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I was trying to figure out this myself at first. But here comes the idea.
Usually when digging we want to find out whats in the ground. Ok we have our metal detectors doing analysis of the metal in the ground, but what if we wanted to see image of it.
We have our all metal mode, and ascending and descending sound of it.
-> Here we have our magnitude.
Now we want to know the shape of it.
We do it by listening the volume of the metal detector. We draw it on screen (to coordinates) with help of accelerometers or gyroscope.
-> USB accelerometers are cheap, but requires lots of mathematics to see the actualy coordinates.
-> Gyroscope -> Logitech MX air mouse. (This is the cheapest possible way) There might be Gyros that you can attach to USB, but they seem to be expensive.
(This mouse is very accurate and reads movement in 3d if one wants it to. Reads also very slow movements)
Strap the mouse to metal detector shaft, it gives you coordinates as you swing the MD. When MD encounters metal, the program reads the sound volume and draws a "picture" of the find based on the coordinates and the volume MD gives you. This needs a laptop to be carried with you.
Laptop software draws the picture and the result might give you some information whats in the ground..
This way you could also track an area, and see if you missed a spot...
Basically all you need is to read coordinates and the volume (different colours when drawn as a picture) from the MD and make an image.
Ground imager, but really cheap one
There seem to be some equipment that do the same thing, but they are expensive (like ARC GEO LOGGER or whatwasitthatitwascalled..)
Anybody good in programming ? ReadMouseCoords, and Getline-in/Mic-in sound level and draw a picture
Your thoughts?
Usually when digging we want to find out whats in the ground. Ok we have our metal detectors doing analysis of the metal in the ground, but what if we wanted to see image of it.
We have our all metal mode, and ascending and descending sound of it.
-> Here we have our magnitude.
Now we want to know the shape of it.
We do it by listening the volume of the metal detector. We draw it on screen (to coordinates) with help of accelerometers or gyroscope.
-> USB accelerometers are cheap, but requires lots of mathematics to see the actualy coordinates.
-> Gyroscope -> Logitech MX air mouse. (This is the cheapest possible way) There might be Gyros that you can attach to USB, but they seem to be expensive.
(This mouse is very accurate and reads movement in 3d if one wants it to. Reads also very slow movements)
Strap the mouse to metal detector shaft, it gives you coordinates as you swing the MD. When MD encounters metal, the program reads the sound volume and draws a "picture" of the find based on the coordinates and the volume MD gives you. This needs a laptop to be carried with you.
Laptop software draws the picture and the result might give you some information whats in the ground..
This way you could also track an area, and see if you missed a spot...
Basically all you need is to read coordinates and the volume (different colours when drawn as a picture) from the MD and make an image.
Ground imager, but really cheap one
There seem to be some equipment that do the same thing, but they are expensive (like ARC GEO LOGGER or whatwasitthatitwascalled..)Anybody good in programming
? ReadMouseCoords, and Getline-in/Mic-in sound level and draw a picture Your thoughts?
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