Has anyone tried the Schonstedt Spot magnetic locator yet?
I am in the market for a new locator and am drawn to what appears to be a more ergonomic design compared to the GA 52C locators of old.
From the brochure:
"Up to 18?? deep (5.48 m) (object dependent".
At first, I thought it said 18", not 18 FEET.
It may be viable. If you get one, let us know.
Nate
Not a fan of 9v batteries.
On a good day the GA52C with 4 C cells will locate a cable wrapped around 6in pvc pipe 8ft deep.
It's better than the GA52Cx with 2 9v cells.
Spot uses one 9v cell, so battery costs would be close to the same.
Not a fan of 9v batteries.
Nor am I, as usually one cell in them fails long before the rest are going weak.?ÿ
But given batteries of any type that aren't run down, the kind of battery shouldn't be a factor in detection performance.
Thanks fellows.
Just placed an order for one, so I guess I will be the first guy through the wall.?ÿ Review to come.
Am i the only one who doesn't want to know if there is a pipe 18 feet down?
Looks a lot like?ÿ http://www.chrisnik.com/hounddog_locator_1.html
SHG
In the first video where he describes how it works he said "... most objects in the northern hemisphere have a north pole and a south pole ..." So for us in the great southern lands, does that mean it won't work?
@ Richard Imrie
I've never been south of the equator.......
It may depend upon which way our mag needle would point down under, probably North
In most areas, my Schonstedt at middle of the dial will sound different when I circle around from North to South
Looking at the videos again, he calls the top of fence post north and the bottom south, and as he runs the locator from top to bottom it starts with a high pitch squeal at the top, nothing in the middle, then a low pitch squeal at the bottom, so that suggests there's something in it that can tell "north" from "south" in a magnetic item. Then he runs the locator along the bottom of the fence line and it continues?ÿ with the low pitch squeal, until it goes over a vertical rebar in the ground, wherein it changes to high pitch, i.e. the "north" or top of the rebar. Presumably it is still detecting the "south" of the fence posts, so there must be a wiring or two in the locator that tells it to squeal "north" in preference to "south". So in the southern hemi, the sounds would be reversed.