PI for relics ?

[jbow]

I mostly hunt relics. I have a Tejon, a T2, a SovereignGT, SE, and E-TRAC. Lately the ET has been my "go to" machine but the others have their place according to where I am hunting and what I am hunting for. There are some places around here, NW GA, where I think a PI machine might be good. One place I have permission to hunt I get nothing but I know there are targets there because of the location. The ground is almost completely RR cinders. I buried three coins at about 7" and all three completely disappeared to all my machines. Will a PI machine open up a site like this?

My question is whether there is enough difference between the Infinium and the TDI to justify the price difference. I am thinking I can probably get a used iInfinium for around 800 bucks but the TDI would prbably be more, if I could find a used one at all. Then there is the rumored PI machine that is suppossed to be coming out later this year. Not sure if I should wait or jump. I hear good things about the one on the horizon.

Any thoughts?

Julien

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hi julien. white's has a pi machine, it's pricey [ i think around 1400 bucks ] but it's supposed to be one heckuva machine. i've heard good things about the pi machines - like how they go deeper than typical machines and how they keep finding coins and relics on hunted to death ground. it might be worth looking into. good luck, and hh!

 

[forrestgump]

Conventional wisdom is that PIs are generally deeper machines but do not discriminate as well as conventional VLFs.

The ideal relic detector would be a PI with excellent iron reject abilities. We're not there yet, at least from my perspective.

I'd try and borrow a PI detector and see how it works on your sites. Maybe a dealer would let you try before you buy. Good luck.