jamesbibb
Bronze Member
purchased a new Infinium from Don at N Ga Relics. Seems like a neat machine. Here are my thoughts after completing my testing.
First off the stock headphones are crap. Cut the end and solder on a female jack. I have a set of GG Ultimates with a limiter and you can hear the whispers great without losing your hearing on large targets. So figure out the headphone situation if you havent already. You will miss targets with the stock ones especially if it is windy or noisy. 2nd the s shaft sucks! It wobbles and feels like it is going to fall apart. I have an Anderson Shaft that is AWESOME! Get a straight shaft form somewhere. 3rd GO VERY SLOW!!! The slower you go the deeper you can hear so remember other wise it is no good to swing a PI machine.
Feild testing- About 5 years ago I made a test garden in my yard after clearing it free of all unwanted targets. I planted different targets at varing depths so after a year or so my markers were gone and half the target I couldnt hear at all with my DFX in any program or coil. Just becasue I placed them deep in the red clay. My soil type is similar to Culpeper yet not quite as hot.
To make it short the infinium sniffed out every target I had planted and even about 10 more targets that the dfx couldnt even hear when I initially cleared it out.
While this may not mean much to you think about it this way. The Infinium found twice as many good targets in that patch as the dfx! That to me spells results. ANd further more when you get the VLF in that true Hot dirt you will lose depth as well. So overall I am impressed with its capabilities. It is a major adjustment from swinging a VLF however! JMO
Targets recovered in hot soil test Garden
DFX-
2 Wheaties 4" & 6"
3 ringer at 6'+
Flat buttons 6-7"
Infinium
2 Wheaties 8 & 10"
2 silver dimes 8 & 10"
2 Flat Buttons 8 & 10"
Large Censt at 12 & 14"
2- 3 ringers at 8-10"
About 10 more ferrrous and non Ferrous targets that the DFX did not identify.
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS, AN ETRAC WILL NOT HANDLE THE HOT SOIL IN A MANNER AS IF IT MAY OUTPERFORM A DFX OR OTHER PROVEN VLF MACHINE. SUCH AS AN MXT, V3I, F75, T2 OR A X5.
Now I love the DFX and will never stop using it mainly becasue in most areas around here targets dont find there way that deep. But in some places they do and you can bet the infinium will be there to sniff them out
First off the stock headphones are crap. Cut the end and solder on a female jack. I have a set of GG Ultimates with a limiter and you can hear the whispers great without losing your hearing on large targets. So figure out the headphone situation if you havent already. You will miss targets with the stock ones especially if it is windy or noisy. 2nd the s shaft sucks! It wobbles and feels like it is going to fall apart. I have an Anderson Shaft that is AWESOME! Get a straight shaft form somewhere. 3rd GO VERY SLOW!!! The slower you go the deeper you can hear so remember other wise it is no good to swing a PI machine.
Feild testing- About 5 years ago I made a test garden in my yard after clearing it free of all unwanted targets. I planted different targets at varing depths so after a year or so my markers were gone and half the target I couldnt hear at all with my DFX in any program or coil. Just becasue I placed them deep in the red clay. My soil type is similar to Culpeper yet not quite as hot.
To make it short the infinium sniffed out every target I had planted and even about 10 more targets that the dfx couldnt even hear when I initially cleared it out.
While this may not mean much to you think about it this way. The Infinium found twice as many good targets in that patch as the dfx! That to me spells results. ANd further more when you get the VLF in that true Hot dirt you will lose depth as well. So overall I am impressed with its capabilities. It is a major adjustment from swinging a VLF however! JMO
Targets recovered in hot soil test Garden
DFX-
2 Wheaties 4" & 6"
3 ringer at 6'+
Flat buttons 6-7"
Infinium
2 Wheaties 8 & 10"
2 silver dimes 8 & 10"
2 Flat Buttons 8 & 10"
Large Censt at 12 & 14"
2- 3 ringers at 8-10"
About 10 more ferrrous and non Ferrous targets that the DFX did not identify.
TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS, AN ETRAC WILL NOT HANDLE THE HOT SOIL IN A MANNER AS IF IT MAY OUTPERFORM A DFX OR OTHER PROVEN VLF MACHINE. SUCH AS AN MXT, V3I, F75, T2 OR A X5.
Now I love the DFX and will never stop using it mainly becasue in most areas around here targets dont find there way that deep. But in some places they do and you can bet the infinium will be there to sniff them out
