using pipe detectors to search for gold jars

[alan46]

Hi, in my country it is difficult to get a permit for a metal detector so I was thinking of using a pipe & cables locator to find gold. the problem is I can't buy from Ffisher or Whites or any company that also makes metal detectors as it will be recognized and confiscated by customs.
but I can buy detectors meant purely for utility like the Amprobe AT-3500 or the vivax vloc-5000.
my question is can I align the transmitter and receiver perpendicular on a bare like the gemini 3 or similar devices? I mean to cancel the interference between the receiver and transmitter?

[Carl-NC]

Most of the pipe locators have multiple antennae with 3 orientations so there is no way to null it with the TX.
Tinker & Raser sells the Detectron 505 2-box locator:

https://www.tinker-rasor.com/detectr...ng-instruments

It appears to be identical to the Fisher Gemini 3. However, I doubt it will locate something at 1 meter unless it is very large.

[bklein]

Try a Schonstedt GA-52CX. It uses a magnetometer. You just walk with it and wave it left and right and narrow in on your target. Is pretty sensitive. Should make a good meteorite finder…. Guys throw them in their trucks and damage the sensitivity switch. It’s a 32$ part to replace.

[bklein]

Just a note though it won’t find gold, just ferrous stuff.

[Funfinder]

This is for everyone:

If MDs in you're country are not allowed either you could be a potential thief or the state itself.
So first get your understanding of justice clear, finding a rusty nail might be ridiculous but
finding the gold which the state "needs" to pay off his **** debts could be very criminal ...
And finding golden artifacts can bring even archaeologists a huge amount of bad luck !!!

If you are sure you won't bring yourself into big problems by "illegal gold-mining"
it is pretty simple: Look here at the schematics section and let a friend built the
circuit and a large coil. Give him a part of your find and hope he's trust-worthy. Hahaha