Garrett Infinium LS
Street Price $1000 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 16
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Garrett Infinium LS
Gold in Iron ore
Gold Finder in Australia -
I have had my Infinium for a while now and although I said that I felt it was not as good as my Sovereign on saltwater beaches, I think I am beginning to change my mind.
What I have found though is that this machine is a brain snapper in highly iron mineralised ground, and no kidding folks, this thing can find gold nuggets inside solid iron ore; Show me a VLF that can do that!
Sure the Infinium works great at the beach but there are plenty of PI detectors that do that but only a couple that will find gold in iron mineralised ground, so if it's gold you want and your ground is highly mineralised then give the Infinium a go because you won't get anything better for the price.
Apr 27, 2008
0 people found this review helpful.
Great Pulse Detector!!!
Indasurf in N. East Coast , USA -I think the Infinium smokes!!! I use the machine in tough black sand on the N. East coast without any issues. Where the Infinium shines is in the surf and water! The disc and iron check do work and help to really reduce junk found. This is a pro level machine and does have a learning curve. If you read the posts online you can reduce that curve alot. I also use VLFs and think they make a great pair working together as no one machine can do it all! You will dig more trash with a pulse, but out in the water targets a fewer and the good stuff is deep. The Infinium is so stable and deep detecting when adjusted correctly, that not much could touch its performance. Another trick is you can just dig the high-low signals while using the reverse disc and Iron check to just get the gold (you can cover alot of ground quick this way)! The detector is built like a tank and just works great in the water with the 8" mono-coil! I'll grab it in areas that have been pounded or are sanded in, as you'll probably walk away with something good. I have all the extra coils and plan to do some relic and nugget hunting with it too. It's a great detector to add to any serious hunters collection of water machines!
Feb 01, 2008
8 people found this review helpful.
Infinium L S Best All Rounder
Gold Finder in Australia -The Infinium can't match my Soveriegn on salt water beaches, but in the goldfields it's a killer.
It outperforms all but the best Minelab P I,s
and one or two high frequency VLF units that are designed to find tiny bits of gold within a couple of inches of the surface. If you want to find gold and can not afford the way over priced Minelabs, then get an Infinium, it will work pretty much anywhere.
Jan 26, 2008
9 people found this review helpful.
The Infinium....plusses & minusses!
Pennyweight in Victoria, Australia -
Having owned one, had a friend who had one and then field tested a good one, I can honestly say that there are very bad ones out there....quality control must have really died at Garrett!! My unit and my friends unit were very poor. Crap sensitivity (.22 bullet was about as good as it got) and false signals when in hot ground. Both myself and my friend sold ours ASAP. Have now seen a really good one and I am impressed! Can hear a .2 gram bit of gold at 3" with the stock coil and matches a Minelab SD2200 for depth on most targets with similar coils. Much better response on hot ground too. Very poor design for the stem as it wobbles like a 1970's machine, the stock coil is made for diving and is far too heavy, no decent range of accessory coils are available and the headphone system is completely stupid as you cannot use your own, you must use a Garrett set with a dumb ring connector only! Overall, a very poor design but when you put up with the flaws and find a good one that works as promised, it performs. The Iron discrimination is quite good and reliable on solid Fe items, even at full depth. For the price, it is a good first timers unit and great for ladies who want to hipmount the control box to save weight on your arm....make sure you get a 10X5" DD coil though!
Jan 22, 2008
7 people found this review helpful.
Best all-rounder and a top contender.
Nugget in Brisbane Australia -Well I may only have had the Infinium LS for a short while and I am well pleased with this unit. I have used many types of detector in my 14yrs of metal detecting,both vlf,and pulse induction units. I can honestly say that the more I use it the more I like it. After using the SD2100 for years on the gold fields of Australia, the Infinium is a treat to use. It is extremely quiet, with a threshold that purrs along. The depth on the gold fields and on the beach and in the salt water is fantastic, I have found two 50c pieces at a measured depth of 18" 5c pieces in the surf came in at over a foot deep, it is comfortable to use and I am only 5'3" and 65kg, with the unit mounted under the cuff, it is well balanced. It is half the price of a minelab unit and a dedicated all rounder. It will find .3 of a gram, I recommend learning how to use it properly, before bagging it.
Oct 31, 2007
10 people found this review helpful.
Ground Balance This PI, Tune It Properly And Start Hunting.
John B. in Edmonton, Alberta -If you are a somewhat seasoned hunter, and want to find DEEP targets in both mineralized and non mineralized environments, (yes...land and water)the Infinium is a great choice. It really shows it's strength in regularly or hunted out environments. After about a 10 hour learning curve (I have previously owned a PI) and getting used to the LOW-HIGH/HIGH-LOW signals, it just started pulling out both gold and silver rings missed by other hunters real DEEP. The proof was in my results from using this machine. This past season (2007) was my highest gold ring count ever in nearly 15 years!
I am not a dealer, so I don't really care if you buy one or not. However, I did a lot of research on this machine, read the good, the bad and the ugly and came to the conclusion that the greatest problems were due to user inexperience and a pre-agenda to post bad reviews.
Oct 31, 2007
11 people found this review helpful.
Infinium...show but not go
Devon Girl in Devon,England -I returned to trying out the Infinium as I thought there may have been some ongoing development in the last couple of years. Unfortunately the last few weeks have proved little if anything has changed.
Depth. Good but not great on mineralised soil. If you have just used a VLF on bad ground in the past you will think the depth is impressive. If you have used other P.I.'s you won't
Discrimination. Low-high tone or high low tone. Trouble is good targets register as either so unless your prepared to miss good finds you can't rely on it.
Weight is to much with the stock coil making the machine really nose heavy. Not to pleasent for a woman/small man after an hour or two. Minelab (who are just as bad) and Garrett should remember that we are not all weight lifters!
There's better relic machines and better gold machines. The attempt to be a jack of all trades means master of none.
Relic depth with the stock coil drops off dramatically. For larger items at depth the Lorenz or Pulse Star will detect 100% deeper.
On the wet sand a Pulse Developments P.I. will search deeper without the noise and weight of the Garrett.
On the plus side its cheap and very well made and will get you into the water to a depth where most P.I.'s can't go.
Some good ideas but Garrett failed to follow up and may now have missed the boat with true discrimination P.I.'s just round the corner.
May 31, 2007
9 people found this review helpful.