Garrett infinium in salty water vs Minelab Excl

[Mracquis]

Hi!

I got tired of my beloved excalibur and want to try something new, preferably a PI detector.

been researching the garrett infinium for some time and see many mixed reviews of it.

if anyone here can compare the DEPTH of infinium to depth of excalibur for gold rings, please give me your opinion.

is garrett infinium a big leap forward compared to excalibur (given the excalibur is properly used!) ?

are there any other PI detectors for salty water I should consider?

greetings and thanks

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

Owned both........Apple and oranges here.....pi,s have no discriminating........and you must add more hunt time because you will dig lots of junk with any pi......depends on your beach......what are the other hunters using????.......The excal can hunt both wet and dry sand.....the pi cannot.......I personally gave up on pi.s because I don't have the time for them.

 

[Overvoltage]

Rob, you said "The excal can hunt both wet and dry sand.....the pi cannot......." that is definitely not true. I have used my Infinium with good success on both wet and dry sand as well as relic hunting and park hunting. Granted the park has to be fairly clean of can slaw like big soccer fields.

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

It depends on the beach...... there is so much trash on the dry sand a pl would be insane ....but yes lt could be done

 

[WaterWalker]

In side-by-side testing of natural finds (in New England's shallow salt water hunts) my Infinium has shown to out performed the Excalibur.

Every detector has it strong points and they will depend on location, environmental conditions and the user's expertise with the detector.

Depth can be elusive to determine as so many variables have an effect on a detector. I.e. the mineralization, RF interference, battery condition, detector "tuning", swing speed, height of coil over the target, target orientation ... on and on. Try and barrow an Infinium, and do your own side-by-side testing...Then YOU will know for sure which detector is best for your detecting hunts.

I have 1000s of hours with the Infinium and do not regret one second of them. I now have some 500 hours of detecting with the ATX, and there is only one beach that comes to mind, here in New England, that I would go back to using the Infinium...and that is because of the 8 inch mono coil on the Infinium compared to the stock 10x12 DD coil on the ATX. The smaller coil is easier to use among the rocks and is not affected by the ocean's surge as much during the winter months. The ATX has offers more control over its operation than the Infinium does. I believe I am finding smaller and deeper targets with the ATX because of its controllable features the Infinium offers. And when compared to the Excalibur, the ATX is a pi and is not effected by high mineralization that can be detrimental to detector's performance. All this being said, I love the Iron Mask my 2 Excaliburs have. If the Iron Mask could only be incorporated into a PI detector!

I hope this helps...best point is to try (as and where you will be doing most of your detecting) before you buy, if you can.

 

[Dancer]

Mud hunting, After cleaning out a area that has promise, I bring in the big boy, [Infinium] Be surprised what was left. But the area needs hunted out first.
It's a tool that works.