JW Fishers Pulse 8X

[PgGuy]

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this MD? I'm planning to buy this spring and live in the center of BC. Nearest MD dealer is in Williams Lake, about a 3 1/2 hour drive one way so I'm looking to buy online and hoping to keep it around $1000 mark. Only looking to shoot for nuggets in the Barkerville area. With what I've been reading, I'm thinking that a pulse induction may be the best way to go in this area. Any thoughts on that anyone?

Ray

 

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[Chris in BC]

Hi Ray, I have had nothing but trouble with the limited machines I have tried to use and seen used in BC, I have talked with Steve Hershbach from Alaska mining supply at length. I find him to be the most knowledgeable when it comes to similar conditions as in BC. He is very fair in his judgments and only critical with reason, truly diplomatic when it comes to gauging machines.
I came to the conclusion that a PI machine was the way to go as well and decided on the Garrett Infinium, still haven't pulled the trigger and bought it yet, but thats the one for me. Good Luck in your quest, Chris

 

[PgGuy]

Fishers Pulse 8X is a sensitive pulse induction metal detector. It is waterproof to 200 ft and is used by military, law enforcement, commercial, and salvage divers world wide. It is in my price range which really helps too 8^)

Ray

 

[PgGuy]

PI detectors

I found this info on another forum .

Saw your request for information about the gold PI detectors and the answers that you received.
First of all, I was involved with the development of the Garrett Infinium LS by working in conjunction with the Garrett Engineers and field testing in Australia.
The first point that should be taken into account, is that a standard pulse induction detector that is designed for beach work and not gold detecting will not really have a great success in the highly mineralised soils of the goldfields.
When we started testing, we looked at the beach type pulse induction detectors and looked at the capabilities of these units. Using a 5.3 gram nugget, these units would detect it on the surface of the mineralised soil, but by placing this nugget at 40mm (just under 2") they were unable to detect this nugget through the iron mineralisation soil.
Beach PI's are designed for the salt mineralisation where a gold PI is designed for the ironstone affected soil, but will equally work well at the beach.
So due to this, if working in medium to high mineralisation soils, you will need a PI that has ground cancelling capabilities. At this stage, there are only two brands of PI detectors that fit this requirement and that is the Garrett Infinium LS and the Minelab SD/GP units.
Now if you are looking at working in the water, the Garrett Infinium LS is definetely the way to go as it is fully waterproof down to a depth of 200 feet whereas the coils supplied on the Minelab units are not even waterproof so you would have to go for an after market coil that could be submerged in the water.
If you were only looking at land detecting, then I would look at both brands of detectors.
The Infinium LS and rhe Minelab SD2200D basically have the same depth capabilities wheras the GP series tend to have more sensitivity to very small nuggets, but still not as small as a VLF gold detector will have. VLF detectors will always have better response to small gold than PI detectors and I have seen gold that PI's wont pick up, but a good VLF gold detector will.
I like what the Garrett Infinium has to offer and it is also very well priced. The two types of discrimination work well on the Infinium, especially when they are used in conjuction with each other and also they work at depth wheras the SD/GP discrimination is only surface discrimination and on larger targets only.
So there you have it. I would still take the VLF unit with you and in regards to a PI, this decission will have to be made by you.
Hoping you have a great New Year.
Regards,
Phil

It has answered a lot of questions I had and maybe saved me from buying the wrong detector!

Ray

 

[PgGuy]

Whites GMT & Fisher Gold Bug 2

I have my sight on a Whites GMT and a Fishers Gold Bug 2. Which ever one I can get for under $1000 Cdn. will be my first MD. I haven't seen any deals on a Garrett Infinium or I might give that a try. Minelab is well out of reach. Maybe that will be my second machine.

Ray

 

[PgGuy]

Minelab xt18000

I bought a Minelab xt18000 :twisted:

Ray

 

[wayne]

chris - did steve hershback have any observations about a whites gm/vsat? i'm hoping to hear wsomething that would give me a clue as to why i keep missing the nuggets - i'm not satisfied with the answer that the detector head hasn't got over a nugget yet. wayne

 

[Chris in BC]

Hi Wayne, not much help here, I have never heard anything about the V-sat detectors, Steve does use the MXT and took a beauty 6+ oz nugget out of Ganes, might wanna try this link and search around, http://www.akmining.com/mine/detgold.htm
Chris

 

[wayne]

thanks chris - i'll try this site and see what i can find. (wish i had a mxt)wayne