Advice on garrett Infinium

[Waterdog]

With the hot weather around the corner I am getting ready to go out in the water looking for the goodies once again. I have been using a Minelab Excalibur for about many years and Now I am thinking along the lines of a Garrett Infinium to get a little deeper. I would like to hear from others that have had any experience with the Garrett Infinium and what to look for in this machine. Thank you for your input Chris

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Check with John-Edmonton he's the magician of that machine.

 

[John-Edmonton]

The Infinium is deep....probably the deepest PI available in a water proof box. I ONLY use mine in the deep water or on hunted out beaches. It is unique....you have to ground balance the animal and pick a stable operating frequency. High-low sounds = gold, aluminum & iron. Low-High signals = copper, silver and iron. The Infinium also has an iron check. There are other little tricks about this machine too. It has a learning curve to it, and if you are new to metal detecting (which you are not) don't buy one, as it will confuse you. Below is a photo of my Infinium rings from last year + a small small slide show....allow some time for the slide show to download.

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[clifbuster]

The Infinium is a good unit,but you need to put time on it as it does have a learning curve, and as you can see John is the Infinium man. good luck to ya.

 

[Uncle Willy]

As John states the INfinium is and animal of a different color with a pretty steep learning curve but it is about the deepest seeker out there and waterproof down to 200 feet.

Bill

 

[Ivan]

........at the wrong machine. I know of a fellow up here in the Seattle area pulling gold rings out of heavy black marbled salty sand. He used to own the Minelab Excalibur but switched to the Garrett Sea Master 2....and has never looked back.It is lighter and easier to use. He claims that in most areas that he's hunted.... it delivers twice the depth of his Excalibur. To avoid digging deep junk targets he digs down , puts the coil in the hole and then switches to " discreet trash elimination" and has been getting fabulous results. We enjoyed a coffee at McDonalds, at noon and he had 3 old silver coins and 4 gold rings by then. I was there with two others ( MXT, DFX, Excalibur) and all we found were shallow recent coins. Take a good look at this Garrett machine it is excellent......... but not promoted well in advertising. Keep us posted on your exploits.

 

[bearkat4160]

Either one is good. I had a Mark II and loved it. I believe Infinium will be even deeper.

 

[Trocar]

Since I understand it's a PI machine I would think it would handle bad ground fairly well. Am I correct?
Thanks a Million!

 

[scubadetector]

I have looked into this maching a small bit and have one question. Anyone using it in fresh water lakes and if so how does it perform being a PI? I was always told a PI would be NO GOOD in fresh water because of all the trash. BUT with the tones that the CZ-20 has it seems like it would be the same?

 

[Trocar]

n/t

 

[John-Edmonton]

As with all PI's, it will pick up everything if you want depth, so unless there are few targets, it is not a great machine for land. The Infinium is better. It will give a Low-high signal on silver, copper and some iron. It also has an iron check.

 

[John-Edmonton]

The Infinium works great in fresh water. Yes, there is more junk, so hunt in the deeper water where there is less junk and hunt hunted out beaches, where others have removed most of the junk and left the deep coins & rings for you.

 

[scubadetector]

Can somebody please explain the learning curve a bit more? I am still a bit lost but I am thinking of this machine or the excabular 1000. I do like to hipmount my machine though. Does the Infinium have a threshold tone?