Rats find land mines

[thedigger]

I would say this is bad news for metal detector makers,is this the reason that the 2300 was made available to the prospectors,the demand fell over.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-d...ic-giant-rats-sniff-out-landmines-in-tanzania

Regards Frank

 

[user 4485]

The reason the SDC was made available to prospectors?
The electronics in the SDC are different. The F3 compact is MPS & the SDC is MPF.
The only similarity is the outer housing which is blue not green so the theory they used those doesn't even fit. The tooling to manufacture them seems to be the only thing that would be shared which no doubt was a big factor in Minelabs decision making process when looking at a compact, portable housing for the SDC.
They saved money by sharing the outer design & no doubt manufacturing facilities.

 

[Wally69]

What a blast

 

[thedigger]

Gary Schafer from Minelab told me at the PMAV meeting at Chiltern it was built for mine detecting,it was never built for prospecting.

Regards Frank

 

[user 4485]

So why do none of their current mine detectors employ MPF technology? It's the Multi Period Fast that sets the SDC apart not the outer design which I think he may have been talking about - the F3 design as in the outer case allowing it to be folded up etc. not the inner workings.
All of the current mine detectors employ MPS technology or the F3ci uses VFLEX 18.75khz?
Regardless development of mine detectors is hardly coming to a standstill due to rats. On the 15/01/2016 Minelab & NIITEK were awarded a contract to develop their new GPR/detector technology for US military use.
http://www.minelab.com/anz/go-minelabbing/news?article=270305

 

[Chewy]

Called the groundshark. About 30 grand will get you 1. I asked the question a while back.

 

[silver]

Probably a new breed of landmine out there by now that is total plastic an ceramic an carbon fibre an kevlar, and explosives.

 

[Nightjar]

Probably a new breed of landmine out there by now that is total plastic an ceramic an carbon fibre an kevlar, and explosives.

Yes, the Cambodia minefields had a minute steel firing pin the only metal in their construction and were not able to be located until Minelab technology stepped in.