Garrett Infinium LS
Street Price $1000 - Beach, water
Number of Reviews: 26
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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
26 Yes
3 No
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
22 Yes
1 No
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
30 Yes
2 No
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
26 Yes
2 No
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
18 Yes
2 No
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
41 Yes
1 No
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
17 Yes
17 No
No Bad Press here the Infinium LS is a great P.I. Detector
Black Davy Condmach in Massachusetts -I have read way to many reviews that people say this unit gives false signals, eratic etc. Well it comes down to this they did not know what they were doing. I have had my Infinium for less than a month, I have used it in the water and on land. If you know how to ground balance a detector then you will not have a noisy or eratic unit. I have found this unit to be extremelly quiet and easy to use. It gives the Lo-Hi and Hi-Lo signals just as it is advertised. This unit is cutting edge P.I. technology, you do need to figure out how to pinpoint with it do to the Lo-Hi / Hi-Lo signals. I did my research I read up and asked questions about it before my purchase. Go to the www.p2p-zone.com/infinium/index.php
forum read and learn. I did and I am no pro but you will not see me saying I did not know what I was doing so I waisted $1000.00 bucks of my money, and by the way I bought mine brand new for $850.00 how is that I shopped around. This is a top of the line P.I. unit and you cant go wrong with it unless you think you can just turn it on and go, it is not that kind of unit. Buy it if you want to be able to go Nugget, Relic, Coin and beach and water hunting, yes there are specific VLF detectors that do much better for specific purposes but this unit can and will do it all!!!
Apr 06, 2006
74 Yes
5 No
Infinium, some good some bad
Craig in Australia -I have tested one of these and think the unit it self is well made, good discrimination and thats about it.
Poor wobbley shaft,coil way too heavy, way too many false signals etc, it may be a deep detector but it would drive you mad first, I sold it and will go back to a MINELAB.
It was not a bad try mr Garrett at your attempt to take on minelabs PI's but who ever proof tests the quality in R & D should be fired.
Back to the drawing board and revamp it asap, as minlabs pricing and trading ethics SUX.
Dec 28, 2005
20 Yes
13 No
Minelab GP 3500 comes in second.
Not paid to lie no more..Free at last.. in WA and Vic gold fields all over -I have been putting the Infinium and GP3500 to the test for 6 months now. In the WA gold fields.
Finding a small signal with the GP then changing to the Infinium to see the difference and via versa. So far everything the SD hears so does the Infinium. I run the GP on noisy ground adjusted the sensitivity on both detectors to smooth the thresh hold. And the Infinium gets the targets where the GP fails.
I dig every weak signal and all ways have. I been checking the Discrimination on both. The GP is useless. But the Infinium works to the weakest signal. Very impressive.
I been a minelab lover from the day minelab started. I have all their detectors.
Both detector cost about the same moneys to manufacture. So what are you going to about that Minelab. You must of predicted this would happen one day. Why not do your normal tricks. Go steal this Discriminator.
http://www.pulsediscriminator.com/index_files/Page1366.htm
Oct 01, 2005
73 Yes
5 No