Re: DALTON MAGNETOMETERS & MAGNETOMETER FLUID

[Jungle JIm]

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[Jungle JIm]

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[Patrick Duff]

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)


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