The document was created in January 2015. Unit is only about 20gms heavier than the Z. Wonder what the resolution is like?
Rob.
Rob.
Ground penetrating radar?
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I just emailed them. Not sure how this will go but we'll see if I get a response. I asked if it was still in development or had been released, and a release date if in development, and if it would be sold through Minelab dealers in Australia, and if they had a rrp. Looks like they operate out of Italy and Thailand. Now the waiting is the hardest part. Lol
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so Nitek told me it's been available since 2012, and to hit up Minelab for a price. So I just flung them an email asking the questions on price and availability.......watch this space. 
There is no GPR in the SDC. I think the original confusion was because the body of the F3 Compact http://www.minelab.com/aus/products/countermine/mine-detectors/f3-compact is similar to the SDC. There was talk of the F3 having GPR but I have seen the specs and there is no mention of it.
The sdc electronics couldn't do gpr. Gpr requires measurements taken 1000s of times faster than a metal detector. The shallower you go the faster still plus a MT uses a coil to transmit a magnetic field in to the ground while a gpr uses an antenna to transmit a radio wave. A mt measures induced magnetic field decay while the gpr measures reflected wave times.
Jon
Jon
Ok I just heard back from Hugh at Minelab. Because it was developed with mostly military applications in mind and the technology involved, a price for small orders is (drum roll)......US$31k. Slightly out of my budget. At that price my guess is it is a whole lot more gpr than the F3.
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Makes the GPZ cheap :lol:
Was thinking $20-25k but that is really something. A specialist piece of kit! I'll stick with metal detectors that work better on gold anyways.
Was thinking $20-25k but that is really something. A specialist piece of kit! I'll stick with metal detectors that work better on gold anyways.
