Locating Steel Drums

As shown on Figure 3-14, the MAC-51Bx’s signal pattern will vary depending how deep the drum is buried. A fifty-five gallon drum can be located at depths up to 10 feet.


As shown on Figure 3-14, the MAC-51Bx’s signal pattern will vary depending how deep the drum is buried. A fifty-five gallon drum can be located at depths up to 10 feet.

Additional Applications
 

1. The military and many local and state police departments use the MAC-51Bx to detect buried ordnance and discarded weapons.2. People drilling in an area where hazardous material might be encountered use the MAC-51Bx to search the area prior to drilling. Other Schonstedt gardiometers are available that can be lowered down the hole for periodic checks as drilling progresses.

Other Notes1. A burbling sound indicates the presence of an energized powerline, in the MAG Mode.2. The instrument in the MAG Mode will not detect nonmagnetic items such as gold, silver, copper, brass, aluminum tin cans and bottle caps. In the HI and LO Modes it will detect any continuous metal, line or cable.