[J_Player]

Originally Posted by bulsack

There was talk about some thermal imager that can see trough walls. Supposedly used by the us military in afganistan. As a couple of people on this forum know, that's not physically possible. The only thing it did was to scam millions from the us taxpayers.

Hi Bulsack,
It seems that government agencies are scammed every once in awhile same as consumers who fall victim to non-working gadgets. In the case of Infrared thermometers that are marketed as treasure finders, we have already debunked the bunk pimps in the Geotech forum in a previous thread here: http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12806
After reading all the rhetoric about how the cave-sensing infrared detector had a gold mode too, the final discovery of what this fake treasure detector consisted of was made by Carl-NC: "The DIS-300 is actually a Mastech MS6530....." See here with photos: http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showp...1&postcount=17
But this didn't stop hung from insisting it was a modified model with a cave sensor and a gold sensor added to the circuitry.
How does he know this? From the advertising propaganda he read on the Knouzm page? Maybe, but Knouzm no longer shows the DIS-300 (Mastech MS6530) on their page. So let's see what Kellyco says about these amazing IR treasure finding devices:
http://www.kellycodetectors.com/laserscan/lasersca.htm
Could it be somebody re-programmed the PIC inside the infrared thermometer to make it show the "cave mode" and "gold mode" on the display, while the sensor is the same Mastech IR thermometer that sells for less than $100 online?
If you want this high-tech treasure finding instrument, then why not buy it for only $89.95 US here?
http://www.imarketcity.com/msprthwidsra.html

I took my similar infrared thermometer and set up a test at a beach where I often go coin shooting with a metal detector to see what I could find using an infrared thermometer: http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showp...2&postcount=34
As you can see, my results were not very promising. But then, I did not pay top dollar for the model that was modified with two extra sensors for finding caves and gold.

Is there anything available that will find treasure using an IR thermometer? I don't think so. But there are some similar technologies being developed that have almost reached the point of being useful for finding hidden treasure at medium to long range. There is a terahertz imaging method being used for security scanning. This device sends out terahertz waves (at the low end of infrared light and the high end of the microwave spectrum. These devices can see behind clothing for viewing hidden things in your pockets, and are even used to look at internal organs for medical testing. Can they find treasure? I don't think anybody tried this yet. See these links for details: http://www.thespec.com/article/653087
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/17/m...home-the-gold/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation

There is also a low power X-ray gun that can see behind walls, through sheet metal, and nearly a foot under the ground. But it is not available for public use yet unless you want to pay about $300,000 US to have one made to your specifications: http://www.poc.com/emerging_products/lexid/default.asp

I guess it is a matter of how much do you want to spend. You can spend the big dollars for high tech that isn't quite ready for finding treasure, or you can spend a few thousand or a few hundred for the pimped out IR thermometers, or $89.50 for the same IR thermometer without the modified display coding. Maybe you are better to forget the IR method and try something magnetic... like VLF or PI?

Best wishes,
J_P
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