Good and affordable magnetometer for archeological surveys

[santander]

Hello,

I am new to this forum and I am just getting started to learn about magnetometers and gpr for archeology.

What are good and affordable tools for this?

[Geophyz]

Geophysical equipment is very expensive. What do you consider "affordable"?

Many of the projects on these boards can be home built at an affordable price and a little bit of your time. Search the main geotech website and download some projects. Also, EPE magazine has published both an Earth Resistance Meter Logger project and also a Fluxgate gradiometer project.

good luck

[santander]

Hello, by affordable I mean a system that is less than USD 20.000

[Geophyz]

US $20K?

Hello, by affordable I mean a system that is less than USD 20.000

$20 or $20,000? The period after the first zero is throwing me off.

Are you looking for a 'total field' instrument or a vertical gradiometer?

But lets assume you mean 20K. You can buy a Bartington single channel fluxgate gradiometer GRAD601-1 for under 20K. Check Geoscan Research also if 20K is your budget. Also, the Geometrics Proton Mags can be had for under 10K. For 20K...you can buy a lot of magnetometer. However, that would place the cesium and potassium units out of your price range (I believe).

Right now the American dollar is so weak...buying a European instrument will be costly.