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Re: DALTON MAGNETOMETERS & MAGNETOMETER FLUID
Dale,
I spoke to an engineer at Geometrics before I bought a used
Geometrics mag. During that conversation, he told me that the best
liquid was "Wizard" charcoal lighter. I think this was mentioned in
a much earlier post by me.
Dalton is an interesting individual as I'm sure anyone that speaks
to him will agree. However, if you have any conversations with
anyone else in the business of manufacturing mags, they all laugh at
his mag. I should note that Dalton feels the same about the other
mags on the market.
The low end mags out there are Dalton's and Fishers mags. Dalton's
being the least expensive. Then there are the high end mags that
are used by oil and mining companies. The prices on these units
usually begin at $20k.
There must be a difference in the low end to high end mags or there
would not be a market for them.
If I were you, and before I invested in one of the low end mags, I
would not buy one until I spoke to a couple of people that own and
have successfully used them. It is not uncommon to see a used
Fisher unit on the market. I have yet to see one of Dalton's units,
but doubt that he has sold as many of them.
You might take a look at Jim Koehler's site
(http://www.diamondjim.bc.ca/ppm.htm) and look over what he has
done. Jim has been kind enough to share all of his work by placing
it on his web page. Once you download the files, you will get an
idea just on how much time Jim has put into this. I do not think
that this is a project for the electronically disadvantaged (like
me), unless you find someone to help you. Jim's plans sound like
they will fir your needs, where I would likely have to make some
adaptations to use it for finding sunken wrecks. If you do not have
an electronic background, you might have to do what I have done ...
ask your friends for help, or ask them if they know anyone that has
an electronics background that may be able to help you build one.
It would be much less expensive and you would learn something in the
process. If you read Jim's material, he will supply some of the
components needed at a very, very reasonable price (cheap).
In Jim's most recent e-mail he had mentioned that he updated changes
he has made. Maybe he could let us know how his unit is performing.
Jim, do you have an idea on approximately how much you unit would
cost to build?
Take care,
Patrick
Dale Seppa wrote:
The Proton Mag ForumFirstly, I am this list almost under false
pretenses because reading the messages it is obvious that
everybody else here knows 100 to 1000 times more than me. Please
bear with me. Eventually I should learn enough to at least blend
in. Dalton states in his literature that he uses water (distilled)
as it is the most desirable proton liquid. That info is right in
front of me as I type so I AM sure of it. I think I also read
there someplace that he sells a special heater so his unit can be
used at sub-zero operation. It all seemed to make sense to me.
But would appreciate any comments. I am interested in comments
from anyone who has used the Dalton units because I simply do not
have the knowledge to build one. IF I decide to buy a Dalton, he
will give me some instruction and based on what I have read it
looks like even someone with my limited knowledge will be able to
get fair results with a short learning curve. As I write this I
only have his $3.00 info packet, but it impressed me enough that I
just sent the money to get his book and the UofAK phamplet about
prospecting for magnetic black sand with a magnetometer. Any an
all comments, advice etc., would be very welcome. I will try to
read all of the past postings as well as other info that I have to
see if I can get up to speed enough so you guys don't laugh me off
of the list. Thanks to all for your past efforts which make very
interesting reading. Hope to get to know some of you over the
net if not possible to ever meet in person. I am VERY interested
in using mags, metal detectors, etc., as prospecting tools for
sulfides, oxides, placer gold, etc. If anyone shares these rather
narrow interests please drop me an email. Best regards, Dale
(The name is male in case any of you, as am I, are from the Dale
Evans era which interjected so much confusion for guys names Dale)
[email protected]
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