No videos for Eric Foster detectors?

[NickF]

Hi All,

I was checking the web site http://www.surfscanner.com/Surfscan3/EFoster.html and are many statements in there about the quality of Eric's detectors.

I would like very much to see some video demonstrations, similar (or better) to the reviews of Norfork Wolf. Some air tests, with small gold nuggets, silver coins, copper coins, rusty iron, and maybe some defined targets with known TC (0.5sq inch, 1sq inch of aluminium foil for example)
There are many people watching the videos and I consider it would be good advertising for a good product, showing the sensitivity, recovery speed, discrimination, etc.

If there are some people out there who own Goldquest detectors (distributors included) and they have a videocamera, maybe somebody will do a test and upload a video on YouTube.

Regards,
Nicolae

 

[therover]

Nick,

I have a Goldquest and my be able to bring the video camera with me. The main problem I see is getting the sound onto the video. Since the detector does not have a speaker, I would need to first hunt until I found a target, and then take the head phones off and bring them close to the camera so the sound can be heard. I have to look at my camera as it may have a mic jakc where I can hook a mike up to it and run it into the headphones.

Also, I have found that you need to swing the coil at all angles over the target and lots of times shallow nails and iron give a double hit. I would then try to get that same sound on the video and hopefully it would sound the same as in the headphones.

I have found that using really good headphones on the Goldquest, that I am beginning to hear the subtle differences in good versus bad (iron) targets. Rounder objects and lower conductive targets like pull tabs, aluminum, wads of foil, sound a lot better than rusty washers, bits of iron. Not sure if those differences would be heard on the video.

Going to try at some point...just want you to know it may not be exactly what you hear in the headphones.

JC

 

[ToniSteve]

Hello,
You can buy a small Lavalier mic that you can actually put in you head phone. Audio Technica makes one that is relatively cheap and it will plug into most camcorders. The model number is ATR 35s. Go to Amazon and type in "lavalier" it will be one of the first mics. The actual microphone is tiny enough to slip into the headphone with your ear. It is battery operated. Make sure you have a mic jack on your camcorder. These are quality recording mics believe it or not!

Kind Regards,
Steve