Air metal detectors

I see a few have these for testing in the UK, nice to see a new manufacturer in the mix.

Looks like it requires a smartphone. No thanks. [airmetaldetectors.com]

Time will tell, but I can not see how a smartphone could possibly have inner workings for this to work very well.

I should have mine soon. Will give it a good testing.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2021 11:14PM by texkinzee.

James/Texas Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Time will tell, but I can not see how a smartphone
> could possibly have inner workings for this to wor
> k very well.

I've said in the past that this idea was long overdue. Any smartphone made in the last five years is going to have far more processing power than even a high end metal detector and almost certainly features a better display, better engineering, and far more user friendliness. What's more, pretty much everyone already has a smart phone. (And if they don't, it's a simple enough thing to buy a used one from Amazon or Ebay for less money than a control box typically costs.) 10 years ago I would have had concerns about latency issues, but that's not a problem today.

That having been said, it's not going to be a good detector unless the hardware and software are adequate, regardless of the phone's processing power. I'd feel a lot better about this if it were coming from a known manufacturer of metal detectors, and not from a Ukrainian kickstarter. I suppose we'll see how it goes.

$450 for a coil and shaft makes it as expensive as the XP Deus coil and shaft. I just can't see it performing at the same level as the Deus. JMHO. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. They've had an additional two years to get it right. Wasn't it initially due to ship back in Nov. 2019?

Any smart phone will work? I hope it's good.

I assume it can be made waterproof like a Deus/Orx.

The coil is thick so it wouldn't be good in the water. The shaft is thin though. I think it's interesting.