Garrett Sea Hunter mark II information and questions

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goldengoose said:
I may not be joining the Sea Hunter crew !

The seller keeps postponing the pick up and has not responded in days.
I'm feeling a bit nervous about this transaction and now question the condition/ operation of the unit.

Garrett AT gold seems to have similar functions. from your experiences would you agree that the AT gold may be an option?

Thanks for the input Silver, grubstake and Mr T

Cheers

Check out the forum classifieds, one of our members still has a Sea Hunter up for sale. :)
 
Thanks GP. Yes, the SeaHunter is still for sale. Not sure what your budget is gg, but the detector is in excellent condition. I am the third owner of the control box and 8" coil (came with the original s-shaft, but it was quite wobbly, a known problem, so I binned it when I got the CF straight shaft). The shaft and the headphones have been used less than half a dozen times so are in near new condition. The 14"x10" coil was bought on eBay from the UK. Both coils are in excellent condition.
Reason for selling? I wouldn't be selling, except a torn tendon in my elbow hasn't healed as it should have and surgery is a possibility (specialist says outcome is 50/50 at best), therefore digging everything, and digging deep, aren't an option. This has led me to my second reason for selling....I bought a Deus. Very lightweight so can be used left-handed quite easily for long periods. I'm selling the SeaHunter to pay off the Deus (already sold my Sov GT for this reason).
 
As you might know I have just become the new owner of the above Garrett machine.

Yes the set up is similar to my old Minelab Sovereign Elite,but all your thoughts and advice about settings is welcomed.

Thanks in advance :)
 
This annotated pic might help:

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Incidentally, the diver's mask in the centre graphic is actually a cut-out window into the sealed interior of the detector. If ever there is condensation or moisture visible in the diver's mask, the machine needs urgent service to avoid circuitry damage.
 
I have used the sea hunter and the Infinium. They are very good machines on the beach however the Infinium is not a good detector for gold prospecting. The Australia version is not like the American version, the sensitivity has been changed and that has killed the machine for prospecting in Australia.
The ATX has taken it place and is a very good machine for beach and prospecting. I know I have upset a lot of infinium owners but as a seasoned prospector I do know what I am talking about but I also think that the Whites TDI is the most over looked metal detector on the market. It is a very well priced for what you get - it can be a beach machine and a very good prospecting detector. Maybe I will get my hands on one and try it on the gold fields of Vic. Why Vic it has some of the hottest ground in the country. When I say the Infinium is not a good detector for prospecting it is because there are a lot of other detectors, like Minelab, Whites and Garrett ATX that are far superior. Yes I know that Minelab detectors are so expensive $9500, ouch that hurts, far too dear. I can buy a good car for that, so I feel the Whites is very well priced at $1800. The ATX coils are far too dear, a good machine but the price for the coils, once again ouch. My pick of a beach machine is the Sea Hunter for wet sand. Dry sand value for money is the Minelab 705 or an old 70 for the edges of wet sand and dry sand. Value for money is the Whites TDI lots of cheap coils.
I hope this has helped someone, good luck and happy hunting.
PS. Tess I know there are a lot of better detectors than the 705 or 70 but I was talking about value for money.
Metal detecting is a wonderful hobby and you meet a lot of very nice people.
 
The Sea Hunter Mark II doesn't have any provision for ground-balancing, so it wouldn't cope at all well in the typically highly-mineralised goldfields areas. It's really only intended for beach/ocean usage, where Pulse Induction detectors have the great advantage of not being overwhelmed by the conductive salt water, which causes major problems for single-frequency VLF detectors.

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Hi Bob,
I was involved in the design and field testing of the Infinium LS.
The first test was to sea how the Sea Hunter Mk 11 would perform in the high mineralised soils.
The site for testing is one that has extreme varying mineralised soil.
This is where any testing was done for different detectors.
The Sea Hunter Mk 11 was unable to handle this mineralised soil.
It could only detect a 5 gram nugget at one inch and it was struggling.
The coil had to be flat on the ground to receive any signal.
So the answer is, definitely not recommended for prospecting.
All the best,
Phil
 
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