Hi all,
I'm thinking of purchasing a Magnetic locator to help locate Rebar placed at Boundary corners (which is typical in our jurisdiction)
I observe that there is a significant disparity in cost between the Magnetic Locator vs the Metal detector.
I'd like to know if anyone has used the latter in surveying. Is there a significant difference in performance where our field is concerned?
Would you recommend using a metal detector?
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Thanks in advance
Pin finders are designed to look primarily for vertical ferrous objects.?ÿ Your average metal detector is not.
We are surveyors. We tend to be stuck in our own zone. I bought one of those 20$ pin pointers. (Type metal detector pin pointer) on eBay. They are very compact and worth 20$. If you need to find a rebar 2?? subsurface it??s not enough. But, 90% of stuff is not that deep.?ÿ
shonstedt 52 series is kinda the industry standard. In my opinion.?ÿ
Nate
Thanks for the info. Most of my pins are found beneath brush or maybe under 1"-6".
Do you think a $20 pin pointer would be useful in such a scenario?
Adrian,
its 20$. It??s not going to take the place of a professional $800 detector. But,if you need to find 5-6 pins, and know where to search, it can be useful. On the 20$ one, stick a bunch of things in the ground, and test it.?ÿ
16d
20d
40d
3/8 rebar
1/2 rebar.?ÿ
it can be useful. But it will never replace a big one.?ÿ
N
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Their Maggie IMHO is crap. My coworker likes to call it the "offset edition".?ÿ The 52s are good, but I loved my CST Berger MT200 stick. 3' deep no sweat. On level 3 I could find non ferrous concrete markers and one level one could differentiate a rebar next to a chain link fence. Nice stuff.
