Infinum vs Excacaber

[sandsifter]

How do these two match up in the surf and water?

 

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[therover]

Sandsifter,

There is lots of info about these 2 detectors on the forum. The bottom line is, the Infinium is a PI detector and has very little, if any, discrimination. It will go deep, but will find small bits of iron, steel, etc.

The Excal is a disriminating detector, and can be run with very little discrimination which will have the detector null out on iron only, or you can turn the discriminating up. It is a multi tone detector and after using it awhile, you can distinguish between the lower conductive targets ( lower tones ) to the higher conductive targets ( higher pitched tones).

Both are water proof, but the Infinium may go a bit deeper and is more sensitive to gold.

If you are in an area with a lot of iron trash, steel screws, etc., your better off with the Excal.

If you will be hunting in the water at least 80 percent of the time, where there is less trash, the Infinium may be the way to go.

JC

 

[Sandman]

As was said by Theover, both are super detectors and have their uses pro and con.

For ocean beaches in the water and dry sand where targets can be real deep I would lean toward the Infinium LS with its 10" X 14" DD coil it is very deep. You do get a High-Low tone and a Low-High tone. A low conductive target such as gold jewelry, nickels, pull tabs, bullets and smaller gold nuggets will produce a high tone followed by a low tone as the coil passes over it. A high conductive target such as pennies, clad & silver coins, brass artifacts and large gold nuggets will produce a low tone followed by a high tone. Due to the way PI-detectors react to iron, a low-high tone will be received when iron is detected. So you can at least tell when a hairpin is found and don't have to dig it like when using a PI Pro.

I have never used the Infinium in fresh water but have used the PI Pro and can't stand all the iron targets, but an Excal is almost as deep and with better disc.

If I was a young dude again I would go with the Infinium LS like John does in the Garrett forum.