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Sea hunter 2 vs. Infinium
- Thread starter landman
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bearkat4160
New member
n/t
Yes....The Infinium ( go figure, it costs more) is better for water hunting. It must be ground balanced for better depth and sensitivity. Instead of just a mono tone on signals, the Infinium gives off a High-Low signal for gold and iron, Low High for copper, silver and iron. The Infinium also has an iron check to help identify it as such. So.....the Infinium does have some discrimination capabilities. However, it is a PI and will sound off on all targets. You can't discriminate iron out like you can a single frequency machine.
Now, there is a learning curve with the Infinium. It is a highly technical piece of equipment. If you have limited experience with a single frequency detector, the Infinium will frustrate you. Some have given up on it in the past. However, some have learned it well, and have found incredible amounts of gold nuggets, gold rings, coins, relics etc. It is probably one of if not THE deepest metal detectors available on the market today. Now don't get me wrong...the Sea Hunter is one deep machine too. It will really do well in salt and high mineralized soil/sand exists. If you use either machines in either the deeper water (where junk targets are less) or hunted out beaches, you will find some nice surprises. Both detectors tend to make a person dig more iffy targets also, but the rewards are waiting for you.
Good luck with your quest! I know Garrett has great customer service and will look after you with any of their products!
Now, there is a learning curve with the Infinium. It is a highly technical piece of equipment. If you have limited experience with a single frequency detector, the Infinium will frustrate you. Some have given up on it in the past. However, some have learned it well, and have found incredible amounts of gold nuggets, gold rings, coins, relics etc. It is probably one of if not THE deepest metal detectors available on the market today. Now don't get me wrong...the Sea Hunter is one deep machine too. It will really do well in salt and high mineralized soil/sand exists. If you use either machines in either the deeper water (where junk targets are less) or hunted out beaches, you will find some nice surprises. Both detectors tend to make a person dig more iffy targets also, but the rewards are waiting for you.
Good luck with your quest! I know Garrett has great customer service and will look after you with any of their products!
landman
Member
I'm no junior to the water scene and thank you John for chiming in. What I don't understand is this ground balance thing and PI's. The say mineralization hardly affects a PI yet I hear how you need to ground balance them IF the feature appears on the unit. Have any thoughts on this? So I gather the Infinium has ground manual only ground balance?
Leslie(nova scotia)
Well-known member
From the land ofthe Bluenose.....one thing I miss is my old Seahunter XL500. Find the Mk2 a very noisy machine in the salt water but in the fresh water pretty stable. As for discrimination in the water............who needs it just dig it all. Remove the junk that is no good or worse harmful. Just me take on it me bouy!
I forgot to mention, that along with the ground balance, you also have to pick a stable operating frequency on the Infinium to remove the electronic interference from power lines, both in and above the ground. This isn't really an issue in isolated areas, but can be operating near built up cities.
Manual ground balance a necessity? You bet.....the Infinium is such a fine tuned machine that to get the advantage of it's depth capabilities, you need to get the right operating frequency and a nice properly ground balanced detector. The Infinium was designed to find gold in some of the highest, mineralized places in the world such as Italy and Australia. Now the Sea Hunter is more of a turn on and go like a lot of other PI's. That's why I mentioned that the Infinium is frustrating to some. It operates much different then a VLF and Standard PI. I have owned and used both. I eventually upgraded to the Infinium and have done quite well with it. But the Sea Hunter was no slouch either. Either used in the proper environment will do well. Experienced hunters know where these places are likely to be. Newbies don't so they end up going to parks and busy beaches where the buried junk is endfless......enough to turn even a well seasoned hunter off.
Hope this helps......
Manual ground balance a necessity? You bet.....the Infinium is such a fine tuned machine that to get the advantage of it's depth capabilities, you need to get the right operating frequency and a nice properly ground balanced detector. The Infinium was designed to find gold in some of the highest, mineralized places in the world such as Italy and Australia. Now the Sea Hunter is more of a turn on and go like a lot of other PI's. That's why I mentioned that the Infinium is frustrating to some. It operates much different then a VLF and Standard PI. I have owned and used both. I eventually upgraded to the Infinium and have done quite well with it. But the Sea Hunter was no slouch either. Either used in the proper environment will do well. Experienced hunters know where these places are likely to be. Newbies don't so they end up going to parks and busy beaches where the buried junk is endfless......enough to turn even a well seasoned hunter off.
Hope this helps......
Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah I tested it in some of those areas to find out how to get turned off. 
Bill
Bill
IF any one is looking for a infinium LS just let me know,mine has all ready drove me nuts,IM looking for a excal,easyer to learn,you dont get the depth
with the excal like you do with the LS but you dig so much pull tabs,I wish the GARRETT infinium had the same tone ID as the excal and the pin point,BOY you would have a nice go getter!!
I found a small 14k ring about 9 inches,I could not belive it !!!!!WELL thats my two cents!!!IF you want the depth go LS!!!!!:
with the excal like you do with the LS but you dig so much pull tabs,I wish the GARRETT infinium had the same tone ID as the excal and the pin point,BOY you would have a nice go getter!!
I found a small 14k ring about 9 inches,I could not belive it !!!!!WELL thats my two cents!!!IF you want the depth go LS!!!!!: