Originally posted by g-sani
The Magnacast 5000 is said to be an AM transmitter using a loop antenna to send a signal to one side. Then a second small receiver loop is held in the hand to locate the hidden metal. I heard no information to show that the Magnacast 5000 works, or not works. You can only know by trying it to see. Forward Gauss does not mean anything. No electronics engineer or scientist has ever heard of forward gauss. It does not exist. This is only a word made by the manufacturer to make it sound like it is new technology. Also, I do not believe you will find multiplexing circuits inside this detector like the manufacturer claims. But I don't know for sure.
I would not spend money for this detector unless you see it finds hidden treasures first. The other detectors built by VR Electornics are believed to fail for finding treasure. Even Dell Winders said "...operating conditions deteriorated affecting the reliability of the instrument making it impractical for my use in 1988".
You can read more about the Magnacast 5000 here, where Dell Winders posts false information and tries to hide the truth about forward Gauss: http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13089
Best wishes,
J_P
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