My daughter in law posted this picture of my son, Kris, on station in Iraq a few years back. It suddenly occurred to me how similar land surveying is to being a marine in Iraq!
The shovel and metal D, OK magnetic field detector, are the most important tools io the box to both of us!
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Your livelihood depends on the locator.
His and his comrade's lives depend on the locator.
Please pass on a "Thank you for serving."
Paul in PA
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Thank you
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Thank you - that confirms my suspicion. The only thing that Garret metal detector is good for would be to detect land mines (and it may not be great for that).
I sold mine for $15 at a yard sale this summer.
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The detector shown above would be great to find a shallow buried land mine, not so great if the land mine has very few metallic parts and is buried deep.
This is the latest land mine detector Garret is producing. It's shown collapsed and ready to stow away in a pack. It's ability to detect even small objects at depth is much greater. It is very compact and is waterproof, but it is also very heavy. Much heavier than that detector shown in the picture above. You pretty much have to use a shoulder strap to avoid arm fatigue.
I went from 0331 (machinegunner) to land surveyor...lots of similarities. Carry everything you own on your back and hump for miles, just a different gun goes on the tripod when you get there. My first taste of surveying was helping to set in the 60 mm mortars with a brunton pocket transit