Infinium As A Relic Machine.......:hot:

[John-Edmonton]

I just got off the phone talking with the folks at Garrett, and they were telling me about a group of relic hunters from Virginia, who strictly use the Infinium and listen for those deep barely audible repeating sounds. Those are the ones they like to dig. Apparently they are having some great success with finds this way. The soil has a lot of that red clay which is quite high in iron, and the Infinium works well in this highly mineralized soil. The large mono coil seems to be their favorite here. One fellow dug ( he actually measured it) a pop top at 27 inches. And after personally using the Infinium for a number of years.....I believe him too

 

[Lake Hunter]

I can't believe the depth this coil is capable of......................

 

[Gord (Tecumseh)]

John
Hopefully by the end of October, I'll be able to confirm your conversation with first hand experience. In the meantime, I need to learn how to use my new Infinium as well as possible. The relic hunters you refer to use three PI machines, the Infinium, the TDI and the Minelab GPX 4500. Apparently some guys have tons of money to spend on a detector for 6 to 9 days of detecting a year.

 

[bearkat4160]

Oh yeh its actually a kick but relic machine. Georgia has the same red clay dirt that covers all of the Civil War battle areas in that state. The Infinium is awesome in that stuff, and deeper than my 2500 was in those relic hunts.

My fave coil is the big mono also for relics. When I go back there from Oregon, it is the machine I take back for the Christmas visit...for the relics and the nuggets.

Alan

 

[Va Dave]

Was hitting these sites with the MXT and its superb tracking ability in the tough Ironized ground, but the LS deep seeks way past VLF capabilities.

 

[metalhead]

 

[ringfinder]

his detector the end of Saturday and all day Sunday. Of course it rained Sunday, but I had no problems with his Infinium because I had it hip-mounted,

I dug 2 or 3, 3 ringers, 2 triangles and a button the first hour I used this detector. I found that if you listed for the really weak signals and dig them, you will
be in for a very happy surprise. Make sure that the signal is repeatable north and south, east and west. When you dig the hole and recheck the signal, you will get a really high pitch sound, that means there is something good in that hole.

I bought this detector and used it at DIV 14, but had some problems with it. It rained and I was using the detector on the rod instead of hip-mounting it. For some reason it went nuts. Go figure, it's a water detector and rain affected it. The next day after it stopped raining and the detector had dried out, it worked just fine again. A lot of people had trouble with the Infiniums that weekend. Many of us sent our detectors back to Garrett and they completely went through them and replaced almost everything on them at no cost.

Hope some of my answers make since, good luck in October.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[David]

Yes the Infinium LS has lots of depth(like the new TDI Pro) with the 10x14" Mono and great bad-high mineralization ground handling, but poor discrimination(& no TID) is the disadvantage as a trade-off...

John-Edmonton, Lake Hunter, metalhead, or anyone, how much more depth approximately does the 10x14" Mono have over the 10x14" DD ??

 

[bearkat4160]

About one inch unless your in insane hot ground then the DD will pull ahead.

Alan

 

[David]

I see, one inch is not too much advantage for the Mono, but one other advantage of Mono coils over DD coils is Mono's also are more sensitive to smaller gold than DD's.

But the DD's have more scanning width and handle insane hot ground better.

 

[bearkat4160]

Yes the monos are more sensitive...I did get about 2 inch depth imrovement with the monos in semi hot to mild ground than the DD's in Ga. on a couple hunts. But here in Oregon it is hotter ground and the mono just barely beating the DD. The 8 inch mono is my primary nugget coil and the 10x14 mono is my main relic coil when back in the South. The big DD comes out sometimes in the hot desert like AZ and CA.

Alan