF detectors but for a PI unit it is as good as it gets so far. I've found the dual-tone so useful that I do not employ the reverse disc myself, but if the reverse disc is used even more info can be gleaned about some trash targets.
One tip I got about the reverse disc is that as it is varied it causes the dualtone separation point to vary slightly. This can possibly be used to identify items that fall right in the zinc penny/copper penny range. Some items will go hi-lo tone with the disc control at one extreme and lo-hi with it at the other extreme. In other words, the item is borderline zinc/copper. But I have not explored this property in actual use yet to see how much variation there is.
So far I've found gold nuggets with the Infinium, gold and platinum surf detecting, and some old coins at extreme depths coin detecting. The Infinium is killer on nickels! So for me at least the Infinium has truly lived up to it's billing as a multi-use PI detector.
On the flip side I would caution VLF users that it is not the machine for everyone. I'd say it's more a unit for serious detectorists looking to fill in niches their that a VLF unit might lack in.
Steve Herschbach
P.S. Those optional coils are very close to being reality!
 
Here's a link to Andy's new site, one of the best kept secrets, since he's never promoted it. <IMG SRC="/forums/images/smile.gif" BORDER=0 ALT=":)">
 
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