metal detector electronic technology

[Boog]

Was talkin to an ol' friend the other day, i'm kinda ol' too, had round 30 + detectors since around 75, he was all fired up bout how crummy the advances have NOT been in electronics in our beepin machines, well think on it, he's right, we got moon walks, space travel, robot operations, digital cameras, i pods, touch screen phones that do everything, cars that park theirself, and your computer is obsoleted about every 3 mo. or less, it goes on and on=RIGHT=, but detectors from the $89 models up to around $1300. still can't tell the difference between gold, jewelry, or junk, between pulltabs and nickles,or how deep it is, so i guess that metal detectors are more difficult for these unemployed engineers to figure out than a space shuttle, the companies every year come out with new pretty decals and colors, new fancy logos, new advertising, replace knobs with touch pads, but they still can't discriminate these highly complex items that we find on their LCD screen, seems as tho someone is dragging their feet, they could be dragging their Brinks truck to the bank if they worked at it a little more it seems, just think on it a little, when you spend your

$ to get a detector that will detect 2 or 3 in deeper than they did back in 1978, 0r 1968, yeah we have seen a lot of progress in the electronics field, but I like many of you have 4 detectors i like very well, each does it's thing, even tho they should do their things much more advanced in the way they do now. But I will still detect, and probably get sucked into some hype like many of you also, as i do love to detect, and dig my unknown objects, YEAaaaaa, long live detecting, i'm not bitter just kinda stating the facts, now don't get a hump in yer back and all puffy lipped, just think about it a bit



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[ivan salis]

if someone made a cheap but powerful easy to use machine that can sort it all out --great you'll sell em like hot cakes for a couple years then all the goodies will be found in short order --- then guess what --- you've put yourself outta bussiness since there will be little worth while stuff left to find (so why bother to buy a machine?)--- Ivan

 

[Boog]

Don't think so, they'd just keep makin em better n better, just like cell phones, and computers, and surgery, and space shuttles, they'd just keep gettin better, but they don't wanna do that, easier to advertise what they spose to do, change decals, colors, and prices, and i do like my purty detectors, use em all the time, just grin and digit, and think ,,what if , take couple years to find everthing, coverin a 8in. swath, but i do find a few things that are goodies, even tho i am not an electronic wizard swinging detectorist, good exersize, swingit an digit, HH keep a diggin

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Higher tech would take detecting out of the price range of most hunters, so the 'tector companies know what they're doing.

 

[Boog]

Didn' bother the cell phone folks much, seems like they got cheaper and do more, but the 60 in TV';s did get more costly,than they was bout 30 yr ago, , I'm just kinda wonderin, but in a span of 40 yr or so, the advances have been a little slow in coming around, nother 40-50 yr they be all caught up with cell phone technolgy they got in 2007.
Well too windy and cold for detectin today, bout 25 degrees and got a 57 mph wind, so i guess i'll just sit around inside for today mebbe watch football, Happy hunting

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Everyone has a cell phone, very few have detectors.

 

[Boog]

But most run on electronic technoligy 8)
Merry Christmas and have a good holiday season

 

[bakergeol]

We are still using the same technology- VLF. We are probably at the end of the road for what we can do with this level of technology. You can tweak new machines but giant leaps haven't occurred. If the demand for detectors equaled that of ipods- yes research and development money would be available for detector advancement.

We have to wait and see if the new PI technology will move the bar.


George

 

[diggerfororo]

I am not an electronics genius but I have worked in this field for over 40 years. (retired) I have watched the technology advance from tubes to chips and we still have the same problem with detectors. If you want super depth than you will have to give up descrimination and dig everything. If you want to descriminate out the trash than you will give up some depth. The ability of a detector to classify targets has about reached it limits(in my opinion) With the filtering systems that are used in todays machines I think that they have done about all they can do. Unlike a computer or a cell phone, the signal that your unit gets from a target has to many varabiles to deal with to be more accurate. If you understand how your disc. works you know what I mean. I enjoy this hobby more than ever, and I have 40+ years diggin. All I can say is don't worry about what is to come but do your best today. Happy holidays and keep on diggin.

Les

 

[warsawdaddy]

Has everyone read this(kinda dated,but interesting).Checkout his home page also.

http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/metaldetecting.html

 

[Boog]

I was just kinda rememberin when i would be walkin along with my oldest brother back in 1953, and he would detect with his ol' chest mounted thing, and had the same problems that we have now,(and he sure enjoyed findin an old silver coin or sometimes an old relic, just like we do, he's gone now, but he got me started) the whole thing was brought to mind just the other day when i was talkin to n ol timer that had been detectin and werkin on m for a long time, he said things was sorta stalled out, just thought i'd mention it, i don't know electronics, at all, just enough to detect and dig coins n relics and such, i'm an artist, but sure do enjoy detectin, ALL KINDS, with whatever HH