LOCATING VERTICAL TARGET

The success of locating a buried object depends on your familiarity with the magnetic signature of various targets and the corresponding response of the locator's audio signal.

Locator's audio signal responds to the
magnetic signature of a survey marker.

LOCATING
HORIZONTAL
TARGET

As the locator is moved over the target, the waveform depicts the increase in the frequency of the locator's 20 Hz audio idling signal. The highest frequency occurs when the locator is directly over a vertical target, and over both ends of a horizontal target.

The audio signal peaks over identical magnetic signatures at two joints of a cast-iron water line.

MARKERS ALONG FENCE LINES

Locating a survey marker in close proximity to a steel fence is no problem with the DML2000.

MANHOLE COVERS

Manhole covers normally appear as short horizontal dipoles with the peak signal level occurring at the perimeter of the manhole cover.

Frequency peaking occurs directly over service connections and valve boxes.