Thomas Dankowski's Metal Detecting Forum

I've gotten Algoforce 1500 Plus to try out .

It's a ultra light weight P.I. with some out of the box thinking ID abilities.

Build quality is top shelf and really light think Tesoro u-max light.

It uses older gpx/sd coils.the designer is a ex minelab P.I. engineer .

I actually got it without a coil or battery as an option and I've added my own light weight power bank and a coiltek 5x10 mono coil.

It uses mono coils as a preference.it can use DD but it only will use one side of the loop.

It was designed for small gold in bad ground.think high freq VLF sensitivity to small gold but doing it in bad ground where the VLFs wont work.

I'm using it for relics and it has some unique abilities P.I.s lack so far.it has the ground balance ability and tones swap on target conductance like most ground balancing P.I.s..low/high for higher conductors and high/low for lower conductors.Think TDI or infinium type report.plus it also has a sinewave that is live and shows you the target width profile as the audio rises and falls.and the most important is the ability to assign a conductance number to a target in pinpoint mode.Not VLF type disc but still a assigned number for targets conductance, be it ferrous or non ferrous.iron can read anywhere by size and shape. but known targets are pretty much lock on with the scale ranging from 0-99.coins are a KNOWN so they ring up smooth and lock type ID.known relics too.like .58 caliber bullets or eagle coat buttons.(I could see salt water beach hunters also enjoying this type ID) the ID is a non motion pinpoint and best when centered and there's some arrows for that to happen also on graph.

so what we have here is a powerful P.I. with tried and true tone swap with also visual bar graph showing if tone is low or high .This alone lets you start to cull targets..then we have ability to use a scale ID to crosscheck for know targets n pinpoint mode.Lots of menu settings and one cool one I've shown in a separate video is 100 tones for ID or static tone your choice.I like the multi tone.very informative.

run down video

https://youtu.be/qeTdVm_XXlU



tone I.D. option video

https://youtu.be/eXDLneXwsTQ


Keith

WELCOME BACK KEITH!

The Algoforce is a very interesting platform. It has Minelab DNA signatures all over it! It.... looks like a Minelab...... sounds like a Minelab....... electronic timing like a Minelab.

I can see with a little bit of skill & practice........ that it can be very useful... in bad dirt.

It is interesting to see how slow PI technology is evolving; yet, each slow step....is in a positive direction.
I still feel: Bad dirt technology...has yet to be 'cracked'. This opportunity ..... is still wide open.

Would love to know your discoveries/findings about this platform....... as you continue to get dirt-time with it.
You live in the iron-belt........ especially with your average dirt being 5-bar dirt!

Keith, Glad you have the Algoforce to try on your red dirt relic sites. Very interested to know what you experience & think of it's practical performance, especially in dealing with iron trash. I've held off on it waiting to see what the Nokta Relic PI is going to offer. Good to hear from you Sir.

Thanks fellas.

Yes the Algoforce has some unique abilities to aid in decision making more so than any other P.I. I've ran.
Is it fool proof? no but its helpful.Its not some cheap type detector its the real deal and powerful and at a great price point especially if you already have some coils.and its super light that setup in the videos is less than 3 lbs.

Its also updatable and as feedback is given if doable he can add it and he may find new tricks as he progresses.

oh I dug a tiny 1840s staple at 6 inches like really tiny thought I had a coin, I.D. was in the 70s..so its sensitive but its also still a pulse.and that wire and cut in half nails and round iron shapes will I.D. a good ID number.

Dug some sort of brass sling hook device about a foot read in the 70s.

But its also fun to run.I think when I get it to the relic areas on tops of the hills it will be as good as a gpx or infinium or TDI and a whole lot less weight. I don't need depth as much as I need to just here targets in those sites.As a added bonus its very EMI immune compared to any other Pulse I've ran.Ive even heard its usable under power lines.Ill find out cause I have a trench line area on top of a hill a high line runs overhead for about 200 yards in line with it.

Keith

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